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BlackBerry Curve 8900
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A dream come true!!

Overall Rating:
3.8 out of 5
By: Peter Johnson on Saturday, October 31, 2009
From: orange, CA (United States)
Experience: 1 Months
Pros: SO MANY DIFFERENT FEATURES!! STYLISH!!

Cons: The battery life isn't so long. HARDEST phone to learn to learn to use!!

Summary: This is my first smartphone and I find it very good for a first time smartphone buyer. I was recently (regretfully) using the Sanyo S1. I learned to use this phone all beacause of the exsistence of youtube! This phone is amazing though! I have the Everything Data 1500 min. plan with Sprint. Which makes a phone VERY useful!! Anyway, this is a great smartphone and I totally recommend it!!

Best Phone I've ever had

Overall Rating:
4.5 out of 5
By: Dave Farris on Saturday, May 30, 2009
From: Miami, FL (United States)
Experience: 2 Months
Pros: QWERTY keyboard that's accurate,Fast Texting,Clear Camera,Long Battery Life.

Cons: It takes a while to charge from a dead battery but I can't really complain.

Summary: I've had Motorolas,LG's,Nokias,Palms,and this phone kills them all.I have put this Curve through the paces and it handled everything I threw at it.I have not had any of the Lag problems the other reviewer wrote about on here.I get all my texts,pics and video with instant speed.I can only guess he's at the borders of his service provider.I have Sprint and it rocks with all of the Sprint Mobile features.GPS is dead on and the lady who could not adjust her ring volume just needs to go to the Profiles Icon (Little speaker) and select from there.It's easy.I suggest getting the Body Glove hard rubber protective case for this phone.You'll love it.

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

Great Phone!

Overall Rating:
4.3 out of 5
By: Noah A on Monday, May 11, 2009
From: St. Louis, MO (United States)
Experience: 3 Months
Pros: Bright Screen, Takes Video & Pictures, Great Corporate Email Integration, Good Web Browsing, Excellent GPS Navigation with Sprint, QWERTY Keyboard

Cons: Wish Battery Life Was Longer (But it's still reaasonable).

Summary: Sprint's version of the Curve is better than all of the other Curve versions out there! I would recommend the phone to anyone who wants a great phone with a QWERTY keyboard!

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful

Wasn't completely happy

Overall Rating:
3.2 out of 5
By: L R on Sunday, May 10, 2009
From: Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
Experience: 8 Months
Pros: Messaging is fast, web browsing and email are great! Having everything at your fingertips at all times and pretty much anything you can do on a PC you can do on this made it wonderful. There are tons of applications out there that will fit everyones needs.

Cons: System freezes/locks to where you have to reset the phone. Any problems you have with the phone isn't usually dealt with in the store which means they have to send you a replacement or talk with you over the phone which means more down time with a problem phone. Updates for these phones are done at home on a PC and can be very time consuming

Summary: Although there were a lot of great features, I stopped using mine because of dependability. The system froze a lot and I'd have to take out the battery and "reboot" it. Once or twice is ok, 5-10 times a day was not. I ended up going through 3 phones and many reprograming and after 8 months of dealing with this, I went back to a normal phone.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful

Amazing BB

Overall Rating:
4.5 out of 5
By: Matt L on Tuesday, March 17, 2009
From: Denver, CO (United States)
Experience: 1 Months
Pros: Compact size, yet still comfortable qwerty keyboard. Breathtaking display- better than all previous models. Excellent battery life (3-4 days). All the options and reliability expected with the BB name. The push email is flawless, and the 3.2 mp camera takes excellent photos!

Cons: No touch screen (but this could also be a plus). Slightly loose build quality. No 3G (but battery life is more important)

Summary: I switched to the t-Mobile branded Curve 8900 after going through 2 t-Mobile G1's in 3 months. The BlackBerry has been reliable and feature rich compared to the G1. The G1 lacked support for Video recording, stereo bluetooth, system theming, and hardware limitations include: a lack of 3.5mm headphone jack, terrible battery life, quiet and weak ringer and vibraion setting, and overall chunkiness and poor build quality.

The BlackBerry provides everything the G1 lacks and more. Built in 3.5mm headphone jack, excellent battery life and power management features (auto on/off), loud ringers and stronger vibration, free theme building software, Holster profiles (ringer and standby settings), and better, much more elegant hardware.

