I upgraded the OS to 4.6.134, although I don’t know if that’s the version AT&T will offer. There are a few problems, such as some slow browsing, but I disabled Javascript and, overall, the browsing is generally pretty good, especially via Wi-Fi. You can set the browser to BlackBerry, Firefox or Internet Explorer mode. Usually I keep it on BlackBerry mode because it seems faster, but some pages display better with Internet Explorer emulation.

On rare occasions, the Bold will spontaneously reset (once, when I was listening to a jkOnTheRun podcast!), but that also has happened with other BlackBerrys. Call quality is rather good.

Viewing ebooks is excellent because the screen is quite bright and relatively high resolution, although not as large as the iPhone’s.

The 2 megapixel camera takes pretty good photos, although I would prefer more capabilities, such as manually increasing the exposure or “scene” modes (landscape, portrait, etc.). The flash is bright enough for an LED (in other words, not very bright), but Xenon would be much better.

The music player is good enough, but fairly basic and lacks bells and whistles. The 8 GB San Disk microSD works fine and holds most of what I want, although if I shot lots of videos, I might want 16 GB.

The Wall Street Journal application is great for viewing headlines and downloading complete articles from multiple WSJ sections.

Overall, this is a very nice device for e-mail junkies. It’s my preferred phone, although I usually carry a high-end Nokia handset, too.