Curve or Pearl?
I can’t wait forever for Microsoft and T-Mobile to get together and get a Windows Mobile phone on the market that supports UMA (the technology behind T-Mobile’s HotSpot@Home and TalkForever services). There aren’t any Windows Mobile devices on the market or even forecasted with the stack (forget about carried by T-Mobile), so now I’m looking at a BlackBerry, which is different, but probably the next best thing. So now the question is whether to go with the Curve (8320) or wait for the update to the Pearl (8120) (which is rumored to drop in a week or two). The specs on the updated Pearl are almost identical to the Curve - it looks like basically a Curve that: adds video recording (yawn), weighs almost 20% less, has bluetooth 2.0, trades the full qwerty keyboard for their SureType thing, trims the screen from 320×240 to 240×260, and cannot be tethered to a laptop as a modem. Also, the Pearl comes in 8 fabulous colors while the Curve only comes in gold or silver. Decisions…decisions…
rolando said,
February 26, 2008 @ 11:24 am
get the pearl…and get the pink one. and then never write a post like this ever again.
Nick said,
February 26, 2008 @ 12:02 pm
I have the Pearl, and love it. But if the Curve had been out at the time, I’d have gone with that. The bigger keyboard and screen are worth it.
Adam said,
March 22, 2008 @ 10:27 am
Forget both. Go ol’ skool!