BlackBerry 8320 Curve Titanium myFaves Phone (T-Mobile)

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Very impressive device...no problems at all so far

Blackberry 8320 Great Phone as the others say HORRIBLE service!

Great performer, poor instructions

Good phone, bad service

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BlackBerry 8320 Curve Titanium myFaves Phone (T-Mobile)

Manufacturer: T-Mobile
ProductGroup: Wireless
Binding: Wireless Phone

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Product Features:

Smallest, lightest BlackBerry with full QWERTY keyboard--weighs just 3.9 ounces

Wi-Fi connectivity for Web browsing and access to T-Mobile's Hotspot @Home unlimited calling service

2.0 megapixel camera with flash and 5x digital zoom; Bluetooth wireless connectivity with with stereo headset support

Next-generation media player with audio and video playback in a variety of formats; expandable via MicroSD memory cards

Includes: Battery, Charger, Stereo Hands-free Headset, USB Cable, Carrying Case and BlackBerry Desktop Software

ASIN: B000W79GQA
Release Date: 2007-09-24

Amazon.com Product Description

Adding a fashionable touch to Research in Motion's formidable arsenal of telephonic, PIM, and media tools, the BlackBerry 8320 Curve for T-Mobile is also the smallest, lightest BlackBerry phone that includes a full QWERTY keyboard. This amalgam of the svelte BlackBerry Pearl and the more business-oriented 8800 combines RIM's long-valued corporate email and messaging platform with a host of advanced multimedia features, including a 2-megapixel camera and stereo Bluetooth (for listening to music via wireless headphones). In addition to its quad-band GSM and EDGE connectivity, it also offers Wi-Fi connectivity for access to the Internet and email as well as access to T-Mobile's Hotspot @Home service. This version comes in titanium, but it's also available in pale gold.

The Curve's full QWERTY keyboard and the innovative trackball navigation system (placed above the keyboard) makes accessing your data and writing email a breeze..

The 2-megapixel camera makes it easy to capture pictures to send via email or upload to your online photo collection.

T-Mobile Service Options
With T-Mobile HotSpot @Home service, you'll effortlessly transition between Wi-Fi calling and T-Mobile's wireless network while you talk. You can get unlimited nationwide calls over Wi-Fi--at home via your wireless router or at any U.S. T-Mobile HotSpot. You can also use the HotSpot @Home service via most open, or unsecured, wireless routers, as well as any secured wireless router for which you have access to the password from the owner. This phone is compatible with the 802.11b/g Wi-Fi standard as well as the following wireless security protocols: WEP, WPA (TKIP), WPA2 (AES-CCMP), LEAP, PEAP, EAP-TLS, EAP-TTLS, EAP-FAST, EAP-SIM, EAP-AKA. Whenever you're not using a Wi-Fi network, the Curve works just like a regular mobile phone, using your Whenever Minutes under your T-Mobile voice plan.

This phone also includes compatibility with T-Mobile's myFaves service, which allows you to call up to five of your most common contacts--on any network, even landlines--without using any of your minutes. Learn more about myFaves from T-Mobile.

Staying Connected
With BlackBerry's push email technology, your email will find you without having to initiate a connection. BlackBerry devices are designed to remain on and continuously connected to the wireless network, notifying you as new email arrives. In addition to the text, you can also receive and view attachments in a wide range of popular file formats, including Microsoft Office, Corel WordPerfect, and Adobe PDF.

Browse the web with the integrated, full-featured browser, which quickly and efficiently displays HTML pages as well as enables you to set up RSS feeds to stay connected to up-to-the-minute news and blog posts. And keep up with your contacts using a variety of instant message (IM) networks, including the integrated Blackberry Messenger as well as downloadable clients for Google Talk, Yahoo! Messenger, and Lotus Sametime.

For corporate users, the Curve delivers all the enterprise email and messaging capabilities you've come to expect. It's supported on BlackBerry Internet Service, giving you access to up to 10 work or personal email accounts (including most popular ISP email accounts), as well as BlackBerry Enterprise Server, enabling advanced security and IT administration within IBM Lotus Domino, Microsoft Exchange and Novell GroupWise environments.

Phone Features

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The Curve is fashioned in a liquid silver finish with chrome highlights and subtly curving corners. Measuring 4.2 x 2.4 inches, the Curve is just as slim as the Pearl (0.6 inches) and weighs in at 3.9 ounces--just 0.7 ounces heavier than its predecessor. It features a bright 2.5-inch color TFT screen that provides 65,000 colors and a 320 x 240-pixel resolution, and it includes a light-sensing feature that automatically adjusts backlighting for indoor, outdoor and dark environments. Like the BlackBerry 8800, the Curve includes a trackball navigation system located on the top of the QWERTY keypad, and it also features an integrated spell checker with a customizable dictionary to help maintain accuracy while on the go. It has 64 MB of internal ROM memory, and is expandable using MicroSD memory cards. The battery provides up to 4 hours (240 minutes) of talk time and up to 17 days (408 hours) of standby time.

