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| BlackBerry Curve 8320 Smartphone Pale Gold (T-Mobile) | 
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| Brand: BlackBerry
Category: Wireless
Buy New: Too low to display
New (2) Refurbished (1)
Avg. Customer Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 112
Color: Silver
Media: Wireless Phone
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0 x 0
Model: 8320 Curve
UPC: 610214614964
ASIN: B000W7IX50
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:
 Blackberry vs. Treo January 27, 2008
32 out of 35 found this review helpful
Pros of Blackberry: WiFi usage. My old phone (Treo 600 from Sprint) couldn't pick up cell reception in my apartment. With Blackberry Curve 8820 I can talk all I want at home. (I'm using my WiFi connection but still get charged for cell minutes; you don't need to buy the WiFi router, it'll detect any WiFi in your neighborhood.)
Cons: I miss my Treo! The Treo seemed more user friendly. Some things I miss on my Treo: 1) instant ringer off with button on top of phone. With the Blackberry, you have to go in the interface and select ringer off. This can be a pain if you're in the movie theater and at the last moment have to turn your ringer or phone off. 2) The Treo had a vibrate and ring option. With the BB, you can only choose vibrate or sound. There is no dual function. 3) Ring tones. Both phones come with ring tones but in the Treo, you could select it from the menu when you were in the phone book interface. With the BB, you can select volume only. The ring tones aren't in the preferences either. Its hidden down deep in the menu after about 6 click strokes. 4) Treo has touchscreen interface, BB does not. The touchscreen is a real nice option when you're fed up with the BB trackball. 5) The Treo comes with a nice user manual about 100 pages. The BB comes with a 1 page folding user guide. You have to go find the manual elsewhere (I use TMobile's BB manual online ~ so that means I have to be connected to the internet to figure something out. 6) Synching. Treo has the nice Desktop software so if you have to make massive revisions or want to copy something from the internet straight to your Palm, you can do it via the Palm Desktop software. The BB software is just a synch manager. Its not a real desktop software. You HAVE to use a third party software such at Outlook (doesn't work with Outlook express), Yahoo, Google, or other. Since I'm a student and don't have access (nor money) to buy the Microsoft office suite, I've had a heck of a time synching my BB to Yahoo and its a pain to have to do everything in Yahoo (I miss the Palm Desktop software because it was like the Palm but on your desktop so the learning curve was low).
The BB is great for business professionals who have Outlook and BB has push technology so you can read up to 10 email accounts on your BB. This is a cool function (but quickly gets out of hand because now your interface has email, SMS, and in/outgoing call logs). You can set it show it only shows up one or the other but then you've just paid for push technology (about $30) and now aren't using it.
Too bad Palm isn't catching up as fast as BB because I think its more user friendly.
However, once you get use to digging in the menu options in the BB, its not too bad. PS - another note on the sparse user manual in the BB, you have to play around with the menu and you'll find alot of undocumented shortcuts. I wish they would just document these up front!
 Blackberry 8320 Curve January 14, 2008
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I am very pleased with my new Blackberry Curve. I had a Palm since 1989 and was a loyal client but both of my last 2 Palm devices failed do to design flaws with no compensation or useful assistance from Palm. My last Palm was a top of the line Treo. Blackberry customer service has been very helpful and very responsive. So far I am very content with the device as well as the ease of synchronizing to my computer. My only negative at this point is that the keys are very small and a little difficult to see if not in good lighting.
Great Compact Lightweight Phone December 30, 2007
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
There simply isn't a better full-featured phone that feels this solid in your hand. It has a nice 'flash' factor, and is easy to use. All of my friends are getting iPhones, but I opted for this more compact, lightweight option. I'm glad I did. The camera takes great pictures as well, and the reception on the phone is very good. The ringer is quite loud and the speaker phone works nicely. The only thing I can think of that might be a con is the fact that the internet is a bit pokey, but it is a small price to pay for such a great phone with so many features.
 Best smartphone! December 12, 2007
13 out of 14 found this review helpful
I have owned this phone since it came out. I have owned a lot of PDA phones like Eten, HTC, (Windows Mobile) and two Treos (650 and 680). This is by far the best smartphone I have ever owned. The voice quality is outstanding, the reception on T-Mobile wonderful and I can use it traveling to other countries. I love the keyboard, it is easy to type emails and text messages! It also takes great photos with the 2mp camera. And it fits into your shirt pocket. The screen is just gorgeous to look at! Very sharp! This is my first BlackBerry and I am sold on the phone and the company!
Love it November 28, 2007
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
Best deal EVER. Perfect for busy people who don't want multiple gadgets to keep track of. It has everything I need to stay organized--email, calendar, internet, maps, task list.
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