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| BlackBerry 8820 Smartphone (AT&T) | 
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| Brand: BlackBerry
Category: Wireless
List Price: $399.99
Buy New: $99.99
You Save: $300.00 (75%)
Avg. Customer Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 999
Color: Silver
Media: Wireless Phone
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0 x 0
Model: 8820
UPC: 843163016293
ASIN: B000UWC3OY
Release Date: September 20, 2007
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 One Problem September 10, 2008
I own the BB 8800, as a matter of fact I carry two of them around (one personal and one for work).
The phone is great and has come leaps and bounds beyond the previous versions (which I was already madly in love with)
Everything works flawlessly, it is robust (I've dropped them a few times) and for the most part the voice quality is rather good.
My one caution is that while the phone is marketed as a "media player" it is really not. The "media playing" software is rather flimsy meaning it doesn't lend itself well to searching, fast forwarding, repeating and the common things that constitutes media playing software. That said, one can get around it quite easily by learning the hot buttons on the keyboard, the real issue is that it uses a different plug from your iPod, so if your car was iPod wired, you need to purchase a converter, this was a headache as some worked, some didn't and none ever worked properly!
So now I have two 8800s and I STILL have my iPod in my car since while both of my 8800s have media capability, I can't get them to work properly in my car.
-Richie Etwaru
FANTASTIC Phone!! Better than Tilt, 8525 or Palm!!! September 1, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have been searching for a phone to replace my love for the Palm operating system (truly the best, but they haven't upgraded in a while). I have owned a IPhone, ATT 8525 and a Tilt and find the Windows Mobile operating system SO SLOW!! I also have never found an easy way to link up the contacts I have accumulated on my palm to the others. It is always a painful search on the web and download after download...I also have struggled to get the internet and or the email to synch up.
THIS PHONE ROCKS!! SO easy! It is seamless. COnnected to my desktop and added all my contacts, connected easily to the wireless internet (home and work) without ANY pain and the rollerball is SO easy to use that I didn't miss all the touchscreens I have enjoyed in the past. It is also the LIGHTEST phone I have ever used. It automatically senses when you put it in the case and locks the keyboard - AWESOME - no more unwanted "pocket calls" to my ex, or 911)
The GPS works VERY well with Google Maps and downloads are a breeze. This is easily the best phone I have owned in decades!
Downsides: Internet is not 3G so a little slow, but not bad. No camera (never used it before, but there you go) and the keyboard is a bit small.
This phone is a little monster that fits on your pocket July 13, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'm not going to write a book like most people do on these reviews mostly because my spelling is horrible. I own one of these and i love it. I get my email's and text's and phone calls all the time. I work at Verizon wireless as a tech and i see people have issues with their phones all day. Out of all the pda's i see on a daily basis blackberry's are the least with the exception of the pearl. Treo's freeze and crash all the time the blackberry is simple and solid. I purchased my 8820 as a rebuilt one because it was cheaper. But it acts and preforms like it's brand new. Every now and then i have to pop the battery out but that's nothing compared to what i see people to through with their phones at my job. My battery dies quick sometimes to but thats life..over all a great phone
 Would be a nice phone if it had a better software application June 26, 2008
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
If my employer did not provide the phone gratis, I wouldn't keep it. The user interface is awkward and clunky. The phone software crashes and locks up often. The desktop software is lacking in basic features.
I think my major issue with this product is the calendar and address book. Microsoft Vista Home Version eliminates Outlook. And the RIM Desktop software doesn't have it's own. So the user has to enter the information in Outlook and then synch the Blackberry with the desktop computer. The calendar and address book are essentially useless unless you buy MS Outlook separately ($80) or you have the old XP. Don't buy this phone if you use a machine running MS Vista.
Also don't buy this phone if you want to use it as an MP3 player with anything other than the miserable RIM ear buds. The audio jack is a proprietary RIM size and not a standard ear phone jack. And RIM earbuds are cheap and sound tinny. There is no way to hook up quality headphones to the Blackberry.
why use this? June 13, 2008
17 out of 22 found this review helpful
After using an iPhone for the past year, to try something new, I got the "top of the line" blackberry 8820. Why would anyone buy this product unless their company made them?? The user interface is so bad I am amazed. The web browsing is just as bad as on a regular cell phone. The navigation is clunky. The email is great IF you ONLY read TEXT emails, anything with HTML (formatting and pictures) turns out in garbled code. Reading PDF attachments is darn near impossible. I did the like AOL/Yahoo instant messenger capability, but hardly worth it. Loading pictures/music via the Roxio desktop software is a throwback to 1998 with its horrible user interface. I really don't see the use in this device. I returned mine to Amazon after a week.
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