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Posted by petes99 Monday, Feb 23, 2009 1187 days ago

I don't really follow the "tear downs" very often on phones, however ANYTHING related to the 8900 draws my attention these days.. am dying for ATT to release it.

Anyway, I see that the teardown is a TMo handset, however the mainboard has a bit AT&T branded right on it. Is that normal? Does AT&T produce parts?

 
 
Posted by Dahk Monday, Feb 23, 2009 1187 days ago

Lol it says "AT&S". AT&T doesn't produce parts -- I have no idea what AT&S means though. It might not even be a brand thing for all we know.

 
 
Posted by petes99 Monday, Feb 23, 2009 1187 days ago

I am apparently delusional for ATT to release it, then. Or I can't read upside down - haha.

 
 
Posted by Msvoluptous Monday, Feb 23, 2009 1187 days ago

*Gasp* OMG they have tore up my baby! lol

 
 
Posted by Snowman81 Monday, Feb 23, 2009 1187 days ago

I soooo didn't need to see this. Someone needs to be arrested!

 
 
Posted by longboarder22 Monday, Feb 23, 2009 1186 days ago

Why would someone tear up a prefectly good blackberry? That is insane.

 
 
Posted by mrsjackd Monday, Feb 23, 2009 1186 days ago

i saw this picture and was almost weeping as my 8900(ninja) is one of my babies.

 
 
Posted by chairguru22 Monday, Feb 23, 2009 1186 days ago

I love this phone but I can't justify replacing my Curve 8310. The 8900 just doesn't have enough differences. It's not just a phone but my Vaja Case, desk charger and various apps I would need to replace as well. Maybe if I got one for free... ;)

 
 
Posted by badong13pangane Tuesday, Feb 24, 2009 1185 days ago

Is the battery cover made of plastic or some sort of epoxy shell. I have mine covered in "BodyGuardz" protective casing and I can clearly see some warping on one side of the cover.

 
 
Posted by cuz Thursday, Feb 26, 2009 1184 days ago

I found the Curve 8900 on the EDGE network just a bit slow on T-mobile, and well the keyboard on the curve is too hard to use, plastic keys are too small, and too close together.

The Verizon World Edition 8830 is way better, I mean for big hands + its tactical feedback, bigger keyboard, and metal keys help you know you touching the correct key. I can text on it faster than just about any other phone out there.

I don't care if the curve is smaller.. the world edition just feels like a better constructed and faster 3G phone.. though Verizon don't wanna let us update the OS or themes!

BTW the Storm's Touch Keypad is better for bigger hands and figures. The iphone is heat sensitive, and well I felt like it just sucked for big hands. The Storm could do without its push in the screen feedback. It's visual enough feedback? Anyway, I felt the default theme on 8900 was just hard to discipher text messenging/emails.. I like OS 4.2 for that. I liked the standard contacts list. T-Mobile must some odd tweaks for that.

The new OS is pretty, but the World Edition v4.2 is just clean and simple.. though the Javascript on the Browser is horrible in OS 4.2.