Okay, so not a permanent new toy, but I had the opportunity to play with the BlackBerry 8700c last week. I worked with the BB 7290 for the NWC mobile messaging review, but it was neat to get a chance to work with one of the newest additions to the CrackBerry family. It’s not a revolutionary product by any stretch of the imagination, but it is a good incremental step above the 7290.

• The screen is bigger, brighter and has better resolution. I found it to have better outdoor readability than its predecessor.
• RIM has re-vamped the interface to take advantage of the enhanced screen real estate, making some modest improvements.
• The support for EDGE networks made quick work of downloading the attachments I received (which was helped by RIM’s attachment-processing services).

I don’t know that it’s enough to make me want to rush out and buy one… especially as an individual w/o my own groupware server. I’d still hate to be reliant on a desktop redirector for access to my calendar. Nonetheless, I think it’s likely to be favorably received in the market as an improvement over its predecessors.

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