BlackBerry Curve 8310 Smartphone Red (AT&T)

List Price: $399.99 Discount Price: $0.01

Features:

• Smallest, lightest BlackBerry with full QWERTY keyboard in exclusive red color--weighs just 3.9 ounces
• Internal GPS receiver with support for TeleNav software; AT&T exclusive push-to-talk (PTT) walkie talkie-style communication
• 2.0 megapixel camera with flash and 5x digital zoom; Bluetooth wireless connectivity with with stereo headset support
• 1100 mAh rechargeable battery provides 240 minutes of talk time, 408 hours of standby time
• Includes: Battery, Charger, Hands-free Headset and USB Cable

Accessories:
Plantronics Voyager 510 Bluetooth Headset with Multipoint Technology	Standard Travel Charger for Blackberry 6210, 6230, 6510, 7510, 7280, 7230	Jabra JX-10 Bluetooth Headset, Silver	BlueAnt Bluetooth Portable Handsfree Supertooth II Handsfree Speakerphone	BlueAnt UNOTPBASN3 Sonic Bluetooth Speakers (Black)

Customer Reviews:

Old dog learning new gadgets [Posted on 2008-07-28]
I went from a non-bluetooth standard cell phone which I truly loved to the Blackberry. I have to say WHAT TOOK ME SO LONG!

GREAT REVIEW AND SOME INFO! [Posted on 2008-07-31]
Like skeptical lawyer said... The only 2 * on this phone.... Be careful they will charge you... Anyways... Now onto the review... I have had enough time with it to figure things out and gotten used to my phone...

Pro's-
Keyboard is great.
Camera takes very good pictures for a camera phone.
User interface is easy.
and more....

Con's-
The ear volume is to quiet.
New internet is a little buggy I will tell you about that.
When you have an email it also goes into your inbox for text messages so when you go and try to delete all the text messages fast then you will most likely delete some of your emails in that inbox and then that deletes them from your email inbox.
Recieving ringtones using bluetooth.



Okay so when you get a blackberry the first thing you think of is business user phone ONLY... Well they arent just for business users. They are for anyone and everyone. By far this is the second best smartphone I have used (number one being Pocket pc). Anyways for this phone there is a whole bunch of features jam packed into a small package. I had upgraded mine for the new Operating Software for upgraded features. You can also do it just ask me about it and I can help you out. So here is the info...

Camera Feature- This camera is a 2 megapixel camera which puts out very decent pictures and the flash is very bright for just 1 LED light. For the upgraded software there is a video feature for the phone but there is a problem with the feature. If you don't have a memory card you wont be able to use the video feature because you get a message saying " To record a video, insert a formatted media card. Then there is digital zoom in the phone which works pretty good and unlike most digital zoom out there you don't to really worry about blurred pictures if u move during the time your taking the picture. I would give it 5 stars.

Browser- The browser is fast and easy to use... But for the upgraded version there is a cursor or arrow just like your computer so you can navigate around using the cursor. i would give this 4 and 1/2 stars

GPS- Now for the gps where I happen to live is a little glitchy. When I am in an area it says that I have no satelitte connection when I have had a connection there before which makes no sense and then I will go there another day and end up having it work fine... All in all i would give it 3 and a half stars.

Mp3/Video Player- I havent tried these yet but will be sure to have an update when I do try it. 0 stars

Keyboard- The keyboard on the phone is, as you know, a full qwerty keyboard, which helps alot and makes it very easy to message fast on. The keys look very small but are indeed very easy to easy to use. Also the trackball makes navigation very easy and fast. Also another thing I noticed is that if your a very fast texter like me, the phone actually can keep up. My old blackjack by samsung was to slow and I would be done with my message if it was long about 10 seconds after I was finished. So I will happily give it 5 stars.

Sound- The speaker for ringtones is very loud and one thing I didn't like is that it was actually a little to loud for mp3 ringtones. But then after the upgrade it got quiet but then I think it got to quiet so in all I give it 2 stars for being to quiet and 3 for being loud But then for being to loud.

Earpiece- There was a big problem I ran into and that was the earpiece. It is simply to quiet. If I am at the mall or somewhere sorta loud but not to loud I can barely hear the person on the other end and for that I have to give that idea 1 star.

Battery Life- For the battery it is very good if you don't use the messenger or internet or anything, but if you do use them use them like I do and I have to be then its not that great... If I stay logged into the blackberry messenger and hotmail messenger that I have downloaded then the battery cuts down ALOT it will only survive for about half a day but then if you dont use that stuff it will last like 2 to 3 days. 5 for not using the stuff and 2 for using the browser and stuff.

Customizable- The blackberry curve is a very customizable you can change the themes that change how the phone looks and there are alot out there on the internet. Some you have to pay for and others are free but there are alot of good free themes out there... Ask me for a website and I will tell you where to find them but there could be changes like being able to make it so you dont have to have icons on your desktop at all times which is something I would really appreciate. 3 and a half stars for not having the possibility of taking icons of your desktop but yet having the option to download themes.

Service- the phone gets great service where I live and thats up in the hills area. Though I am sure the higher I go I will end up losing service. But for where I am I do notice a difference in my old phone to this blackberry... 4 and a half stars.

Processor speed- Sure the processor is 312 Mhz but the problem is that it gets very laggy when you start adding to much stuff to the phone and open to much stuff without closing there properly... It works fine but when to much stuff is on it thats when it gets slow.


All in all I still will give it the 4 and a half stars but since I cant give it that I will just give it 5.. Blackberry has earned it... I would totally recommend this phone to people of all ages and not worry it just being for teenagers or just adults. I hope I gave enough information for you to get this phone or not to get the phone but I dont know... But just comment me to let me know what you think!

Numerous Bugs [Posted on 2008-08-02]
This device (8310 Curve) has issues.
1. Zoom on camera simply ceased to function anymore for no reason
2. Downloading music files is a hit and miss proposition
a) when deleting files, they still visually appear in the device
b) not all files will download from *Roxio Device Manager to the smartphone device(*another vender of inconsistent and unstable software).
3. Device's performance over time degrades (3-5 month period)- eventhough I've added no additional software to the device.

I am now a crackberry addict!!! [Posted on 2008-08-12]
This is my first blackberry and first smartphone. I simply love this phone. I can do anything I want on it, it is very loud compared to my old phone and I get my email whenever I need it.

I have added apps to do everything including rss feeds, facebook, and accessing my twitter account. I have added my own ringtones just by emailing them to the phone and they worked wonderfully.

The only cons are that the case grabs fingerprints like crazy.

If you have never used a BB before just go to crackberry.com and learn everything there is to learn.

I'm not sure... [Posted on 2008-10-05]
Before I bought this phone I shopped around a lot, read reviews etc. I was going from a Motorola Razor to this, and before I got this phone I had no problems with my Razor. Ever since I got the Curve, my reception has been really horrible. My calls don't really drop, but many times in each conversation I have moments where the person sounds really garbled and I have to ask them to repeat themselves. I hadn't read anything about this in any reviews, but since I got it a few months ago I have been talking to some friends who just got theirs and they are complaining of the same thing. I have AT&T service, though I hadn't had this problem before the phone switch. I just wanted to warn people, since I hadn't seen an alert about this before. If you're just having conversations with friends it's something you can get used to, but if you are using it for business it might be a major hassle!

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