The Passport, a "love-hate"

Much has been written about the Passport, how do you add it now. I got in November one of the first passport and use it today still so happy as before and makes my environment carried away with questioning looks. It has replaced my BB Z10, with whom I was also very pleased actually when, yes it not been for the bad battery.

And now the Passport, unpacked ... what a device. mmhh nja .. big, heavy, I do not know. And always keep the issue or to Amazon back. And to this day I'm still not so sure if I then again device holding a "lean" in his hand, it was the right decision.

In fact, it's big and bulky, but I've hardly had a situation where it did not fit in the trouser or jacket pocket. Also in the car, it has its place, even though I the advantages of a side USB - had met in connection Z10 because the device had indeed mostly in the cup holder. But if you look at it first in hand, then you realize that it's not just a little heavier than other devices, but that one also holds a very worth-containing cell phone in hand. The build quality of the device is beyond any doubt, in my view. Since Crunches nothing rattles nothing, everything is fixed in place and the good key and the metal frames ensure that certain something.

The screen, very good. Everything can be seen clearly, and then the Format. I want to have no more. I use the device primarily for e-mail correspondence and reading Web pages, and more recently ebooks. Well, a Tolino is there better, but for the journey on the train or on the platform does the Passport sometimes. The presentation of sites suggests that the other devices on all times. Here I do not like to miss it.

The keyboard, much was written about it. I get along very well with it. Clear attack, word suggestions are more than super, though you look up with the proposal on the search results more time consuming than if you would type the word. After a few days the unit knew the name of my local pub and my wife ... as word suggestion. I have never had in Android.

The BB 10.3 operating system is for me one of the best there is. Anyone who has worked with it, for the Android is a game system. Since then I have the passport, the tablet is in the corner. The programs fold quickly and properly, the gesture operation suggests the Home button from Android or Apple, in my view. About the Hub has been written a lot, he also can be reached by only one gesture and leads they are not completely out, you are immediately in the previous program. There's nothing faster.

The performance of the equipment is more than adequate no jerking, no hanging the system. All stable. App store, nja, the BB - AppStore is not yet so filled with good software, unfortunately there are more likely the whole billgen flashlights apps Androit now over. But the day may come. The Android apps can be via Amazon Store or snap use (Google Account). Once installed, they run (except GPS) usually clean the system.

Privacy, a stronghold of BlackBerry. No, the NSA will also crack my device, but who has time brought a Google account and Android, will soon discover who is the real Datenkrake. Here the system is much more restrained BB 10.3. Today you get a bunch of Android at Google - apps that you can not uninstall, with BB 10.3 only a few that you need. Which app can do what that can only decide a BB user 10.3 mW and also Apple users, Android - no way. Here I can only recommend the BB 10.3 operating system - it is testing time.

The camera with its 12 MP make good pictures. In the dark can be achieved very good results. However, the trigger is a hand (if you want to take a time Selfie) hardly to handle. And what is a clear drawback for me is the auto focus. Much too slow, especially in low light.

Size and handling are just getting used to and I always ask me, it's right. But when I used it, I am always thrilled. Meanwhile, it comes with one hand ... a little balance is as necessary. And the battery, I do not telephone so much so that, even if it is sometimes not so used, it may sometimes hold three or four days. But a day or two goes on.

Making calls so that way also, but I have to admit. For Vieltelefoniere the Passport is in spite of its good voice quality in my view nothing. It is simply not as the ear like a narrow cell phone, because it is sometimes even a log. Since it can be difficult sometimes a little.

What I noticed negative, is a massive data consumption of personal services that suck my volume sometimes within a few days yet. Since I am not yet come back, although I all e-mail traffic and Kalendersync. have shut down. Should probably be a bug with push mail. As I wait times on the new update.