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9 out of 15 people found this review helpful
2.0 stars
"Could be great, but has serious issues"
Pros: Light, thin, good battery life, good reception, good email
Cons: No email folders, deleted items gone forever on phone, no touchscreen, no easy text navigation (need to use trackball), synch hostile
Summary: I have long been a TREO user. My 680 had many issues, features that should have worked but didn't. I threw in the towel and bought a 8310 and found many of the "normal" features that my TREOs had were missing! No touchscreen...I really miss it, makes navigation so much easier.
No email folders (I can't create 5 user folders to store emails in for future use, just one "saved items" folder is suggested), No sent items folder either. No deleted items folder, once you delete email it is gone forever...unbelievable.
When writing emails you often need to go back a line and insert/alter text, there are no navigation keys for this you MUST use the trackball which is a large pain. I also miss the quick menu bar that was easy to navigate through.
I also found synch options with the Blackberry were poor when compared to the TREO
I have sent the TREO 680 for repairs, when it returns I will go back to using the TREO, and put the 8310 up for sale, the TREO has faults but still much easier to use than the Blackberry
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This users comments are not fair, especially when compared against the Treo 680, possibly one of the worst smartphones ever with regards to SYNCing (IMHO). It seems that all of the issues described by this user that gave it a 4 rating would be resolved by using BLACKBERRY ENTERPRISE. Not only are all of the features that this user complained about NOT hacing avaiable when using BLACKBERRY ENTERPRISE, but there are a whole slew more, including a better sync than the Treo EVER had (calendar, contacts, sent items, deleted items, deleted items reconciliation, etc...). DEFINITELY A great product. Don't be put off by one users review, this product is awesome.
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I have an 8310, Treo 650 & 680. Overall I prefer the large 650.
The curve(grey version)has greyesh keys which are too dull and not clear enought to read in many lighting situations. When the backlighting comes on its not bright enough either. Letters and numbers are very hard to read in a car. The Treo's black letters with white background and bright backlighting is superb. Blackberry does not provide a PIM application to add or sync to. Outlook is not a PIM and I certainly don't want all my outlook mail, contacts being added to the Curve. As said the mail messaging screen and contacts could use some polish as well as the media player. The phone works better than the treo, few dropped calls in comparison. But memory is quite low without any instlled apps ~20-25MB free out of 64MB. Most third party apps require a data connection to work and cost a bomb.
I use my Treo 650 most of the time.
Where to buy
RIM BlackBerry Curve 8310 - titanium (AT&T):
$99.99
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