This phone is perfect for the business professional, and discerning consumer who wants rich features and rock solid reliability.

blackberry curve =]

Overall Rating:
4.2 out of 5
By: Brandon Wright on Saturday, January 10, 2009
From: Fort Worth, TX (United States)
Experience: 6 Months
Pros: texting is easy; and fast. big, bright display, good features.

Cons: keypad sometimes tends to not work, or misses the most important letters in a message. there is a very bad lag. sometimes the messaging goes out and I have to reset the phone.

Summary: other than the cons I would recomend this phone to anyone! [=

3 out of 3 people found this review helpful

An "OK" Phone

Overall Rating:
4 out of 5
By: Art Man on Thursday, January 01, 2009
From: Lawrenceville, GA (United States)
Experience: 10 Days
Pros: Very nice high quality design. Crisp, sharp, and bright screen. Very nice icons and layout. Great call quality and clearity.

Cons: Wi-fi did not work in many areas. Even when it did, the phone would not play streaming videos. Sprint nor Blackberry could help me get the internet feature working, so my phone would only go to wi-fi, with no other browser available. This phone does not come with Sprint TV or the Music Store, so you cannot get the free NFL Mobile Live. It attracts lots of smuges and finger prints on the screen and on the back of the phone.

Summary: In all, they did a great job as far as giving the phone a high quality design. They should have made this phone Sprint TV enabled and gave it access to the Music Store as well. Like I said you cannot get the free NFL Live access either. What a bomber!!!

0 out of 2 people found this review helpful

Blackberry 8320

Overall Rating:
4.8 out of 5
By: Aron Hight on Monday, November 10, 2008
From: Lubbock, TX (United States)
Experience: 8 Months
Pros: Full qwerty,full html browser, media center, 2mp camera, full smart phone features.

Cons: When going to some webpages will freeze up and continuously spin the hour glass on and off even out of the browser so you have to do a cold reset (just take the battery out and replace it).

Summary: Awesome phone need i say more, blackberry always on top of the game.

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

Loved everything about it

Overall Rating:
4.2 out of 5
By: Tommy G on Thursday, August 07, 2008
From: Bethalto, IL (United States)
Experience: 2 Weeks
Pros: Easy to use, good sound quality, decent call sound, very useful in almost any situation.

Cons: MicroSD slot is under the battery, buttons take a little getting used to.

Summary: I was really looking forward to getting this in the mail and i'm glad i did. It has alot of subtle features that make everything simple. Like when you're texting and you want to end a sentence you just press space twice, and then it auto capitalizes for you. Some features are a little confusing but you just have to navigate a menu or two and you'll figure it out eventually

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

Best phone ever

Overall Rating:
5 out of 5
By: Amy g on Thursday, July 10, 2008
From: hanover, PA (United States)
Experience: 2 Months
Pros: Great camera, internet is helpful, size is perfect, qwerty keyboard,reception, verizon wireless network,sound quality, free ringtones,games,wallpapers, brickbreaker,and lots more

Cons: I havent found any yet..

Summary: The blackberry curve is the best phone i ever had.I recommend this to anyone that is into email, internet on the go, music, text messaging. I dont recommend getting this phone without a data plan, with verizon wireless you do have to get a plan but its a low cost of 29.99 thats only 1.00 a day...other carriers i dont think you have to get a plan but with their blackberry curves im not sure how the reception, quality, and things like that are..with the blackberry curve they have a 24 hour 1800 number if you have any questions or problems with your phone also any store can help too..If your considering the blackberry pearl or the 8830(global) phone consider these things pearl-is suretype (2-3 letters per button), small, has camera. 8830-no camera, big, full qwerty keyboard.Curve you have all that the full qwerty keybord, 2.0 megapixal camera, size is right between the two other phones. The only thing I wish was different was the color but you can get silicone covers for the phone which i highly recommend ecspecially if your hard on your phone it helps protect it they come in different colors.. battery last me about 2 days.I hope this info was helpful

4 out of 8 people found this review helpful

love it but cannot adjust the sound management for alerts

Overall Rating:
3.3 out of 5
By: Debra Wright on Tuesday, May 20, 2008
From: Spokane, WA (United States)
Experience: 5 Days
Pros: small, navagation feature, easy to access icons
good camera, video

Cons: cannot adjust or change the alert volume and type

Summary: like it hope to learn it

5 out of 11 people found this review helpful