Craving a
BlackBerry 8300 "Curve" review with a little more journalistic juice to it than, say,
John Mayer's? Look no further, friends; we've got you covered with a three-pack of previews for the device. Sentiment for Waterloo's latest QWERTY handset is overwhelmingly positive, focusing on a few key points: great keyboard, great media support (a 3.5mm jack sure doesn't hurt there), and surprisingly good battery life. The camera seems to be decent -- all 2 megapixels of it, anyway -- and none of the lucky previewers seemed too bummed about the EDGE-only data speeds. Throw in what might be the most attractive case on a RIM phone to date, and it seems the Curve might do the seemingly impossible by filling both Pearl
and 8800 owners with envy when it launches on AT&T in the not-too-distant future.
Read - LAPTOP Magazine (4 / 5 stars, "...
this is the best BlackBerry...")
Read - PC Magazine ("...an extremely promising BlackBerry for folks who want a fun device with a full keyboard")
Read - Airtime Manager ("...we're convinced that the new BlackBerry 8300 will have been worth the wait")
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Chad @ May 15th 2007 10:22AM
How do they know its only ATT. Any chance this could come out on Sprint or T-mobile? What date do you think? May or June?
Danyel @ Jul 22nd 2007 2:05PM
The Curve on ATT is a GSM device, so if another carrier would get it, T Mobile would be the first because they use GSM also. You should be able to pop a T Mobile sim card in an unlocked ATT Curve- Check out the FCCs latest laws regarding this. Sprint uses a CDMA network, as does Verizon. Because of this, I would think that if they were to get the Curve or a copy by BB, it would take a while.
moma @ May 15th 2007 11:30AM
You have to give credit to RIM for starting a market here. The blackberry is really handy for keeping in touch with work whilst at the pub.
I think, as it matures, they have to get a bit more serious about he usability of the software. It is DEAD BORING and not too user friendly.
I know this is a business tool, but cmon, we business folk aren't all boring! We like fun stuff too!
bwaahaahaa @ May 15th 2007 12:02PM
@ moma
You should really check out the windows smart phones or palm treos, they both have a lot more "fun" to them. What I like about the blackberry platform is that it works; I almost never need to reboot my 8700 the interface is intuitive and fast, and it does what it says it does.
But if you'd rather play suduku, then go right ahead.
ArturoRoyal @ May 15th 2007 3:25PM
Anyone see the BlackBerry helmet?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2la_aGzpw8
Sam K @ May 15th 2007 4:11PM
You guys forget the CNET and PC World reviews.
http://reviews.cnet.com/RIM_BlackBerry_Curve_aka_BlackBerry_8300/4505-6452_7-32434383.html
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,131493-page,1/article.html
Melvin Rice @ Sep 27th 2007 2:51AM
i felt good wi.th it
and i bought few utilities from explorepda.com which helps great working with this device
goojman @ Oct 6th 2007 6:35AM
the new blackberry curve is awesome with its media section & 2 megapixel camera. the only fault i seem to have is the os slow memory loss which causes me to reboot every other day or so. but well worth the 2.5 seconds that it takes 2 do..
bob @ Oct 17th 2007 11:15PM
I got this phone a week ago and I absolutely LOVE it. Best phone I've ever had! I don't even use the blackberry "killer app" - email. I use it primarily as a phone, for text messaging, and to play mp3s, videos and look at pictures. I did not get the blackberry data plan at $40 a month. I kept my existing plan which gives me 5mb of data and 1000 text messages for $15/month. Plenty for my needs. The user interface on this phone is just excellent. Everything is easy and intuitive, you can learn it in a day. I was on the fence between this an an iPhone, but the fact that this has an actual keyboard instead of a touch screen keyboard was compelling enough. Plus iPhone is $59 with a measly 200 txt messages. To get a decent usable amount of messages you need to add another 10, so iPone is $69. My plan is $54. I primarily make calls and text, I don't browse the internet that often. So this was a better deal, and had the better keyboard. And it was cheaper. And the battery lasts forever. AND just purely as a phone it has great reception. Double what my old phone had, both on the same ATT network. I don't work for these guys, I've never posted about a PHONE on the internet before, but I just can't say enough great things about this phone. Oh and you can buy a 4gb micro-SD card on eBay for about $50 and have the same storage capacity as the 4gb iPod for mp3s, pics and videos. Also the software for transferring files to and from the phone is a piece of cake. It's just good all the way around. I downloaded google maps and that kicks butt too!