My BlackBerry Bold 9000 (White)

It has been 3 months since I bought my BlackBerry Bold 9000 White Edition. The white Bold is quite hard to find in the Malaysian market (even the local telcos don’t have it) and because of that, some shops in KL are selling it for over RM400 premium price than the normal black Bold. In my opinion, that’s not a reason to sell a BB Bold much more expensive than the black covered Bold, as RIM in the US of A sells the white Bold with the same price bracket with the black Bold. Since white is the new black, I’m all up for it and don’t really mind the extra dole I have to fork out for it.

To tell you the truth, not all mobile users are into Blackberrys. They said that the phones are targeted to the businessmen/women, office workers, email maniacs (hey!) and some stupid rich people. You may be wrong by branding it like that. Why? After spending a good and solid 3 months with it, I think I can’t live without one! Please read on.

BlackBerry Bold 9000 (White)

In my line of work, email communications are very important. And I’m using my email for some social activities as well (read: porn). And in average, I received about 60 work emails and 80 social emails (mostly Facebook updates and again, porn). To me, having to read emails wherever I am is important, hence having a BlackBerry for a phone (thank God for push email technology!). Wanna know what other things I’m using my BB for? Continue below:

• BlackBerry Messenger: This has become one of my main app lately, due to its ease of usage and convenient. This app is the BB equivalent of Yahoo Messenger, but limited only to the users of BlackBerrys. Identification is by PIN (eight-digit personal identification number unique to each BB set) and email;
• Yahoo Messenger and Google Talk;
• Daily Alarm;
• EPL live score;
• Facebook;
• BlackBerry App World: something like the iTunes store, but for BB. Lots of free apps as well;
• Daily weather: Updated online;
• Minor internet browsing;
• Some photo taking (if I found something worth taking);
• GPS and Maps;
• Music while waiting for something.

In my opinion, having a BlackBerry device is something like having any other mobile phone, but a little bit more personalise. Just like the American Express, you can’t leave home without your BlackBerry.

Earlier this month, both Maxis and Celcom announced the availability of the new Bold 9700 for the RRP of RM2,099 (device only without contract). Shall I upgrade? That is the real question.

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