Gizmodo got a hands-on preview of the BlackBerry Curve 8900, codename Javelin, this week and apparently, they like it. The model was only a pre-production model, though, so BlackBerry will undoubtedly make improvements based off of these hands-on reviews.

The 8900, the successor to the Blackberry Curve, includes Blackberry’s newest and best software, version 4.6, which can not be used with the original Curve. The operating system is not only sleeker and better looking, it is also smoother and an overall better experience, according to Gizmodo. The 8900’s screen is also much crisper and looks more like the Bold’s screen. Compared to the original Curve, it is a much more powerful phone all together. 

The trackball and keyboard are said to be exactly like the current Curve’s, however, the phone’s hardware as a whole is slightly thinner. It lacks 3G which is definitely a huge loss, but Blackberry users have been living without it for years. However with a phone this good looking and an operating system this nice, they can live without it for a little bit longer. Overall, the phone is definitely a more consumer version of the Bold and definitely has the same relationship that the current Curve has to the BlackBerry 8800. Overall, if you can live without 3G and want a smaller phone, get the Curve 8900. No pricing or launch dates are known as of know, but a mid-November/December launch is expected.

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