Overzicht: Het Geval van OtterBox voor de Kromme & de Parel van het Blackberry
Het schatten: 9.5/10
De Winnaar van de Toekenning van de Keus van redacteurs!
Verbinding: www.OtterBox.com (ontzagwekkende plaats met vele interessante eigenschappen)
Prijs: $49.95 elk (USD)
Model Aantal: De Reeks van de verdediger; 1934-20 (De Parel van 8100 Reeksen); Verdediger 1935-20 (De Kromme van 8300 Reeksen)

Dit is een overzicht ik om ben gestorven reeds enige tijd te doen. Vraag (enkel mijn belangrijkste redacteur en kerels bij op de markt brengende afdeling Otterbox…“ wanneer? “ „Wanneer? “ „Wanneer? “). Goed is de tijd gekomen en ik wilde dit één weggaan ZO VLUG MOGELIJK zo die mensen daar wie nadenken het zetten van op hun wenslijst aan post aan Santa kan doen dit bewapend met een beetje meer informatie. De nieuwe gevallen OtterBox hebben de kwaliteit en de norm van nageleefd origineel 8800 geval dat eerder gewonnen onze Toekenning van de Keus van Redacteurs.

Ik heb Otterboxes in het verleden voor vorige apparaten gebruikt en zeer geïmponeerd door de kwaliteit, het ontwerp en de duurzaamheid van hun producten geweest. OtterBox verzond me vriendelijk 2 van hun nieuwe gevallen: 1 voor de Kromme en 1 voor de Parel. Tijdens volgende week of gebruikte ik en misbruikte zo deze producten. (Het werk van I een markt beet op bouwwerven zo stof en de schokweerstand is een echt probleem voor om het even welke gevoelige apparaten I gebruik). Voor het volledige overzicht en hoe elk geval, enkel geraakte faired SPRONG.

Dit artikel zal van groot voordeel voor iedereen zijn wie ooit hun Blackberry door het te laten vallen heeft vernietigd, die het blootstelt die aan stof, te hard op het weekend of alle bovengenoemd speelt. Ongeveer is het enige ding het het niet zal beschermen tegen de gevreesde Daling van het Toilet `'. (ik heb ver aan vele telefoons deze manier in de loop van de jaren verspild)

Eerste Indrukken:
Zij allebei kwamen met uitvoerige installatieinstructies, schoonmakende doek, installeert het scherm kaart en het standaard reclamepak.

De installatie is niet zo hard aangezien sommige overzichten u zullen hebben geloven. U moet enkel ervoor zorgen om het apparaat behoorlijk schoon te maken alvorens u probeert om de membraandekking over het scherm en het toetsenbord te passen. De rest is gemakkelijk en vrij ongecompliceerd. Zorg enkel de opstelling van stoffilters met de gaten ervoor zij moeten beschermen, de 2 kanten van het harde geval knippen samen, op de siliciumdekking uitglijden en u wordt gedaan.

Op het Gebied:

To put these through a real life test I thought I would just go about my daily routine of work (I’m not a writer in real life, in case you hadn’t guessed). My weekly routine normally includes; working on construction sites,small amount of office work, servicing automation equipment in industrial and commercial situations (including coolrooms and freezers) and then there is the typical weekend of 4×4 ing and sport (Baseball). All of that combined with 24/7/365 after hours callout that I’m also on (gives me a legitimate excuse to carry my BlackBerry on me at all times) should give these 2 cases a pretty good workout.

My first concern was that OtterBox might not have designed the case as BlackBerry had intended and placed a magnet in a specific spot in the case to switch the unit off when holstered. (I did the ‘wave over’ thing with my Curve before I assembled it all and couldn’t get the screen to switch off). All my fears were squashed when it did exactly what BlackBerry had designed it to do when I first put it in the holster. Another thing I have read in other review is how bulky these cases are. This is one thing that I did not consider to be an issue as the size increase is only minimal. Apart from carrying 2 BlackBerrys around with me all week, I had absolutely no hassles from either case and they protected one (or 2) of my most prized possessions to the fullest. The positive click upon re-holstering gives you that sense of security that your BB is going to be in the same place you left it when you need it next.

I used to have to make sure I had reasonably clean hands before sending an email or making a phone call before, but with the full keypad protection offered by the included membrane, this is something I don’t have to worry about anymore. The only part of the BB exposed to the outside environment is the trackball itself (and that is only when it is out of the holster). All of the buttons are still usable whilst in the OtterBox and there is an attached silicon rubber plug that fits in snuggly over the earphone/charger/sync port so you do not need to remove the device from the case to charge or sync.

Every item on your Pearl or Curve is usable while it is in the OtterBox case and the only thing I found to be a problem was a ‘Battery Pull’ reset. (As BB owners we all have to do these once in a while).(I’m sure I have seen an application some where that allows you to do a reset from the screen…I will check it out and let you all know…). The sound remains uninterrupted by the case as the speaker (and microphone) just have a dust filter over the top. The status LED is still visible although only partially whilst in the holster.

One point I would like to make very clear… These cases Do Not make your Curve 0r Pearl waterproof, so I don’t want any reply’s that read “My BlackBerry is no longer working after I decided to go for a swim (or shower, surf, car-wash etc) after reading your review. I thought you said they are indestructible. When should I expect you to send me a new BlackBerry? The 9000 series looks great. Do you think I can have one of those?” The answer to all the above questions is No…(I don’t even have the rumored 9000s yet) They are Not Indestructible!!! Other things you can not do to your BlackBerry whilst it is in the OtterBox included, but not limited to; shooting it with a high powered weapon (like the one pictured above), dropping it from a very tall building (actually no building over 1.5m tall is recommended), throwing it out of a perfectly good (or crappy) aircraft at 30,000 ft, using it as a ball when you have mis-placed your baseball, etc, etc, etc.

Seriously though, you have a pretty serious bit if electronic hardware in your pocket. If it suffers any kind of real shock or water ingestion it will most probably fail on you (If not right away, then sometime in the near future). Even though you wrap it up in cotton wool (or in this case, an OtterBox), it is still susceptible to severe shock and water damage. We are guilty of posting a link to the Blackberry guys and their testing video on YouTube a couple of months back. As most of you who watched it, this was done in jest and by people who have a never ending supply of BlackBerry’s and OtterBox’s. Unless OtterBox and BlackBerry would like to enter into a deal with me to extreme test their products then I, like the rest of you, will be using mine as a normal day to day case. If any problems do occur in the future, I will post a reply here or edit this article.

Pros:

• Quality, workmanship and design of the product
• Price (compared to a replacement Curve or Pearl)
• Protection offered
• Good looks (if you are after that tough military style)
• The name alone says it all.

Cons:

• Not 100% waterproof
• Not enough retails shops worldwide

Conclusion:

Well the OtterBox was well and truly worth the wait. It lived up to every expectation and then some. The only reason I did not give this product a perfect score is that I couldn’t go to my local store and pick one up. There is a reason why this brand is chosen by some of the worlds most elite military institutions and that is the reliability and attention to detail to detail in the design level (These guys think of everything)

Note:

Delivery time is around a week (within the U.S) so if you order now you are bound to get it delivered before Christmas.

(Don’t leave it too late as we all know what Christmas time can be like!)

This entry was posted on Monday, December 10th, 2007 and is filed under 8100 Pearl, 8300 Curve, Cases, Editors' Choice, Reviews.

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