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| BlackBerry Curve 8320 Smartphone Titanium (T-Mobile) | 
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| Brand: BlackBerry
Category: Wireless
Buy New: Too low to display
New (2) Refurbished (1)
Avg. Customer Rating:  58 reviews
Sales Rank: 41
Color: Silver
Media: Wireless Phone
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0 x 0
Model: 8320 Curve
UPC: 610214614957
ASIN: B000W79GQA
Release Date: September 24, 2007
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Promotion: Data not available Terms and Conditions
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Phone is Great,AMAZON 2 Day shipping Baloney July 25, 2008
Phone is great! Well this is my first Smartphone so I don't know other phones capability and easy access. I went though CNET and other forum to select this phone. Main reason was WIFI ability. Even though AMAZON plan does not have it but once you open account with T-Mobile you can add it for $10/m (unlimited calling). Desktop Manager (use for connecting Laptop) keeps disconnecting. But it is only 6 days, I will figure it out.
I got more headaches when I ordered this phone with 2 day shipping option (as advertised by AMAZON); guess what I got phone after 11 days. I did not expect such improper coordination between T-mobile & AMAZON. After talking to T-mobile customer service and getting OK for opening new account, T-mobile customer service did not knew whom should they inform so they ask me to contact AMAZON. AMAZON customer service said all checkpoints in my orders are green and product will ship soon. But they keep on postponing the expected delivery date 2 day.. 3day.. and so on. So finally after 6day, I sent an email to AMAZON customer service, after (more than 24 hrs later) I got email stating my order is in shipping and I cannot cancel. One day pass still in shipping and I cannot cancel. Finally next day shipped on Friday and because of the weekend UPS cannot delivered it. So I got the phone on Monday. No apology from AMAZON.
 A word on international calling with WIFI July 18, 2008
This is a great phone. I just wanted to let everyone know about TMO's rules regarding international WIFI use because there is a review on this site which claims that you can use this phone overseas and call the US w/o additional charges. Based on TMO's terms and conditions, that is not true. Here is the language:
"Service Limitations, Connectivity & International Use: Wi-Fi Calling is not available at T-Mobile HotSpot locations outside the U.S. You acknowledge and agree that your use of any Wi-Fi network is permissible and that you (and not T-Mobile) are responsible for your use. Cell Broadcasts (alerts that go to certain customers) and Wireless Priority Service (WPS) may not be available with Wi-Fi Calling. If you have the Wi-Fi Calling add-on feature and use the Wi-Fi Calling service outside of the U.S., calls to U.S. numbers are not included as part of the add-on feature and are charged under your Rate Plan; calls to international numbers are charged under international rates. Please see important international 9-1-1 information below. You will be responsible for all internet access charges. "
So my question is: Has anyone tried WIFI calling from overseas to the US and if so, how were you billed?
BB Curve vs. TMO Dash - Blackberry wins! July 12, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Now that the price has come down, this is just a fantastic bargain for a very full-featured phone.
First of all, the connectivity is impressive. WiFi and stereo Bluetooth, and it even supports VOIP (i.e., Tmo's @home service). Email and messaging is superb, I do lots of txt and get IM notifications, plus all my IM clients on this phone and the conversations are all integrated into one list, very handy. I have the Blackberry Unlimited data plan + unlimited texts, which i consider necessary because this slick messaging interface tends to lead to excessive messaging. But that's why you get a Blackberry, right?
I had a Tmo Dash before this, and this just blows it out of the water. They have a similar feature set, but the Dash's camera is all but unusable, takes lousy pictures, the screen is hard to see in bright daylight, and the Blackberry OS makes Win Mobile seem clunky and confusing by comparison. It would be nice if the BB took video too, but cell phone video kind of sucks anyway.
If you're one of those highly connected social networking types, there is a Facebook app, numerous IM clients, and a Flickr uploader that makes posting pictures effortless. I installed Google Maps, and even though the Tmo version of the Curve has no GPS, the gMaps application gets it close enough by triangulating your location. It won't give you turn by turn nav but it really helps if you're lost, plus it's close enough so that using the traffic overlay is very helpful to avoid delays. The internet browsing is very satisfactory and superior to the Dash's mobile IE. Also, installing all these add-on apps is extremely easy. There are even some cool free versions of games that are quite fun to play with the little trackball.
I keep logged in to all these different things, and Bluetooth running all the time with WiFi wherever available - this is one busy little phone - but the processor is more than adequate to the task of keeping up, and the battery life is impressive with all these things running. With the Dash, "out of memory" errors trying to run the worthless camera were common, and the WiFi, Bluetooth, and any kind of multimedia usage would drain the battery way too fast. With the Dash, I had to constantly make sure I was being conservative with what I had running, and that's just no fun at all.
Multimedia capabilities are very nice, I have a 4 gig micro SD and some stereo bluetooth peripherals (i recommend Altec Lansing T515 Portable Speaker for Stereo Bluetooth Phone) and you've got a very slick portable entertainment system.
The little scroll wheel was a bit awkward for me at first, but now when I try to navigate other phones, I really miss it. If you've not had a BB before, it's a good idea to run through the tutorial when you set it up, there are some very very handy keyboard shortcuts that will make things much easier.
All in all, this is a fantastic smartphone that can actually keep up with me, and that's saying a lot.
 Beware of cheap plastic trackball "collar" on Blackberry Curve 8320 June 25, 2008
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
Beware - Blackberry Curve 8320 design flaw!!!! The cheap plastic collar (ring) around the track ball will fall out and when you try to replace it, if not done precisely, you will break the little "legs" that are supposed to hold it in place. The track ball does not move easily as it is and really lacks any precision. When the collar piece finally is broken to the degree that it cannot hold the track ball in place, Blackberry will tell you you caused the physical damage and will not replace the phone under the warranty!!! It's their design flaw - but they will not own it! Very convenient for them to deny responsibility for this flaw. With a phone costing as much as this one does, why is this cheap little plactic piece used at a place on the phone where most of the work is done - mousing! If you have this phone, please return it under the warranty if you have the least little problem with the track ball - before it gets to the point where they can contrive any excuse to deny your claim!!!! And T-Mobile is not helpful at all on this subject. I used to hold T-Mobile in high esteem. This is not the case after my conversations with their representatives last evening after I took the Curve out of it's leather holster and the track ball fell out of the phone!!!
Great smart phone June 20, 2008
I love this BlackBerry. The wifi card is huge for me - don't have to pay for my minutes when I talk at home. I get very poor cellular signals where I live so this phone allows me to get reception anywhere in my house since I am connecting over wifi.
I might wait to see how the iPhone 3G is once it comes out. The application store on the iPhone is going to be great.
But I still dont know if that will be better an the great keyword on this Curve.
Joel Simkhai
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