BlackBerry Curve 8330 Phone, Silver (Verizon Wireless)

Administrator — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:33:53 +0000

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4.4 out of 5 stars

This is my third Blackberry, it replaced a T-Mobile 8700g which replaced a T-Mobile 7230 before that. Pros: – Wireless broadband works well, easily connects to laptop via bluetooth and so far has been reliable with very good coverage (much better than T-Mobile) – Seems physically well designed and well built, very good keyboard, smaller and easier to hold than the 8700 it replaced – Mouse trackball makes for easy navigation – Voice dialing good for bluetooth headset – Improved Blackberry browser (although I still use Opera Mini most of the time) Cons: – High cost of service ($30/mo for Blackberry data plan plus ANOTHER $30/mo for laptop tethering) – Locked GPS. The device has GPS built in but Verizon has “locked” it so that it cannot be used with Google Maps, photo geotagging, or any other third-party GPS program, because they want you to spend another $10 a month for the privilege of using THEIR GPS program. – Poor quality camera – No way to have the phone announce the caller/caller ID – so when I’m wearing my bluetooth headset I still have to dig the phone out to see who is calling – Awkward delivery and registration. Amazon could not give me a straight answer on the unit’s shipping/arrival dates. Verizon sent me a welcome email and invited me to register my online account, so I did, then at the end of the process they told me they’d just sent a text message to the phone that I must retreive with 24 hours to complete the process… which was impossible because I didn’t have the phone yet!
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BlackBerry Curve 8330 Phone, Silver (Verizon Wireless)