BlackBerry 8320 Curve

“It ain't perfect, but the new T-Mobile Curve is one of the tastiest Blackberries to date. Sporting smooth lines similar to other Curve models, the compact 8320 feels sturdy and solid in hand. The QWERTY keyboard is spacious, and even adds a bit more wiggle-room in comparison to its older sibling, the 8820 for AT&T. So what's new? For starters, a 2 megapixel camera. Crackberry heads have long bemoaned the lack of a decent cam, and now RIM has finally heeded their call and provided a cam that takes surprisingly clear pictures with rich color and little noise. Other exciting news? RIM has included substantial 3rd party instant messaging, with support for Yahoo, AIM, and Windows clients. Like the AT&T model, T-Mobile's Curve features integrated Wi-Fi. It's a super sweet snap to setup and offers download speeds that are roaring when compared to T-Mobile's soggy EDGE network. It's funny really, the only thing we had a hard time doing with this device was putting it down.”

“I really want to like this device, but I’m not so sure that enough of the bugs have been worked out yet. My primary reason for getting the 8320 was to get improved coverage at my house. With the UMA going in and out all the time, I’m not so sure I have achieved that. I think T-Mobile just needs some time to work the kinks out, and thus these are the issues that early adopters like me have to deal with.The device overall is great. It has everything that most users have come to love on the 8300 with the added benefit of WiFi.I didn’t discuss everything there is to do with the new 8320. I just wanted to get this info out early to everyone who was thinking about getting the device. If you have more specific questions about something I haven’t covered, post it in the forums and let’s talk about it.”

“In conclusion, the RIM BlackBerry Curve 8320 and the T-Mobile @Home service work well together when your home/office and its WiFi network fit properly. You might still experience the random dropped call when leaving the house, but the vast majority of time the system works very well. But if your home or office layout is a little bit more complex, as ours is, then you have to be prepared to deal with some limitations.In any event, even if you ignore the UMA possibilities completely, the addition of WiFi to the Curve is a great thing. It makes the Curve 8320 every bit the phone that the original Curve 8300 was, and then some. As such, I give it a Highly Recommended rating.”