Comments on: The BB 8900 Is Old News

By: Blacksheep427

Blacksheep427 — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 01:54:18 +0000

I’ve got the 8900, only had it for about a year. It was tmo’s top BB at that time. I’ve been a faithful BB owner for most of the 5 + years I’ve been with tmo. And I still have the 8320 the 8900 replaced. If I were to stay with a BB, I’d be planning to move up to the 9700. Note, I said if. I’m getting an HTC HD2 as soon as I can. Sorry, BB, I can’t wait for the browser, etc. to improve. Just to be perfectly clear, I do like the 8900. But the game changed when HD2 and other power phones start rolling out. Oh, and another thing, I want 3G. Yeah, I know, 9700 has it. Again, sorry BB, it’s time for me to move on. [ ;( a moment of silence for 8900]

By: Blacksheep427

Blacksheep427 — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 01:44:38 +0000

Respectfully asking, why wait for Android? Get one as soon as you get to the store. They are available for T-Mo, aren’t they? :D

By: Android

Android — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:09:35 +0000

ufff thank god they got rid of that horrible phone! I have been a Sidekick user for 4 years, and then the first day the BB 8900 came out, i had to get it…………….WORSE MISTAKE of my life! The 2nd day i got the phone i was bored and tired of it already, luckily i was still under buyers remorse. So i FLEW to T-Mobile and got myself a G1. Havent regretted it since………….except now because i want the Nexus One. Lmfaooo.

BYEEE 8900, you wont be missed :)

By: Happy Feet

Happy Feet — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 18:52:31 +0000

RIP 8900!

Poor thing. My phone won’t have anymore brothers & sisters. Oh well. I love my 8900 BB. My 1st one had an accident and I brought another one instead of the myTouch. Hopefully BB comes out with another great phone soon.

By: Sid

Sid — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 12:43:07 +0000

I put os 5 on my bb8900 and it runs faster than b 4. Dont listen to all the people bad mouthing the 8900, its still a great phone and if you compare the specs of the 8900 to a 9700 the difference really isnt that big or noticeable in real word usage. Especially after you put 5.0 on the 8900, but the trackpad is nice. But because both devices are so similar it deosnt make any sense to continue selling the 8900

By: Ann

Ann — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:29:48 +0000

You say trackpads don’t rock, yet you’d buy another Sidekick if they put a trackpad on it? Look, the trackpad is worlds better than any device w/ a trackball I’ve owned. Just suck it up, get a 9700, & feel the magic.

By: Tgre

Tgre — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:06:34 +0000

I know for a fact the 9700 has UMA. As long as your WiFi is turned on and you have cell coverage it will switch to UMA on the top corner. Also, as john said, it does occasionally drop calls if its on UMA when you first connect. I think this will beworked out in due time, although it hasnt done it to me in a while. I’ve also been keeping it off more lately just because I get 3G in my area and if I’m within a wifi network like at home, I just use my netbook.

By: Henry

Henry — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:04:49 +0000

so wait wait wait, the 8900 has reached the “end of its life cycle” and yet Tmo is still selling the 8120 and 8820? Um, wat?

By: analog spirit

analog spirit — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 08:29:38 +0000

Yeah, at the time, the trackball sure beat the hell out of that trackwheel on the side! And that trackpad is even better.

By: analog spirit

analog spirit — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 08:27:49 +0000

7100s?!!! Wow, and I thought MY Curve was old! LOL! Well, even if my old Curve isn’t quite obsolete just yet, it’s still agonizingly slow and its OS (4.5) leaves a lot to be desired by today’s standards. The reason I got it back then was that I wanted a full-QWERTY keyboard, and out of all the phones I “test-drove,” the old 8320 Curve had the best physical keyboard out there, period (at least for me), despite my big hands. It was the only keyboard that just felt right. And you’re right; its screen was pretty good-sized for a BB at that time, but now seems too small and cramped; I guess it’s ‘cos I’ve gotten so used to all these newer, nicer touchscreen phones out there now. And over the past 2 years plus that I’ve had it, it’s been pretty reliable, and extremely durable, having survived heat, dust, water, heavy shocks and impacts, and even a smashed screen, which I replaced myself (a thick guitar pick or bass pick works best, to pry the outer transparency off). I’ve also had to replace that damned trackball several times; nowadays, instead of taking back to T-Mo for a replacement (for free), I just take it apart and clean it out myself (a toothpick or two works best to pry off the chrome retaining ring, so you won’t scratch it). At least it’s relatively easy to disassemble and reassemble; the 8900′s trackball looks like it’d be a real “female dog” to take apart and clean! LOL… I’ve gotten fairly good at “field-stripping” my 8320, so I’ve probably prolonged its life considerably thru timely repairs and preventive maintenance. So now it’s beat to hell, but it still works fine, as long as you don’t plan on doing any serious net browsing. For phone calls, texts, and e-mail, it’s been great (usually). It’s just that, like I said, its archaic OS and browser are agonizingly slow and clunky by today’s standards. When I try to load a page (if it loads at all), all too often it’s lagging like it’s 1999. RIM need to get their BB OS up to speed ASAP. Even the 9700′s OS didn’t impress me enough for me to get one. The screen still seems too small, and so does the keyboard. But that new trackpad is a huge improvement. And those BB outages are intolerable (don’t even get me started on that)! But don’t worry, tho; I will definitely be keeping my old 8320 as my back-up phone after I get my Nexus One… ;)