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| Brand: BlackBerry
Category: Wireless
List Price: $399.99
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Rating:  42 reviews
Sales Rank: 42
Color: Silver
Media: Wireless Phone
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0 x 0
Model: 8310
UPC: 843163018655
ASIN: B000WP91XK
Release Date: October 11, 2007
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 Amazing daily use tool.. October 17, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have owned mine since Feb 2008, I love all of the fetures and the new updates that are comming out, making it that much better. For a full list of updates (ex: video recording, watch youtube vids, html email...) go to www.crackberry.com/forums. If you are undecided on if you really want to invest in a Curve, go to that site, the Amazon description really does not do this awesome daily use tool any justice.
FYI: Nav4All is a free (until 2010, so d/l it soon!) turn by turn gps, if you have a data plan you can d/l that instead of paying for telenav.
Solid phone.. BB service lags if you aren't an Enterprise customer September 30, 2008
The BB Cruve is a solid phone.. It's small, light weight and is a work horse when it comes to emails. However, if you are not an enterprise user its impossible to get your BB to sync with your outlook or whatever email program you are using. I get the feeling BB initially makes it difficult to encourage users to ask their employers to install a BB email server.
So, if your company has BB enterprise I would give this a five star... If you don't then just be prepared to read/delete your emails in two locations.
It is a great Smartphone with some exceptions August 23, 2008
I came to Blackberry Curve from Nokia E61, before going into details let me Just brief my review by saying that Blackberry curve is an excellent email machine, its the best actually in Market today to offer email on the go, but as a Phone it is so and so.
forBattery life, it is very resonable and convinient but you have to remember to exit the GPS navigation, bluetooth and the WEb Browser when not in use otherwise the Battery will be drained in less than half day with the normal number of calls.charging the Battery by the USB cable from my laptop is a great advantage too,
The Voice quality is excellent, loud and clear, one of the best phones in the market.
Google Maps, Gmail work great and free to download,
Built in Browser is not that great, I downloaded Opra Mini for free, it has little improvement but still far behind the Nokia Browser which displays Web Pages as just a micro laptop screen.
No Wi-Fi , who cares, when you have unlimited Blackberry Data Package including International Roaming, so the Wi-Fi, is not needed.
One of the most important missing features in the BB which annoyed me a lot compared to Nokia, is that you can not send a Contact (business card)to some one by SMS, the only way to do that is by attatching a Vcard to an email message, I don't think my friend somewhere is waiting Contact I need to send while he is away from his email. additionally I did not find a way how to store (save) the recieved VCards in my email into my address book.
Calls Logging, address book management in BB is far behind Nokia and not a user friendly as Nokia.
Finally it is the Best email machine but maybe not the best Phone.
BlackBerry Curve from Verizon (an old Axim user) August 3, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I am a Dell Axim x51v (the best PDA ever) just bought the BlackBerry Curve 8330 from Verizon. I am posting this here since the Verizon phone is not offered by Amazon.
Here is a list of functions I had on my Axim that I hoped for on the Curve, and how things turned out:
1.Sync tasks, contacts, and calendar with Outlook.
-- BB Curve: Yes
2.Read, create, and edit Word and Excel documents.
-- BB Curve: Not included. Must purchase application for this (Not cheap).
3.Sync a folder of documents.
-- BB Curve: Not available (as far as I can tell)
4.Read PDF files.
-- BB Curve: Not included. Expensive 3rd party software available.
5.View PowerPoint files.
-- BB Curve: Not included. Expensive 3rd party software available.
6.Read e-books (MS Reader or comparable) with dictionary
-- BB Curve: There is Mobipocket, but I don't know much about it.
7.Use Microsoft Money (or Quicken) and sync with desktop version.
-- BB Curve: There are apps to buy, but none that sync with Money or Quicken. Big bummer!
8.Download free games (backgammon, chess, etc) from the web.
-- BB Curve: Could not find anything for free yet.
9.Built in wifi.
-- BB Curve: No!! You must pay for Verizon internet service.
10.Access the web through desktop's activesync when no wifi is available.
-- BB Curve: No (but I could be wrong).
