BlackBerry Curve 8320 Phone, Pale Gold (T-Mobile)

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 4.2 x 2.4 x 0.6 inches ; 3.8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000W7IX50
• Item model number: 8320 Curve
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #102,926 in Cell Phones & Accessories (See Top 100 in Cell Phones & Accessories)

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Adding a fashionable touch to Research in Motion's formidable arsenal of telephonic, PIM, and media tools, the BlackBerry 8320 Curve for T-Mobile is also the smallest, lightest BlackBerry phone that includes a full QWERTY keyboard. This amalgam of the svelte BlackBerry Pearl and the more business-oriented 8800 combines RIM's long-valued corporate email and messaging platform with a host of advanced multimedia features, including a 2-megapixel camera and stereo Bluetooth (for listening to music via wireless headphones). In addition to its quad-band GSM and EDGE connectivity, it also offers Wi-Fi connectivity for access to the Internet and email as well as access to T-Mobile's Hotspot @Home service. This version comes in pale gold, but it's also available in titanium.

The Curve's full QWERTY keyboard and the innovative trackball navigation system (placed above the keyboard) makes accessing your data and writing email a breeze..

The 2-megapixel camera makes it easy to capture pictures to send via email or upload to your online photo collection.

T-Mobile Service Options
With T-Mobile HotSpot @Home service, you'll effortlessly transition between Wi-Fi calling and T-Mobile's wireless network while you talk. You can get unlimited nationwide calls over Wi-Fi--at home via your wireless router or at any U.S. T-Mobile HotSpot. You can also use the HotSpot @Home service via most open, or unsecured, wireless routers, as well as any secured wireless router for which you have access to the password from the owner. This phone is compatible with the 802.11b/g Wi-Fi standard as well as the following wireless security protocols: WEP, WPA (TKIP), WPA2 (AES-CCMP), LEAP, PEAP, EAP-TLS, EAP-TTLS, EAP-FAST, EAP-SIM, EAP-AKA. Whenever you're not using a Wi-Fi network, the Curve works just like a regular mobile phone, using your Whenever Minutes under your T-Mobile voice plan.

This phone also includes compatibility with T-Mobile's myFaves service, which allows you to call up to five of your most common contacts--on any network, even landlines--without using any of your minutes. Learn more about myFaves from T-Mobile.

Staying Connected
With BlackBerry's push email technology, your email will find you without having to initiate a connection. BlackBerry devices are designed to remain on and continuously connected to the wireless network, notifying you as new email arrives. In addition to the text, you can also receive and view attachments in a wide range of popular file formats, including Microsoft Office, Corel WordPerfect, and Adobe PDF.

Browse the web with the integrated, full-featured browser, which quickly and efficiently displays HTML pages as well as enables you to set up RSS feeds to stay connected to up-to-the-minute news and blog posts. And keep up with your contacts using a variety of instant message (IM) networks, including the integrated Blackberry Messenger as well as downloadable clients for Google Talk, Yahoo! Messenger, and Lotus Sametime.

For corporate users, the Curve delivers all the enterprise email and messaging capabilities you've come to expect. It's supported on BlackBerry Internet Service, giving you access to up to 10 work or personal email accounts (including most popular ISP email accounts), as well as BlackBerry Enterprise Server, enabling advanced security and IT administration within IBM Lotus Domino, Microsoft Exchange and Novell GroupWise environments.

Phone Features

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The Curve is fashioned in a liquid silver finish with chrome highlights and subtly curving corners. Measuring 4.2 x 2.4 inches, the Curve is just as slim as the Pearl (0.6 inches) and weighs in at 3.9 ounces--just 0.7 ounces heavier than its predecessor. It features a bright 2.5-inch color TFT screen that provides 65,000 colors and a 320 x 240-pixel resolution, and it includes a light-sensing feature that automatically adjusts backlighting for indoor, outdoor and dark environments. Like the BlackBerry 8800, the Curve includes a trackball navigation system located on the top of the QWERTY keypad, and it also features an integrated spell checker with a customizable dictionary to help maintain accuracy while on the go. It has 64 MB of internal ROM memory, and is expandable using MicroSD memory cards. The battery provides up to 4 hours (240 minutes) of talk time and up to 17 days (408 hours) of standby time.

You can snap vivid photos (though no video) using the 2-megapixel camera on the back of the Curve, which also features a 5x digital zoom, built-in flash, self-portrait mirror and full screen viewfinder. It can capture images in up to three picture quality and size resolutions that can be shared instantly by email, MMS or BlackBerry Messenger, or even uploaded to your Flickr account with the Yahoo! Go service. Photos can also be immediately set as a unique caller ID or Home Screen image. You can edit photos and create albums within the Curve using the PhotoSuite application. Pictures can be cropped, rotated and straightened, and flaws can be fixed by removing redeye or changing the brightness, contrast, and saturation levels.

Listen to your favorite music and watch downloaded videos using the included stereo headset, or use an optional wireless headphone thanks to the Curve's support for the Bluetooth stereo audio profile (A2DP/AVRCP). The Curve is compatible with a wide variety of file formats, including MP3, WMA and AAC/AAC+/eAAC+ audio and WMV, MPEG4 and H.263 video. Dedicated volume controls are conveniently located on the side of the handset.

With the Voice-Activated Dialing (VAD) feature, you can initiate a call just by telling the Curve who to call from your contact list--either via the integrated speakerphone or using an optional Bluetooth wireless headset. Other advanced phone features include advanced sound technology that cancels out background noise and echo, dedicated volume and mute keys, and the ability to customize the Curve with polyphonic and MP3 ringtones.

