The bold is better , nuff said ... Do you really need or want to have a slide phone ??? They Blow... I own a 9000 because of its simplicity , screen and keyboard WTF more do you need for business ????? You wana play checkers a better graphic environment , do you .... if so its called Apple ....
Well I think a better browser is important. The Bold 9000 browser is junk and I use enterprise intranet web applications so the 9800 is a huge improvement. I think a better argument might be to say that the Bold 9700 is better since it's getting the BB6 update with the browser. That said I do like the touch only for the web browser. Pinch/zoom and panning is much better with touch than the trackpad in my opinion.