Blackberry Curve 8320: Love & Hate
Here’s my mini Curve review:
PROS
- Good reception.
- Battery life is freaking GOOD! I got my phone last Monday night and have been dinking around it every day (SMS, Wi-Fi, games, music, camera, etc.) and it didn’t die until the following Monday morning.
- Love the Qwerty keyboard although I’m still getting use to it because I think my fingers are too fat. I actually got sick of text messaging on my Shine because the keypad sucked so bad.
- 26 speed dial keys!
CONS
- Blackberry has got to have to UGLIEST user interface in the world. I’ll be completely hooked on it if future models will get a facelift. An interface designer has got to have a sexy interface.
- You can’t seem to turn off the keypad tones while dialing number which is really annoying.
- Wi-Fi signal is too weak to connect to home connections unless I do it in my room where my router (and computer) is. But why would I want to do that?
- Not too fond of the calendar system/interface since it’s one of the features I use most. Might need some time getting use to.
- Camera sucks but I can easily live with that because I never use my phone camera anyway.
There are as many cons as pros but that’s because I’m picky and a devoted Nokia fan (although I haven’t owned one in a year). I CAN live with all the cons though except the UI thing. Ugh. Once you get out of the main menu, the design just goes straight downhill from there… oh well. Let’s see what future models will bring.
I’ll still give the Curve and 6.5/10.
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Blackberry still = love in my opinion. I want onnnnnnnne! I have a LG Rumor in white and I see so many damn variations of it, it’s so annoying. It’s brothers and sisters are like, The Envy, The Secret, The Scandal, The AFFAIR…and The OH DEAR GOD, WILL I GET CAUGHT? w/ Camera, etc. I just want the regular ol’ Blackberry–or even cooler, a iPhone. *sighs* Only in my dreams.
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It beats the phone that I’m currently using. The charger is seriously fucked up.
when I charge it, the wire has to be placed at a certain angle for the phone to charge. Crappy.
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Good reception is the best! I’ve learnt the hard way because my phone’s reception sucks ass
URGH, I hate it! Not being able to turn off the keypad tone sounds super annoying, it’s like Sony Ericsson’s camera sound! I don’t understand why people don’t make an option for these things.
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I’m all about the interface! That’s why I can’t wait until the 32GB iPhone come out! Yipppeee!!!
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agree with richl. IPHONE wahooo -=p
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I wish I had a sweet phone like that. I need something better for texting.
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Very cool!!!! I was considering one of the Blackberries for my new phone. I’m definitely going to check it out after your mini-review!! Thanks, Katy!
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That thing is fucking CUTE!
I can’t wait ’til I get to renew my T-Mobile plan and get a new celly!
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Love what ya did to the phone. The Curve was one of my choices before I settled for the iPhone. Three important things I look for in a phone is great battery life, reception and speakerphone!
How in the world do you remember speed dial keys? I assign people but I end up forgetting who I labeled what key…ugh confuzzling.
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Katy
April 27th, 2008 |
I just assign people to the letter of their first names if I call them a lot and for others with the same letter, I just assign them to a letter that will in one way or another remind me of them.
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LOL Thank you, won’t be getting this. I’m more interested in the Pocket PC Palm phone, smart phones that genre. Blackberry’s aren’t enough for me, I need a touch screen and a sylus lol.
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Katy
April 27th, 2008 |
Oh man I don’t understand this craze about touchscreen phones… they only look hot but it is sooo annoying. My boyfriend’s phone is a touchscreen and I hate it!!
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I don’t know about any of you, but I hate my BB Curve. I have had Blackberrys for 9 years and this is the biggest piece of shit I have ever owned. If I could get out of my contract I would dump this plastic frustration. This think locks up all the time. Anyone have the same problem?
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I have an iphone from about 2 years and i loving it. Businesswise funnywise everything is perfect on it.
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