The Bold’s screen is also amazingly clear. RIM mentioned that the Bold acquired its name during user testing, when numerous users commented how “bold” the screen appeared. The screen is ideal for watching videos , surfing the internet and reading emails.

For ease of navigation, there is  trackball which a few users like although other people found fiddly. It does work well and when you become accustomed to it operation, it can make navigating  through the menu very straightforward.

Key Features
The Bold features  HSDPA and Wi-Fi, offering high-speed electronic mail and Internet access virtually everywhere you go, and  the onboard GPS is pretty useful to find out where you and current surroundings.
The setup email is reasonably straightforward.  If  you’re not going to use it to access your company email, you are able to use BlackBerry Internet Service to setup a assortment of email accounts, including Microsoft Exchange. The Bold’s Internet web browser is easy to use, rendering pages in a desktop format, altho it doesn’t support Flash.
The GPS works well  outdoors, but not that great when you’re indoors. You can use BlackBerry Maps, which lets you do useful things such as sending your location to your friends. GoogleMaps also work with the Bold’s GPS.

The Bold has a  a standard 3.5mm headphone jack, meaning you can use your own normal headphones with it.  The music player is basic, but supports most  formats and is its usage is  satisfactory.
THe Bold’s 2 megapixel camera  didn’t take good day or night shots. It does have a LED flash, but didn’t work very well  us at night . It’s ok if you just need to take the odd snap to send to your friends over MMS, but not particularly great at taking high quality pictures.

The Bold’s Performance
The Bold is a huge improvement over older BlackBerries and combined with a fast processor (624MHz), offers a really great user experience. You feel like it is delivering the sort of power you expect from a smart phone–there is no issues with performing normal activities such as surfing the internet, surfing the internet  or using applications.
The Bold has a very loud speaker and works very well as  a hands-free or conference calls.

The Bold’s battery life is estimated to be  at around 10 days standby and around 4 hours talk time.

Conclusion
If you’re a existing  BlackBerry user, you will certainly be interested in looking at  the Bold. Ordinary users after a easy to use smartphone with a great screen and a keyboard will probably be interested too!

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To start using BAW, go to BlackBerry App World to download the software. You will need a PayPay account to purchase the applications. If you do not have one, you can sign up at paypal.com. Also, take note of the followings:

• BlackBerry Device Software of 4.2 or higher (latest as of April 09 is version 4.5) is required.
• Only BlackBerry Smartphone with a touch screen or trackball is supported.
• BAW is only available to users in US, Canada and UK. Not all networks are supported.

Connect your BlackBerry to your computer via USB to download and install on your Smartphone. You will have to use Microsoft Internet Explorer as RIM uses ActiveX controls. Once BAW is running on your BlackBerry, you will see several featured apps on the home screen; similar to App Store on iPhone. BAW supports both free and for purchase applications (as low as US$2). There are a couple of hundred of apps to choose from in the store. The interface is very easy to use, although you have to go thru some menus. For the apps, you can see the publisher’s description and read user reviews. Just click on the link
and it will download directly to your BlackBerry. Downloading of the app is easy and hassle-free. The app will download into your phone Download folder.

BAW is not as flashy as iPhone App Store but it works pretty well. The problem it not faces is the low number of app, but I have no doubt that in the next few months it will definitely grow. The collection of app is already very good. Seem that the App Stores path is the trend for the Smartphone’s war. Now where is the Symbian App Store?