Few manufacturers of mobile telephones can boast the the type of brand recognition, and pop culture relevance that is associated with BlackBerry. The phone was revolutionary, and brought the concept of a smartphone device to the mass market. RIM, the company behind the BlackBerry brand, has released a lot of mobile devices since 1999, and today, we went through the trouble of picking out the very best of them all.
There are numerous reasons why we rated the BlackBerry Bold 9700 the best of all time. Without going into too many of them, here are the 3 reasons we’ve rated the BlackBerry bold the best RIM device of all time:
#1 The Screen
At the time of it’s release, the Bold 9700 featured a screen resolution that beat the iPhone 3Gs, and also made it by far the highest resolution screen available on any RIM device.
#2 The Keyboard
BlackBerry devices feature a variety of keyboards across their product line. While the Curve series isn’t bad, the Bold has the best. Since the device is heavily marketed as a communication device, in theory you would use it for lots of e-mails, SMS, and of course, BBM. Having a reliable keyboard is pretty damn important if you ask me.
#3 Battery Life
A knock on most smartphones is always the battery life. It seems if you happen to forget to charge your device, you’ll be up a certain creek without a paddle the next day. Even some BlackBerry devices fall short in this category. Not the Bold 9700. With a minimum of 36hours of battery life with regular use (messaging, the odd phone call, music playback,etc.), you know that you can rely on your device to keep you
