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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
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Avg. Customer Rating:  61 reviews
Sales Rank: 22
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 1 to 3 weeks
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| Customer Reviews:
Great Phone! - (from previous Treo owner) March 26, 2008
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I've been a happy Treo 650 owner for the past several years. But the phone has become dated and slow for my needs and my att contract was up so I started the search for a new smartphone several months ago. Nothing out there was doing it for me and I almost settled for a Treo 755p from Sprint, though it was just a faster version of the same old palm OS. I wanted wifi, but ATT doesnt offer much there. Love the iphone but its not ready for business use yet, nor is it 3g.
I've never owned a blackberry and have never liked the ones I've played with. Nor have I ever used t-mobile...always thought they sucked. But after playing around with my neighbors Curve with wifi I hit the buy button. He's a global marketing guy and travels all the time without any T-mobile reception issues.
What a great phone! I paid about $100 dollars and the phone was delivered in 2 days. Setup with T-Mobile was easy. The wifi works great with my existing linksys and the airports at work - no hassles.
The trackball is a little weird, but you can adjust the sensitivity to your needs. Everything on this phone is adjustable and you can hide features and icons you dont use. Using email on a blackberry is sooo much easier. YIM and AOLIM set up was easy to.
Call quality is great through the cell network, not so great through wifi but still good. Internet speed is as good as I've seen.
Ordering through amazon is easy and I figure I saved about $150 versus going to the store, plus amazon usually makes it right if the order goes bad.
I only gave it 4 stars because unlike the Treo, the construction is a bit flimsy and plastic. My treo went through the wash machine OK- i doubt the Curve would. I bought a $10 skin for it and that helps.
So far so good, but how am I paying for Wi-Fi? March 25, 2008
3 out of 9 found this review helpful
I picked up the phone yesterday from the local T-Mobile store, and everything has been too easy up to this point. The people at the store didnt really know all the details for the Wi-Fi calling, and told me I had to do the hot spot at home. This turned out to be not the case as when I get home I just hooked up to the closest Wi-Fi network and started calling away. My question now is, how am I paying for my Wi-Fi calling if it isnt a hotspot? Ive seen the people mention the 9$ unlimited Wi-Fi calling option but I am not seeing it as an option on my Tmobile web page. I will try to call tmobile today and delve deeper...
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
32 out of 54 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!
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