You can snap vivid photos (though no video) using the 2-megapixel camera on the back of the Curve, which also features a 5x digital zoom, built-in flash, self-portrait mirror and full screen viewfinder. It can capture images in up to three picture quality and size resolutions that can be shared instantly by email, MMS or BlackBerry Messenger, or even uploaded to your Flickr account with the Yahoo! Go service. Photos can also be immediately set as a unique caller ID or Home Screen image. You can edit photos and create albums within the Curve using the PhotoSuite application. Pictures can be cropped, rotated and straightened, and flaws can be fixed by removing redeye or changing the brightness, contrast, and saturation levels.

Listen to your favorite music and watch downloaded videos using the included stereo headset, or use an optional wireless headphone thanks to the Curve's support for the Bluetooth stereo audio profile (A2DP/AVRCP). The Curve is compatible with a wide variety of file formats, including MP3, WMA and AAC/AAC+/eAAC+ audio and WMV, MPEG4 and H.263 video. Dedicated volume controls are conveniently located on the side of the handset.

With the Voice-Activated Dialing (VAD) feature, you can initiate a call just by telling the Curve who to call from your contact list--either via the integrated speakerphone or using an optional Bluetooth wireless headset. Other advanced phone features include advanced sound technology that cancels out background noise and echo, dedicated volume and mute keys, and the ability to customize the Curve with polyphonic and MP3 ringtones.

Vital Statistics
The Blackberry Curve 8320 weighs 3.92 ounces and measures 4.2 x 2.4 x 0.6 inches. Its lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 4 hours of talk time, and up to 408 hours (17 days) of digital standby time. It runs on the 850/900/1800/1900 GSM/GPRS/EDGE frequencies.

Customer Reviews:

Very impressive device...no problems at all so far.......2007-12-29

I purchased this phone earlier this week after a lot of research and review-reading. I had been using Tracfone for over a year as a cheap alternative to contracts. They work well but are rather feature-limited. The wifi, full keyboard,2MP camera , large memory capabilities,unlimited internet (not to mention the phone itself was FREE due to Amazon's promotion!) lured me back into a contract with TMobile. So far, I have not been disappointed. The wifi was very easy to set up and I've found calls (at least here for me) seamlessly transfer from and to wifi/gsm...I had to look at the screen to see what network I was on. I did not sign up for the "Hotspot at Home" add-on as I already have 1500 minutes per month (more than enough for me)..however the phone still will route the call thru wifi if available ( you will still be using minutes on your plan ) ..all good for me. The unlimited internet is really great, emails arrive almost instantly! I've found web-cruising to be much faster on wifi than on EDGE...elsewhere I read there wasnt much difference but I noticed a significant one! I put in a 2GB microSD card and have already uploaded about 32 hours of mp3s,,,with plenty of room left over for hundreds of photos (that look as good as my older 1.5MP stand alone dig camera). When I worked on Wall st a couple years ago the (original blue) blackberry I carried felt like a stone age tablet compared to this light small and powerful device (it even comes with a very nice leather case).
To summarize, I can either A) carry a laptop, ipod, digital camera, and cell phone (like I did two weeks ago) or B) Put this device in my shirt pocket and essentially have the same thing(s)...
Highly recommended!

Blackberry 8320 Great Phone as the others say HORRIBLE service!.......2007-12-27

I purchased this phone after reading all the reviews and ignored the warnings about the T-Mobile service. I have been with T-MObile for nearly 5 years and havn't had any problems with thier service so I figured I would be safe. As for the phone itself I havent had any issues yet that I don't attribute to the service. All of the features I have tried out including email, camera, texting (pictures included), internet all worked very well for me. I have never owned a blackberry before, and found this very easy to set up and use all the features. Everything worked great except the single features that are exclusive to T-Mobile.

Now for the service review. First let me say, I didn't have a contract with T-Mobile but had been with them for nearly 5 years like I said. I signed up for a 2 year contract to buy this particular phone and was excite to use the UMA feature to save me some minutes on my plan. I bought this phone on Dec 24th, and it worked fine for a day, before I had gotten the wi-fi feature set up. Well on Dec 25th, Christmas Day, the entire T-Mobile netwrok went down in San Diego, so I could not receive or make calls from 9am until 10pm. I couldn't talk to any of my relatives or friends because I was didnt have a working phone with me. I was furious. I called T-Mobile to complain and they offered me 5$. 5$! I was totally insulted.

