Average User Rating

Design: 8.5; 84.70588%
Features: 8.6; 86.47059%
Performance: 8.6; 85.625%

Excellent

8.7

out of 10

Based on 34 opinions

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11. to be honest.

21 Dec 2008 by Anonymous

13.3%1.3out of 10

im not pleased with this phone at all! I have had it for about 2 weeks and it is just not working for me and i dont see how people deal with the screen going blank and then the phone restarting constantly because that is what this phone keeps doing. Also the battery life is just not good at all. The screen is NOT bright enough sometimes when using it outside you cant even see the screen its to dim. I was lloking foward to getting this phone but iam here to tell you, DNT GET THIS. its not a good phone at all oh and the enternet browser sucks because it cannot handle complicated pages.

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12. Great if you're not with Verizon

1 Dec 2008 by Joy

90%9out of 10

I'm somewhat of a phone junkie, always have to upgrade within a year and carry 2 with me at all times plus a broadband card for the laptop so I consider myself pretty well versed. This is my first Blackberry.

What I like about this phone:

Does not crash nearly as much as the Windows Mobile based phones (my old vx6700 crashed 2 to 3 times daily, this one has crashed twice since I got it in early August).

Excellent battery time, even after 4 months and when accessing the internet (bluetooth headphones tend to drain it a bit faster).

Love the instant delivery of email and ability to support multiple accounts.

Great music player with bluetooth stereo support and ability to maintain multiple playlists.

Use any song for a ring tone.

Customizable ring profiles that support different rings/volumes when in the pouch.

Very good quality pictures from a cell phone.

Feels solid and has held up with no scratches... yet.

Good charge time.

Email supports appointment invitations.

What I don't like about this phone:

Email doesn't support HTML. Just upgraded to the 4.5 OS that has limited HTML support but won't show external images. I've tried some 3rd party apps. For now I just wait until I'm near a computer to view those emails.

Verizon disabled 3rd party apps from accessing the GPS. This means great programs like Garmin and Google maps are useless on this phone. Verizon is the only carrier to do this. Your option is to go with VZNavigator, which I have, but the maps are very slow to download so it seems you're always waiting for a map to download rather than watching where you are or need to be on the map. This is my biggest gripe and only applies to the Verizon version.

Cannot really customize home screen, you're stuck with the "L", Zen, Today or Icon layouts.

Not as many 3rd party apps available as on the Windows phones.

Hard to find the volume switch while in a call (minor irritation, not a big gripe).

Tiny keys make it tough for my fat fingers to dial.

Occaisional glitches in the music player show songs as an unrecognized format (going back to them a 2nd or sometimes 3rd time allows them to play).

Desktop software crashes my laptop on shutdown, have tried several different versions.

Overall, this is a keeper. There is no "perfect" phone and this one has enough good to outweigh the bad. With the exception of Verizon's GPS deal, all my complaints are pretty minor.

Pros

Stability
Features

Cons

3rd party GPS access disabled on Verizon models.

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13.

26 Nov 2008 by Anonymous

100%10out of 10

okay i got rid of my motorokr and got this phone and wow it was a big difference between the phones

Pros

qwerty keyboard
2.0 mega pixel
computer like

Cons

CONFUSING

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14. Blackberry Curve or Blackberry Storm?

10 Nov 2008 by Michal

86.7%8.7out of 10

So, i;v ebeen able to upgrade for a little bit now, and i was wondering which blackberry model i should get. i love the curve, but the problem there is that its either been in lindsay lohans hands already (basically i see it everywhere!) but i still really like it. its so amazing. but i cant decide which to actually get between the curve and storm. i had the iPhone and that was junk, but they say that this touchscreen would be TOTALLY different which im not sure im ready to get used to. but i know things like that take time. im not very good@ pros and cons, so i guess what im sayin is, does someone wanna help me out with the options?

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15. My new Crackberry

21 Oct 2008 by Anonymous

100%10out of 10

so i had the samsung instinct for the past couple weeks and didn't really like it so i decided to get the 8330 because it had the same features and them some. IT DOES EVERYTHING, the scroll ball completely makes up for the touch screen and you can switch between programs without having to re-do what you've already been working on. Plus i'll never have to buy another ringtone again! Just download the music on the computer, switch it to the phone and set it as your rington. It's a must buy and WELL worth the cash. Plu

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16. SIMPLY THE BEST

8 Oct 2008 by blesdchile

100%10out of 10

It was time for me to upgrade (LOOONG OVERDUE). I was hesitant because I really liked my Treo and I was concerened that I would find the touch screen capability and other features that I came to love about the Treo. I tried a few phones before the Curve. One of which was the Voyager which wasn't for me at all.

In a nutshell, what I like about the CURVE is:

Sound Quality (Crystal clear, speaker phone or no)

Great PDA functions, (Calendars, tasks)

Trackball. Because of the trackball, I don't even miss the touch screen. Very easy to use

Great syncing capabilities. I sync with Yahoo!!

I got mine in PINK!

Yahoo/MSN/AOL messenger

many, many more features.

I now know why it is called a crackberry :o(.

I have nothing bad to say about this phone.

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17.

21 Aug 2008 by SCHILLING

92%9.2out of 10

This is one of the best devices that I have ever purchased. I spent over a month playing with device just to verify it would fill every need... and it does!!! From the programs available for it to the gps... multi tasks better than any other pda!! u wanna send a txt message while listening to music and using the map for directions... oh good cuz u can do all of that at the same time!!!

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18. I've had many problems with tis phone

4 Aug 2008 by Scorpio_diva2007

56%5.6out of 10

I've had the same problems as well..I was so pumped to get this phone and I actually brought it the next day after it came out. I had the muffled voice on the speaker phone, speaker phone sucks, earpiece volume sucks, dropped calls, people call me or I call someone and they can't hear me, come to find out about a month ago there's a glitch with this phone. so to make a long story short on this phone, I sold it on ebay last week bcuz the plan is too high and I was so disappointed with this phone that I had to get rid of it.

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19. SmartPhone but where's the PHONE?!

4 Aug 2008 by MRED Chick

68%6.8out of 10

I was soo looking forward to getting the new Curve after all the hype that has been made about it, but after using it for a few weeks I've been less than impressed. Out of 4 people in my office (who got the phone the same day) I must be struck with bad luck...it constantly cuts out and drops my calls. I'm a fast talker, which has never been a problem on my Motorolas, but now I'm finding many people are asking me to repeat myself because the speaker muffles my voice and I sound like I have marbles in my mouth.

I'm on my second handset in two weeks and am wondering if anyone else has experienced the same problems.

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20. great phone

26 Jul 2008 by roger

86%8.6out of 10

This is my second smartphone. My first one was motorola q9m. blackberry 8330 (verizon) is way better phone than q9m in most and every way. its much faster, signal strength is great, getting email is so simple fast. browser is way better and faster. This phone doesnt freeze like q9m. I downloaded google maps and search applicatios which works great and google maps show your approx. location which is great. I think this phone is even better than my friends treo way better. watching you tube is just so great function on this phone. highly recomended.

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