Great phone for its day (2008/09). Relatively good data connectivity over EDGE on T-Mobile and built-in WiFi for when you need it, nice physical keyboard, handles email like a pro, an easy on the battery. The loud and clear external speaker makes it a great impromptu boombox or conference call...
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I've now had this phone for the sprint network for, about, 5 months... Overall, it's a great phone, especially for a beginner BBerry user like myself. I've had a bit of difficulty with the network, being unable to connect with Google Voice, or Google Sync. I have a feeling that...
Read the full review →in this iphone loving world this phone is great as someone who longs for a physical keyboard. as long as you don't overload the device with apps and always make sure you close them when you are done the phone works very well. this phone had copy and paste out of the box and a video camera...
Read the full review →I had the BB Curve 8330 for about a year and hated it! It was my first dive into the smartphone world, and I was not a fan. It was primarily a work phone and the one thing I will say very good about it, was its integration with microsoft outlook. Emailing and calendars were very good on this...
Read the full review →I received a notification that the RIM OS was going to be updated. After that update was applied the keypad backlight no longer functioned. It would light up during the power up sequence but would not light up when in use. This was my ultimate reason for replacing this phone. The T-mobile...
Read the full review →Great keyboard, small screen, great email,horrible on apps (low low memory, light and feels good in hand, very slow once you start adding apps, Great work device (second to my Iphone), not for casual use, track ball gets dirty too easy, easy to drag and drop music and photos, bad video...
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