Blackberry Bold vs. Nokia E71 vs. HP iPAQ 900

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	Blackberry Bold vs. Nokia E71 vs. HP iPAQ 900	By Sindre Lia, 3 July 2008

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The Blackberry Bold, Nokia E71 and HP iPAQ 900 are all QWERTY candybar smartphones being released this summer. We take an in-depth look; is there an obvious winner?

The first BlackBerry smartphone to come with the new OS version pre-installed is the AT&T HSDPA enabled BlackBerry Bold 9000. AT&T will carry the BlackBerry Bold 9000 exclusively in the U.S., but like the rest of RIM's products, it's likely only a matter of time before they appear in slightly different versions elsewhere.

This summer, we'll also see the first Nokia E series smartphone with AT&T HSDPA support in the Nokia E71. And if that wasn't enough, who else than HP has now decided to roll out its AT&T HSDPA enabled HP iPAQ 900, which was announced about a year ago. So, there are three brand new QWERTY candybar smartphones coming at once, but which one will be the best?

To get a better idea, let's do a comparison between the BlackBerry Bold 9000, Nokia E71 and HP iPAQ 900, based on our first impressions of these devices and impressions of earlier products from these manufacturers:

PREVIEW COMPARISON View phone specs
	BlackBerry Bold	Nokia E71	HP iPAQ 900
Design	4 of 5	5 of 5	4 of 5
Interface	5 of 5	4 of 5	4 of 5
Keys	5 of 5	5 of 5	5 of 5
Messaging	5 of 5	4 of 5	4 of 5
GPS	4 of 5	5 of 5	4 of 5
Battery life	5 of 5	4 of 5	4 of 5
Preview score:	93%	90%	83%

In other words, the BlackBerry Bold 9000 will likely become the QWERTY candybar smartphone to beat when it hits store shelves sometime in August 2008. There's no word yet on AT&T picking up the Nokia E71 and HP iPAQ 900, but there's a good chance that the former will appear in AT&T stores this fall at least. Both models will be available as unlocked phones in July 2008.

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