I recently tried these updates out and I have to say I love them. My BlackBerry Curve now reads email as HTML emails, something that has been available in other devices for quite some time. Also the new 4.5 update added video support to my Curve by using the camera as a video camera. It’s always nice getting new functionality like this without having to pay extra for it!

The one downside from the update I noticed is that my BlackBerry Curve would almost completely drain it’s battery in half a day. My BlackBerry Curve used to run for at least a day and a half to two days before that based on my usage. I quickly went through my settings and set a few applications to query less frequently. I also deleted the ESPN and CNN applications. After I did that everything went back to normal battery time. It seems like some of these applications didn’t take to the new update well and started indirectly causing a battery drain. On a side note, I always leave my bluetooth on so when I get in and out of my car it automatically synchronizes with my car’s bluetooth cell phone ability. This battery drainage wasn’t an issue before so I refused to accept the fact that it was the bluetooth causing the drain. I’m glad I took the time to troubleshoot it because now everything is good!

 -Cheers, RP

In this day and age of devices getting smaller and smaller it would make sense they would have made a device to trump the curve. Of course the screen is better, and it has WiFi now but I’m not a big fan of it’s size. Also the keyboard for me doesn’t seem as easy to use as the Curve’s although that would most likely be a personal preference.

What I do like is the inclusion of WiFi. More and more cell phone companies need to start doing this, not just on cool phones like the iPhone and the Bold, but also on normal everyday cell phones. Up here in Canada our cell phone costs are a lot more costly as compared to other countries around the world and I think a move to WiFi across the board would be a great idea.

-RP