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Originally Posted by curriertech
All that and you don't cite even one example of why you feel this way? What's a Curve got that the Bold doesn't, that a "power user" is going to miss?
I've used and supported almost every BB device since the 7290 (except the 8900 and Storm) and the Bold is easily the best of them all IMO. We've begun rolling them out to our users here and the feedback has been nothing but positive.
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Sorry...my biggest concerns are battery life and usefulness.
1) Battery Life: Since, at least for the time being, AT&T is the only provider for the BlackBerry Bold (without modifying the phone) in Texas, I do not think too many of my users if any would care to update their OS...even if I offered to do it for them, they would probably decline because of the time it takes.
(Note: This is under the assumption that AT&T keeps shipping the BlackBerry Bold with 4.6.0.167 for the next 2 or 3 months.)
2) Usefulness: I have seen a few features they might like, such as the super awesome video playback, and camera/video recorder, the 3G network...
But for most of them, they can do exactly what they need to on their curves and would not want to spend the extra time / money on the BlackBerry Bold at this point.
So those users would weigh the costs and not see the value (mostly because they are business users that do not understand / see the affects of a 3G network).
***However...from an CrackBerry Addict like myself...its a windfall type phone...I was hooked on my BlackBerry Curve after 10 minutes of Texting...I touched the BlackBerry Bold and needed only to press the keys in use the Browser...(all in about 30 secs...I bought the High Dollar Drug AKA the Cocaine Berry Bold)
-Cheers-
-mmuras
More than half of our users are content with their current devices, but the more educated/savvy users (or power users as you put it) have been anxiously awaiting simultaneous voice and data as allowed by 3G. For 2 years I've had to fend off that question with "later" and now I can finally answer...."NOW!" 
