BlackBerry 9000 Reviewed Early (Verdict: Fantastic)

Crackberry, the BlackBerry fan site, bought a BlackBerry 9000 off of eBay for US$828 and reviewed it. Why’s this notable? Because the phone doesn’t go on sale until July or August. This fact doesn’t stop them from throwing lots of praise on the phone now, however, saying that the “9000 will leaves [sic] every other BlackBerry made to date in the dust.”

The 9000 still takes a long time to start up—Crackberry says the software should be updated before launch and that might speed it up a bit—but the keyboard is nice and OS 4.6 is also “smooth”, “fast” and “pretty.” The display is “bright and crisp”, and 3G is definitely welcome. If you even have the smallest interest in BlackBerry, this is a phone to consider. [Crackberry]