Will Critics Consider Blackberry 9000 “Lipstick on a Pig”?
Posted on 08 May 2008, at 11:00 am, by Wayne Schulz
Image: Crackberry.com
Web site Crackberry.com continues dissecting the pre-release/beta Blackberry 9000 they scored from an eBay auction earlier this week. This device has been deemed “drool worthy” for it’s 3G connection, improved 480 x 320 HVDA color LCD and advance peek at the new operating system (OS version 4.6.0.22 (67) is on their early release device). They have a short video that demonstrates the browser playing Youtube video, other than that the web browser seems largely unchanged. It’s unclear whether this is the final version web browser. From what I’ve read nearly all the improvements to the Blackberry 9000 have been cosmetic or LCD screen improvements. Not a glimpse of any HTML email capabilities, and comments from the reviewer about this being an “evolutionary OS” and “mainly visual” OS improvements - lead me to wonder if this Blackberry 9000 might be considered “lipstick on a pig” by users hoping for more?
Link: Crackberry.com - Blackberry 9000 Smartphone Review - Part III - OS4.6
Link: Great YouTube Video Created By CrackBerry.com - Live Demo of Blackberry 9000
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May 9th, 2008 at 9:04 am
Point well made Wayne, but lets wait till next week when they should announce it at WES, I will be there the entire week. I want to see more of the capabilities up close and personal instead of just guessing or taking someone elses word for it.
Tt
May 9th, 2008 at 11:23 pm
The hardware looks much nicer but the software is little changed so I guess the verdict is the same. The looks are important but the usability more so! So I guess with the Diamond as well this makes for 2 pigs in the pen.