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4.5 stars
"Minute Muncher"
Pros: Feels like a cell phone, call quality, Hot Spot @ Home, My Faves, Media Manager, Camera is awesome, last but not least WIFI
Cons: Cannot transfer files via Bluetooth, Cannot install Opera Browser, Blackberry Browser is a tad slow, cannot install files directly from blackberry owners lounge
Summary: First things first, I buy at least three phones a year and I feel as though this is my last one. T mobile doesn't have the overrated 3G service yet (maybe early next year) so they don't usually get the best phones right away unless made specifically made for them like this Curve is. Their customer service more than makes up for this. This is by far the best phone I have ever owned. I recently owned a Blackberry 8800 and while it was also an excellent phone, the construction of the phone wasn't cheap and it almost forces you to protect it in some way so you wont drop and ruin the shiny phone. This phone is made like a cell phone should be made. I know I mentioned a few cons but it is not nearly that important for me to do the listed things as it was just a few quirks that I tried to utilize. The phone is small in size when compared with the 8800 but with it's impressive features, call quality, Tmobile's excellent customer service, Hot Spot @ home, WiFi, and the construction of the phone, you cannot go wrong with this one. GUARANTEED. FYI, you dont have to buy the wireless router to use the the Hot Spot @ Home service as it will work with your own wireless router is you currently own one. Tmobile's router is only $50 dollars so the price isn't bad if you want to but it. Also, the Hot Spot @ Home also works as long as you are connected to any wireless router, I have tried it and it has worked. Finally, you don't have to sign up for the WiFi service (I think it's $19.99 a month) as it will work while connected to any wireless router. With the MyFaves, Hot Spot @ Home, (or any wireless router for that matter), and excellent customer service, this phone is a minute muncher and the best out there now. You can't go wrong.
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It is possible to transfer files via bluetooth, it's just more complicated than other phones. For a device to send a file to your Blackberry Curve, you have to choose "Receive files via bluetooth" from the menu. To send from your curve, you have to choose "send files via bluetooth."
I have a curve, and that's one of the few drawbacks for this phone. I don't know why they had to make bluetooth file transfers so complicated. -
You mentioned in your cons the curve won't run Opera. Well I must argue that it does. I run it on mine all the time when I want to browse. You have to configure your phone in the settings. If you enter wap.voicestream.com in the APN settings, it will enable the Opera as a browser
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So, when you say "minute muncher," I assume that you mean it helps reduce the amount of minutes used (as opposed to "it gobbles (muches) up all your minutes"), right? This device sounds spectacular.
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RIM BlackBerry Curve 8320 - titanium (T-Mobile):
$74.99
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