Pros
- Sharp display has vivid, accurate colors
- High-definition video playback impresses
- Light weight makes this conducive to hold in hand
Cons
- Initial software is buggy and lacks polish
- No integrated e-mail, contacts, or calendaring
- Awkwardly designed onscreen keyboard
At A Glance
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Performance
| Operating System | |
|---|---|
| Operating System Tested | BlackBerry |
| Performance | |
|---|---|
| Sunspider (Javascript Benchmark) | 2.3 Seconds |
| Average Page Load Time | 9.75 Seconds |
| File Transfer Speed | 5.5 MB per Second |
| Startup Time | 75.9 Seconds |
| Battery | |
|---|---|
| Battery Life | 5:16 Hours:Seconds |
| Recharge Time | 3:22 Hours:Seconds |
| Display Quality | |
|---|---|
| Still Image Display Quality | Very Good |
| Video Display Quality | Very Good |
| Still Image Capture Quality | |
|---|---|
| Overall Image Quality | Good |
| Exposure Quality | Good |
| Color Quality | Good |
| Sharpness | Fair |
| Distortion | Fair |
| Video Capture Quality | |
|---|---|
| Overall Video Quality | Good |
| Video Quality - Regular Light | Good |
| Video Quality - Low Light | Poor |
| Video Audio Quality | Good |
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