The next day when the phone service was back up and running, so I decided to try and set up the Wi-Fi. Well turns out that it will not work with routers that are older than about 2-3 years, which mine was. I scoured the Blackberry forum and founds hundreds of people with the same problem as me. It only works on newer routers and so I wasnt about to buy a new one yet, so I hopped on my neighbors router. The Wi-Fi was able to connect and I was able to get the UMA service feature "on" to use the phone over the internet. Turns out though it would drop every single call AND I wasnt able to receive calls while I was on it, I missed every single call. It was absolutely horrible. I called tech support for T-Mobile and they had me on the phone for 3 hours trying to get it to work better, but it wouldnt. I finally opted to turn the UMA feature off, but found that all of my calls were still dropping randomly while on the EDGE network. This never happened with my regular phone.

I also went over to 3 other people's houses and tried the UMA feature and found the same thing, I couldnt stay on for more than a minute or two before it would drop the call. VERY DISSAPOINTING. So I did find out that T-MObile will take my phone back and I can cancel my contract within 14 days or setting it up, so I am going to do that and get the same phone but with another carrier. It won't have the UMA internet phone feature, but that system doesnt work anyways with T-Mobile, so who cares. I probably would be a little inclined to try to work things out with T-Mobile, afterall I have been with them for 5 years, but the whole Christmas phone outage really upset me and the compensation of 5$ was so insulting it pretty much put me over the edge with them. Bottom line is that you can get this same phone with another carrier and forget about using the UMA phone service over the internet.

Great performer, poor instructions.......2007-12-07

This is my second Blackberry, and I am very pleased with it's performance and the Color LCD Display is more readable than my older Blackberry.

My web centric wedding photography business is very email dependent. Brides shop on internet sites and expect quick replies from prospective vendors. The Blackberry allows me to reply immediately to their queries.

The Blackberry Curve is more compact than my previous unit, and packs additional integrated software features that are excellent. It has become my morning alarm clock!

Previous Blackberry users will find the command structure very familiar.
The Track Ball is an improvement over the Side mounted Encoder wheel found on older models..

I love the new alert tones in the Curve, although I had to purchase "Blackberry for Dummies" to figure out how to change the sounds.

The weakest link in the Blackberry is the instruction manual. I purchased the Blackberry for Dummies book, which should come packaged with the unit, IMHO.

The tiny keyboard is difficult to read for older eyes in low light. It can be difficult to read the "ALT" characters!

The 5 Alpha-Numeric Password requirement on my Enterprise Server linked Blackberry is a necessary nuisance, which would be valuable, in event of unit loss as the unit will wipe our all user information after a preset number of login failures.

The Camera function is quickly available. The zoom function is cute, but photos are low resolution. Better than no camera, but this is NOT a replacement for a Digital camera.

Purchasers should realize that additional monthly service charges for Blackberry's Server connection and local provider, will increase monthly service charges ($100 per month in my case).

Bottom line: Very compact, rugged, feature rich, and reliable performer!
If you need reliable Email Delivery, this is the unit. It works great on domestic and overseas travels.
JFJ

Good phone, bad service.......2007-12-04

The phone is good, if you didn't get a defect one.

Pro:
* All you need for a smart phone, you can rely on it for your daily management, calling quality is good, camera is not bad either.

Con:
* The first phone I got from T-Mobile is a defect one, it boot itself during the phone call. After checking at BlackberryForums, I found I am not the only one who got this issue. Fortunately T-Mobile did get me a replacement

* The service is bad. After I got my replacement, I noticed T-Mobile charged me two phones price and give me a outstanding balance of more than $500. I called T-Mobile three times and each time the customer rep said they are going to fix it for me, but it didn't happen. I finally asked to speak to the supervisor and he agreed to fix their error after hanging with him for 30 minutes.

* T-Mobile website is bugged. While I am writing this review (Dec 3, 2007 4:53pm Pacific time), T-Mobile website is totally down ([...]). I can not imagine a major telecom provider would have their website totally down...

* Till now I can not set paperless billing since their email verification doesn't work.

I actually don't have confidence on T-Mobile IT capability. I do know they hire some under qualified engineers into their IT dept. Maybe this is my own opinion, but after all these incidents, I feel I might be right on this.

The Best Smartphone/Phone out in the market.......2007-11-30

I have gone through a few smartphones trying to find one that works. The Blackberry Curve is AWESOME! The phone actually works!!! Unlike the Palm Treo that crashes before and after every call(I know that is why I got rid of the Palm Treo 750 and got the Blackberry curve. I now totally understand why people are addicted and become crackberries. If you are in the market for a smartphone that works get a blackberry unlike a Palm Treo you wont be disapointed. Happy Shopping!

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