Vital Statistics
The Blackberry Curve 8320 weighs 3.92 ounces and measures 4.2 x 2.4 x 0.6 inches. Its lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 4 hours of talk time, and up to 408 hours (17 days) of digital standby time. It runs on the 850/900/1800/1900 GSM/GPRS/EDGE frequencies.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

37 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent handheld device, November 3, 2007

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Cheyenne McCray "Chey" (Arizona) - See all my reviews

This review is from: BlackBerry Curve 8320 Phone, Pale Gold (T-Mobile) (Wireless Phone)

I had the BlackBerry 8700g for a year and really liked it, but just decided to upgrade to the Curve. I've only had the Curve for a few days and I already absolutely love it. Smaller, lightweight, with a more efficient means of typing a message by being able to use the trackball for editing. I love that the Curve has a camera where the 8700g does not. And it has a flash--double bonus points. It's very easy to use and with the 8700g I beceme very spoiled with being able to get my email wherever I go. Now in addition to that, I have WiFi, so the Curve will hook up to the closest WiFi connection and I have even faster internet capabilities with it. I also love that I can go anywhere and use my BlackBerry as a modem for my laptop. The BlackBerry tech support department at T-Mobile helped me set the 8700g and then the Curve as modems when I purchased them. Using this function I don't have to pay the absurd prices to connect to a HotSpot of any kind. (I just keep my cable in my backpack that I carry my laptop in.) There are lots of features I haven't had the opportunity to explore and am not sure how to use, like the music capabilities. I suppose it would help if I read my manual. :o)

36 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Blackberry vs. Treo, January 27, 2008

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Beetech (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: BlackBerry Curve 8320 Phone, Pale Gold (T-Mobile) (Wireless Phone)

Pros of Blackberry: WiFi usage. My old phone (Treo 600 from Sprint) couldn't pick up cell reception in my apartment. With Blackberry Curve 8820 I can talk all I want at home. (I'm using my WiFi connection but still get charged for cell minutes; you don't need to buy the WiFi router, it'll detect any WiFi in your neighborhood.)

Cons: I miss my Treo! The Treo seemed more user friendly. Some things I miss on my Treo: 1) instant ringer off with button on top of phone. With the Blackberry, you have to go in the interface and select ringer off. This can be a pain if you're in the movie theater and at the last moment have to turn your ringer or phone off. 2) The Treo had a vibrate and ring option. With the BB, you can only choose vibrate or sound. There is no dual function. 3) Ring tones. Both phones come with ring tones but in the Treo, you could select it from the menu when you were in the phone book interface. With the BB, you can select volume only. The ring tones aren't in the preferences either. Its hidden down deep in the menu after about 6 click strokes. 4) Treo has touchscreen interface, BB does not. The touchscreen is a real nice option when you're fed up with the BB trackball. 5) The Treo comes with a nice user manual about 100 pages. The BB comes with a 1 page folding user guide. You have to go find the manual elsewhere (I use TMobile's BB manual online ~ so that means I have to be connected to the internet to figure something out. 6) Synching. Treo has the nice Desktop software so if you have to make massive revisions or want to copy something from the internet straight to your Palm, you can do it via the Palm Desktop software. The BB software is just a synch manager. Its not a real desktop software. You HAVE to use a third party software such at Outlook (doesn't work with Outlook express), Yahoo, Google, or other. Since I'm a student and don't have access (nor money) to buy the Microsoft office suite, I've had a heck of a time synching my BB to Yahoo and its a pain to have to do everything in Yahoo (I miss the Palm Desktop software because it was like the Palm but on your desktop so the learning curve was low).

The BB is great for business professionals who have Outlook and BB has push technology so you can read up to 10 email accounts on your BB. This is a cool function (but quickly gets out of hand because now your interface has email, SMS, and in/outgoing call logs). You can set it show it only shows up one or the other but then you've just paid for push technology (about $30) and now aren't using it.

Too bad Palm isn't catching up as fast as BB because I think its more user friendly.

However, once you get use to digging in the menu options in the BB, its not too bad. PS - another note on the sparse user manual in the BB, you have to play around with the menu and you'll find alot of undocumented shortcuts. I wish they would just document these up front!

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I can't find anything to complain about!, November 27, 2007

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S. Tulgetske - See all my reviews
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This review is from: BlackBerry Curve 8320 Phone, Pale Gold (T-Mobile) (Wireless Phone)

Over all, this phone is amazing. I was afraid when I saw how small the buttons were that I would have trouble by accidentally hitting multiple ones at the same time, or the wrong ones, but I haven't had that problem at all. Actually, they seem to be just the right size.

Another worry I had was using the internet on my phone. I'll be the first to admit I don't know much about mobile internet, but the Curve opened up a whole new world for me. If you're looking for something that gives you access to the basics of internet without forcing you to use only mobile websites, this phone is perfect. Pages load very quickly and it is very functional.

Also, the e-mail function is so quick and easy to use! I didn't need anything more than my usernames and passwords for my e-mail accounts to have access to mail as soon as it reached my inbox.

I'm basically a casual user of the blackberry. I didn't NEED a phone that could do everything, but I really wanted one. And this phone is perfect. The sound when using the phone to call people is crystal on both ends. The trackball took some getting used to, but it's very useful.

I really can't find something I don't like about this phone, though I do wish they had put more themes on the phone. But then again, it wasn't overloaded with a bunch of things I didn't need.

I love my phone. :)