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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
Avg. Customer Rating:  69 reviews
Sales Rank: 81
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
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Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Customer Reviews:
Phone Good, Camera Good, Browsing Bad March 22, 2008
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
Like everyone, I was torn between getting an iPhone and Blackberry. I have it in for AT&T and am email oriented, so I went for the latter with TMobile's 8320. It has free wifi for browsing. The downside is this version of the phone does not have GPS, although it does have Blackberry Maps.
I find the phone to be really good; email is outstanding; T Mobile's service (especially customer service) to be really good; the camera with zoom, with the $5.00 deal for 400 texts and picture sends, to be quite good. The only real disappointment is the really poor browser. Even with my home WIFI enabled, it is slow and minimalistic. It is only to be used in an emergency. If I had realized how bad the browser and surfing was, I might have gone with iPhone, or gone with AT&T for the GPS. But....remember, AT&T is more expensive, the customer service and phone service is what it is (although friends say it has improved a lot).
T Mobile's great customer service is worth something, I think. I have called TMobile a number of times for dumb "how to" questions. They answer quickly, they are patient. It is the best customer service I've ever gotten from a carrier... This summer I go to Europe. I look forward to getting a T Mobile Intl plan for that. That's worth something also...
 Beware March 12, 2008
40 out of 63 found this review helpful
Please be advised, this phone is not all it is cracked up to be. I use a standard "G" router, which apparently cannot handle the WIFI portion of this phone. Bare minimum is G+
You know what, not that big of a deal, technology changes.
I'm cheap, so I elected not to purchase the full internet package on this phone, thinking that I could just connect whenever I'm near an open WIFI network. After some fiddling with internal options, I was able to connect to the internet using the Blackberry browser. HOWEVER, no other applications can download information via the web.
Blackberry maps will not work, Google Maps times out, Opera Mini 4 will not install, and a free stock market application times out as well.
Additionally, it is not "seamless" in changing from WIFI VOIP to a regular cell signal or the other way around. Every single time I've gotten to the edge of a wireless signal, my call has been dropped. Even when I'm out in the open at my University where there is a nice large cell tower nearby.
I've gone through about 40 hours of customer service support with T-Mobile, to include 3 visits to physical stores; none less than 2.5 hours in length. I've even had the phone replaced through the manufacturer warranty, and yet the same issues persist.
BE FOREWARNED: If you do not purchase the full internet package you cannot use any of the smartphone features on this phone! The technology in this phone is nowhere near ready for the public; the marketing department lied to us again.
A minor gripe, it tells me that it is low on power, and starts flashing this bright green LED after about 10 hours of being off of the charger. It then can last for another 24 hours before actually dieing. Please note, that this is well short of two days.
Great except for occasional sound droupouts during calls March 8, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Sometimes during a call the ear piece will stop functioning for a few seconds. Other than that it is great!
 Blackberry Heaven March 8, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I purchased this phone after researching quite a number of phones. I had the Blackberry 8520, but wanted something that wasn't as heavy or bulky. I fell in love with the Blackberry 8320. It's perfect in every way. It has all the features you would want (music, internet, texting, pictures, etc.), but it looks great also. It fits in your pocket and is less bulky than my previous phone. I would definitely recommend purchasing a cell case cover, as the phone is a great investment. There's not much to say. This is "the" phone to get if you want a phone that can do it all.
 Great features but questionable build quality March 5, 2008
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
Features and usability-wise, this phone is simply awesome. You will get hooked once you start using it. Other reviewers have covered most features in detail so I will not go there.
However, I did face some pretty serious issues with the phone. Within a week, I noticed that a crack had started appearing on the upper right hand corner of the phone. Then in a couple of days time a similar crack started appearing on the left side too. The phone was never dropped and neither was it stuffed into any jeans pockets (its winter time so it was mostly in the coat pocket in its case).
Then, when I tried to take the rear cover off to take out the SIM card before shipping the unit back, the cover just wudnt budge. After a half-an-hour long struggle at the T-Mobile store with 5 people trying all they could, we finally managed to pry it open to realize that the rubber lining between the cover and the main body had somehow melted and become sticky - thus preventing the cover from sliding off. This is in a phone a week old!
I am still not aware of how T-Mobile will resolve the issue (their customer service is amazing btw, it is hard to believe that they and Verizon actually are from the same planet!). This may just be a one off issue with this specific piece and I waiting for the replacement. Something to look out for nonetheless.
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