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11 out of 13 people found this review helpful
4.5 stars
"MUCH MUCH Better!"
Pros: WiFi-Speaker-Construction
Cons: WiFi & Battery Life and NO YAHOO IM again!
Summary: I gave up my 8800 Friday for this phone and have been using it for 2 days now. First off the side panels don?t creak anymore and the roller button works much better. The Wi-Fi was easy to get up and running and have been using the phone with it on and see that I will need to be charging it as often as possible. Now the edge over 3g, ok should they have 3G YES but they don?t and it still goes out to the web when I need it to, and really if I want faster downloads I would rather do it from my laptop anyway. The speaker sounds much better as well with voices coming in much clearer than the 8800. As far as a camera option missing who really cares this phone is an email tool, not to update Pics on MySpace. I have had almost every version of BB and I can say as a business user this is the best yet. Great Job RIM,, but AT&T you still suck! If you have an 8800 DUMP it you won?t regret it.Updated
Ok I have had some of the same problems as some users lately. The 8820 doesnt work with ALL wireless routers for some reason. So far I see that is supports WPA(but not using AES) and WEP works fine on certain routers. I have used 3com and it seems to work with them but I know that it wont work with Belkin N1 routers(the new (lcd screen N1)N1 router hasnt been tested yet), your phone might try to connect to it and then reboot for no reason. Updating the firmware from RIMS website through AT&T wont fix this issue, they dont have any info coming out on when RIM will have a fix for this. SO connecting the WiFi will be hit or miss for now. ALSO if you do run into the reboot issue when trying to connect, try powering off your router or ap and once the phone boots up remove the wifi profile it will then act normally again.
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RIM BlackBerry 8820 (AT&T):
$249.99 - $289.99
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