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RIM BlackBerry 8830 - silver (Verizon Wireless) comparison

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Product name	RIM BlackBerry 8830 - silver (Verizon Wireless)	RIM BlackBerry Tour 9630 (Verizon Wireless)	RIM BlackBerry 8830 - black (Sprint)	Motorola Droid (Verizon Wireless)
Price	$19.99 to $517.50	$99.99 to $699.99	$99.99	$199.99 to $599.99
CNET editors' rating	3.5 stars Overall score: 7.7 (3.5 stars)	4.0 stars Overall score: 8.0 (4.0 stars)	3.5 stars Overall score: 7.7 (3.5 stars)	4.0 stars Overall score: 8.3 (4.0 stars)
Average user rating	3.0 stars	3.5 stars	3.5 stars	3.5 stars
Release date			June 28, 2007	October 28, 2009
The Bottom Line	For the globe-trotting executive, the RIM BlackBerry 8830 is a powerful voice and messaging tool that offers world roaming and solid performance.	With a winning design and fast performance, the RIM BlackBerry Tour 9630 is one of Verizon Wireless' top smartphones for both business users and messaging fanatics.	For the globe-trotting executive, the RIM BlackBerry 8830 is a powerful voice and messaging tool that offers world roaming and solid performance.	Despite some design issues and a couple of missing features, the Motorola Droid is the most powerful and fastest Google Android device to date. It fully embraces the openness of the Android platform and offers Verizon customers a smartphone that certainly rivals the other touch-screen devices on the market.
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Cellular technology	CDMA2000 1X / GSM	CDMA2000 1X / GSM / WCDMA (UMTS)	CDMA2000 1X / GSM	CDMA2000 1X
Weight	4.7 oz	4.6 oz	4.6 oz	6 oz
Talk time	Up to 300 min	300 min	Up to 300 min	385 min
Wireless Interface	Bluetooth	Bluetooth 2.0	Bluetooth	IEEE 802.11b IEEE 802.11g Bluetooth 2.1 EDR
Service Provider	Verizon Wireless	Verizon Wireless	Sprint Nextel	Verizon Wireless
Band / mode	CDMA2000 1X 1900/800 / GSM 900/1800	WCDMA (UMTS) / GSM 850/900/1800/1900 / CDMA2000 1X 1900/800	CDMA2000 1X 1900/800 / GSM 900/1800	CDMA2000 1X 1900/800
Full specifications	Full specifications	Full specifications	Full specifications	Full specifications
Buying choices	Verizon Wireless $19.99 In stock: Yes Amazon.com $517.50 In stock: Yes Prices from 2 CNET Certified stores	Verizon Wireless $99.99 In stock: Yes Best Buy $699.99 In stock: See Site Prices from 2 CNET Certified stores	Sprint $99.99 In stock: No Price from 1 CNET Certified store	Verizon Wireless $199.99 In stock: Yes Amazon.com $529.99 In stock: Yes Best Buy $599.99 In stock: See Site Prices from 3 CNET Certified stores
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