so - the 8900 FIRST OFF, has a bigger screen. the resolution is 480x360 & its LCD, which pretty dope for a Blackberry. 3.2 megapixel camera on the joint, which is better than my Sidekick LX's joint. its got Wi-Fi support on the joint too, just as the 8520 does. what got me was that the 8900 supports 65,000 colors yo - that means i can email designs to clients or receive email packages from people that have pictures that they wanna incorporate in a design & not have to be fooled in coloring when i open it up on a computer -- which happens alot on this shitty ass Sidekick. yeah, the screen is LCD but the Sidekick LX doesn't support alotta colors.. i did my homework. then i found out the music/audio formatting & what the 8900 supports: 3gp, WAV, MIDI, AMR-NB, G711u/A, GSM610, PCM, MP3, AAC/AAC+/eAAC+, WMA9/10 Standard/Pro --- i can send & receive music from my phone from artists that i work with in ANY FORMAT & then bounce it to my computer unharmed.. i can't do that with the LX. xO!
the joint has GPS on it everything. the talk time is close to about 6 hrs but i don't stay on a phone call longer than an hour, unless its wifey, & even then we text alot, haha! =) the standby time is dope though - 15days.. so if i just let my phone sit, that btch won't fully die for 2 weeks.. fckin amazing.
now - the 8520 - the screen is SMALLER & the camera is the same quality as my Sidekick.. major deduction as Madea would say. the screen is 320x240, but its still LCD. with the screens being the sizes that they are, that means the phone is bigger too. the 8900 won that battle already. this joint only supports AAC-LC, AAC+, eAAC+, AMR-NB, MP3, WMA9 (.wma/.asf), WMA9 PRO/WMA 10, AAC-LC audio formats.. not the same as what the 8900 supports. another -- major deduction. i can still send designs on this joint with no problem with colors, as well as receiving pictures & being able to see everything full throttle - but i can't receieve a WAV file & be able to hook it up RIGHT AT A STUDIO & go right into recording. so i lose.
its got GPS & all that on it as well; the talk time is close to 5 hours but the standby time is a couple days more than the 8900 at 17days.
they BOTH hook up & can run off the same GPRS navigation network with T-Mobile so thats a plus. if they didn't support that network then it would be no reason to have either of these wons.
all in all, it looks like imma be coppin' me a Blackberry Curve 8900 soon. don't know when but i will. buhhhleeee dat!
BLACKBERRY CURVE 8900 WINS.