11.Browse the web a decent browser, or the ability to download a third party browser (Opera for Pocket PC is terrific(!) - next best thing to the iPhone)
-- BB Curve: Browser is very limited, even by PPC's internet exploder standards.
12.Ability to copy & paste text in most applications.
-- BB Curve: Yes, but not as easily as with the PPC.
13.Log into home desktop using LogMeIn (Awesome PPC application)
-- BB Curve: LogMeIn does NOT support Blackberry.
14.Use a decent music player.
-- BB Curve: Yes
15.Expansion slot for memory card (Axim has two slots!)
-- BB Curve: Yes
16.Ordinary (3.5mm) headphone jack
-- BB Curve: Yes
17.Voice recorder
-- BB Curve: Yes (.amr file format)
18.Touch screen
-- BB Curve: No. However, I find that I do well without a touch screen. From my 5 years as a Pocket PC user, I can tell you that despite the flexibility of a touch screen, it is not as convenient as a good 5-directional control button. I always wished the PPC's center button had more range capabilities so that I would need to touch the screen less. This is especially true when riding on a train or other times when you can only use one hand. The BB navigation does the trick!
The following are things not available in my Axim that I hoped to get in a Smartphone:
19.GPS locator (for use with maps, and hopefully with a "location reminder" app!).
-- BB Curve: Has a built in GPS navigation, but the Neanderthals at Verizon disabled it, so that you can use it ONLY with VZ Navigator and ONLY if you pay $10/month.
20.A camera that takes pictures worth looking at.
-- BB Curve: The camera is good for a smartphone. Don't expect any smartphone to take pictures as good as a mid-to-low range digital camera. Trust me, I've done the legwork. I tried the Nokia N95 5-megapixel camera, the Samsung FlipShot 3MP camera phone - they all take giant pictures, but with poor quality. The Curve's pictures are large in size, but far from a digital camera replacement when it comes to quality.
21.A thumb keyboard.
-- BB Curve: The Curve's keyboard is excellent. I never liked the PPC's on-screen keyboard after 5.5 years of using it. I also have used a friend's iPhone many times and never liked the on-screen keyboard. There's just something about feeling the keys with your fingers that helps you type quickly and accurately.
22.Wireless synchronization with desktop via internet.
-- BB Curve: Available only via subscription from 3rd parties.
More points:
- Battery life is excellent - beats the Axim by far.
- Call quality is great!
- Very slim and small. Extremely comfortable in your hand.
- Uses ordinary USB cable to sync/charge. No need to dish out money for a phone-specific cable.
I knocked off one star for it's limited application capabilities, and other limitations that go with these proprietary stuff. As much as I hate Microsoft, you have to give them credit for the Pocket PC which has such a wide range of capabilities (when the system doesn't crash, of course).
Great phone July 29, 2008
I upgraded to this phone when my AT&T contract was up for renewal. I got it because I used my old phone to remind me of EVERYTHING, and I figured that this Blackberry would be even better at just that.
It sure is! It has been a great phone so far, with very usable features that keep me informed on everything that I need to keep up with. I can organize my calendar on Office, and then sync it to the Curve so that all my assignments, appointments and things to do are neatly organized and ready to inform me when they're due.
I especially like the "auto-on/off" feature, as it saves valuable battery life and also prevents anyone from waking me up at night. With this feature, my phone lasts an average of 4 days per charge after owning it for about 3 months.
The GPS is great, especially when paired with the Google maps app. It's awesome to be able to get directions based upon your current location!
The camera is very high quality. The images are very sharp and "un-phone-like". I like the flash option too! I wish there was a video mode like my old LG CU500 (great phone too, by the way).
Overall, it has been a durable phone that I feel will suit me very well until I am up for another renewal.
The only downside I have is that there is a bit of dust underneath the lens of the phone that I will have to open up the phone to remove. Not anything major, just a little annoyance. Also, the rubber siding is great for absorbing bumps, but not so great for pulling the phone out of your pocket (it sticks).
But the Curve comes highly recommended from me. Make sure to get a MicroSD card so you can store extra pictures and music! Well worth the money.
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