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21 February 2006
Great Results Will Make You Feel Like A Pro
9 of 10 found this helpful The DX7590 is a great camera. It was the best of the three Kodak digital cameras that I owned. It was easy to use in every mode. The big LCD screen was a plus, and so is the battery. That battery lasts forever, so you don't have to worry about recharging nearly as much.
I used it to take pictures when I worked with a local festival. You can view those pics at www.pinktomato.photosite.com, for an idea of what type of pics can be taken with it. The tractor race pictures were taken in sports mode, and the race pictures were taken while they were running.
I finally went to a Canon, but I passed this camera on to my mother. She is not very technical at all, and she takes great pictures with it too.
All in all, a great camera.
25 March 2007
Business Class Star with Media Player Extras - Great!
13 of 13 found this helpful This is my third Blackberry, and of all of them, this is my favorite. It has:
1. The bright, big screen gives you a wonderful space for viewing all of the functions. It certainly makes it easier to view webpages if you have the Blackberry internet package. The screen is in bold, beautiful color with customizable themes that give you the option of icons or lists - whichever is more comfortable for your use.
2. This phone has a QWERTY keyboard, which makes texting a whole lot easier. Capitalizing a letter is easy too - just hold the key for a couple of seconds. I also love the space button.
3. Changes in the user buttons are easy to get used to. Instead of a trackwheel and "back" button on the side, the new trackball and "back" buttos are located on the front along with the answer, menu and end buttons. The only buttons on the side of the phone are the Push To Talk button on the left and the volume keys on the right. The Power and Mute buttons are still located on the top.
4. EDGE technology allows you to access the internet quickly. Pages pull up faster than ever. What it doesn't have - 3G, but in most places, that doesn't really matter because 3G speed is not available everywhere anyway.
5. The 8800 has a large selection of tunes, alarms, notifiers and other sounds to choose from. You also have the option of using music tones, voice tones and answer tones just like any other phone.
6. Customization for callers. You can customize rings and add pictures for different users. I like that because it allows me to identify who's calling without having to look at the phone.
7. Media player - Blackberry has added a media player to the 8800 series. It sounds great. Syncing it with your computer and adding music via the desktop manager is easy to do. I recommend that you have an SD media card. You can add music, videos, ringtones and pictures.
8. The Blackberry 8800 is a beautiful phone. Its beauty isn't just skin deep. It is a truly functional Blackberry, with the usual Blackberry functions. Syncing it with your computer to keep up with calendar notations, tasks and your address book is as easy as pie.
9. Great battery strength. I had it on all day and talked quite a bit, and the battery was still good to go for much longer.
10. It is bluetooth capable with the ability to be paired with more than one device at a time (pairing is easy as well).
11. The speakerphone is loud and very clear. The volume of the phone's ringing is also loud. With some other phones, I had to set it to high to hear them in certain situations. I have this one set to medium and am considering setting to low when I'm in the office.
12. GPS option - if you want to pay the additional price for this service, it is a great tool. I saw it in action at the store when I bought it, and it's cool.
What does it not have? It doesn't have a camera, or the ability to do videos, but if that is not an important consideration, this is the perfect Blackberry. It has the perfect combination of business and play.
10 March 2006
Great Business Class Smartphone with Hip Extras
34 of 36 found this helpful The Blackberry 8700C is a fantastic phone! If you liked previous versions of the Blackberry, like the 7100G, you will LOVE this one. Here are just a few of the reasons:
1. The bright, big screen gives you a wonderful space for viewing all of the functions. It certainly makes it easier to view webpages if you have the Blackberry internet package. Unlike the 7100G, this screen is in bold, beautiful color with customizable themes that give you the option of icons or lists - whichever is more comfortable for your use.
2. This phone returns to the QWERTY keyboard, which makes texting a whole lot easier. I was always having to make sure I hit the buttons twice to hit the right letters. It's also nice to just hold down the key a little longer to make the letters capital letters. That in itself is definitely a timesaver. I also love the space button.
3. The placement of the other buttons is also great. The trackwheel allows you to scroll quickly between the options. The back button allows you to return to previous choices. The power and mute buttons are on the top for easy access, and the profile button allows you to easily return to the normal profile at the push of a button.
4. EDGE technology allows you to access the internet quickly. Pages pull up faster than ever. That alone is worth the price of admission.
5. The 8700C allows you to do something else that was missing from the 7100G. There is a much larger selection of tunes, alarms, notifiers and other sounds to choose from. You also have the option of using MP3s as your ringtones without having to go through a conversion process. Your Blackberry can now have music tones like the other phones.
6. You can customize rings for different users. That was one feature I missed when I switched from my Sony Ericsson to the Blackberry 7100G. I had one ringtone that was for everyone. Now I have separate rings for my most important callers,and a general music tone for everyone else. I even tailored the tunes to the caller when I picked them.
7. Last of all, the Blackberry 8700C is stylish. It just looks good, and it's nice to know that its beauty isn't just skin deep. It is truly functional, with the usual Blackberry functions. Syncing it with your computer to keep up with calendar notations, tasks and your address book is as easy as pie.
Talk time is between 4-5 hours. It is bluetooth capable with the ability to be paired with more than one device at a time (pairing is easy as well). The speakerphone is loud and very clear.
What does it not have? It doesn't have a camera, or the ability to do videos, but if you don't need that, this is probably the perfect phone for you. It is for me.