The phone you're peering at above has more names than we'd care to count, but the so-called
Aries (or the
Gemini's CDMA'd sibling, if you please) may end up on Verizon as one of two things: the
BlackBerry Curve 8530 or the
BlackBerry Curve 2. The folks over at
CrackBerry managed to get their hands on a unit far before this thing has even been officially released, and of course they've given us the rundown just as the
Storm2 is stealing all of the attention over at Big Red. The WiFi-equipped handset (yeah, you read that right) was said to be "identical to the Curve 8520" with the exception of the back cover design, meaning that while solid, the device definitely felt "entry-level." The interface was said to be satisfactorily snappy, the optical trackpad was dubbed "really great" and the web browser was still thoroughly worthless. If you really need to hear more, give that read link a look.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Plexus @ Oct 26th 2009 8:21PM
These ugly qwerty candybars were OK 15 years ago now they are pathetic, and since Android got in the game the excuse that BB had a good e-mail app does not hold water anymore.
it's obvious (at the disaster of the Storm proved beyond doubt) that RIM can't produce anything else and needs to sell the same phone over and over, but I just can't understand why americans keep on buyng those outdated monstruosity.
The rest of the world stopped 5 years ago.
Here BB were all the rage in 2000/2001, but now are not even imported anymore.
sikkboy626 @ Oct 26th 2009 11:29PM
Tuh, tuh, tuh Aries?
dhillksu @ Oct 27th 2009 12:07PM
Plexus, you are very naive to believe that every one wants a 3-4 inch touchscreen or touchscreen slideout qwerty combo. Because there are still some americans that would like a OS that isn't SERIOUSLY underpowered on hardware. I'm not denying that Android is the future. But until the tegra and 500 plus RAM show up stateside powering either android or winmo the blackberry is still the way to go. I can respond to text an email in 10 secs or less on a berry. On the flip side unless you flash a rom on winmo or I guess don't have an HTC Sense UI on an Android the lag alone takes 5 secs to load the messaging app, not to mention taking the time to hold your awkwardly designed, top heavy, slide out qwertys. Basically what I'm saying is every phone/os has its demographics. And there are still power users that prefer battery life, speed, and durability to flashy chinese plastic that goes through flex cables faster than winmo eats batteries.
Plexus @ Oct 28th 2009 3:55PM
Well , this is actually an intelligent critic.
I do not agree (maybe because I'm under 70 years old) but what you write does make sense.
Charley Brown @ Nov 14th 2009 12:28PM
I guess this will be a good intro model for those who still haven't gotten into the Blackberry Craze. I can't really see myself getting excited over this phone though with rumors of the Essex/Tour2 coming soon. Just my two 1/2 cents tho.
http://www.blackberrytour2.net