Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1735 in Cell Phone Accessories
• Color: Blue
• Brand: BlackBerry
• Model: 8320
• Released on: 2008-12-15

Features

• Smallest, lightest BlackBerry with full QWERTY keyboard, includes GPS for accessing AT&T Navigator directions
• Wi-Fi connectivity (802.11b/g) with free, automatic access to over 17,000 AT&T Wi-Fi hotspots
• 2.0 megapixel camera with flash and 5x digital zoom; Bluetooth wireless connectivity with with stereo headset support
• Up to 4 hours of talk time, up to 360 hours (15 days) of standby time
• What's in the Box: handset, battery, charger, USB cable, wired handsfree stereo headset, Blackberry Desktop software and Media Manager, getting started guide

Amazon.com Product Description
Adding a fashionable touch to Research in Motion's formidable arsenal of telephonic, PIM, and media tools, the BlackBerry Curve 8320 for AT&T 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 (802.11b/g), which gives AT&T customers with unlimited corporate or personal BlackBerry service plans free and seamless access to thousands of AT&T Wi-Fi Hot Spots in the U.S. The Curve 8320 includes Documents To Go software, allowing downloading, viewing, and editing of MS Word and PowerPoint documents, and supports MicroSD cards for up to 32 GB additional storage of music, photos, and files.

The svelte BlackBerry 8310 Curve in red (an AT&T exclusive) offers a full QWERTY keyboard, innovative trackball navigation system (placed above the keyboard) and large 2.5-inch screen.

AT&T Service
This phone operates on GSM 850/1900 MHz networks and can handle high-speed data connectivity via AT&T's EDGE network (which stands for "Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution"), with availability in more than 13,000 US cities and along some 40,000 miles of major highways. This third-generation, high-speed, mobile data and Internet access technology is fast enough to support a wide range of advanced data services including video and music clips, full picture and video messaging, high-speed color Internet access, and email on the go.

Among the unique features of the Blackberry Pearl 8110 are AT&T's Push-to-Talk (PTT) service and AT&T Navigator GPS direction service. AT&T Push-to-Talk boasts the largest push to talk coverage area in America. PTT features on the Curve 8320 include "availability" icons, quick group calling, and the ability to easily convert a PTT session to a regular wireless voice call. You can use your Curve 8320 to Push-to-Talk to communicate with individual colleagues or friends, or set up groups for broader communication. In addition, the AT&T service offers such standard PTT features as call waiting, contact alerts, as well as text, picture, and voice messaging to anyone in their contact list.

You can take advantage of the AT&T Navigator GPS software and service, a full-featured premium navigation application that includes audible turn-by-turn directions, real-time traffic updates and re-routing options, and 3D moving maps (additional charges applicable). AT&T Navigator offers several other features to make your commute more enjoyable and reliable, including mobile access to Yellowpages.com. Additionally, AT&T Navigator is the only mobile phone-based GPS service that provides integrated speech recognition for address entry and points of interest search.

You'll be able to access AT&T Mobile Music, which enables you to buy tracks while on the go, access the Napster and eMusic subscription music services, stream music video, discover what's playing with Music ID song-recognition software, and find out what's hot with The Buzz music news portal.

Get free Wi-Fi connectivity at over 17,000 AT&T Wi-Fi hotspots in the U.S.

Staying Connected
The BlackBerry Curve 8320 includes free, automatic access to over 17,000 AT&T Wi-Fi hotspots with BlackBerry Personal and BlackBerry Enterprise data rate plans. It's easy to turn on the Curve 8320's Wi-Fi networking with two simple clicks, enter one of the over 17,000 AT&T Wi-Fi hotspot locations, and enjoy ultra-fast data connections for web browsing, downloading email attachments, and more. You can also place a phone call while simultaneously emailing a colleague or searching for a restaurant online. The Curve 8320's Wi-Fi 802.11b/g connectivity also works with home, work, and other public Wi-Fi networks.

The Curve 8320 delivers the legendary BlackBerry email experience. With BlackBerry service plans from AT&T, you can receive emails instantaneously from up to 10 email accounts (personal and enterprise). With BlackBerry push technology, you don't need to retrieve your email. BlackBerry devices are designed to remain on and continuously connected to the wireless network, allowing you to be discreetly notified as new email arrives. Support is also built-in for viewing email attachments (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, WordPerfect, and PDF formats).

If your company has a BlackBerry Enterprise Server installed, you can also take advantage of the power of wireless calendar synchronization. Your calendar events are exchanged wirelessly and automatically so that your desktop calendar and BlackBerry handheld calendar are synchronized. All your Outlook meeting requests, changes, and updates are instantaneously synchronized instantaneously with your desktop. Make meeting requests, invite new attendees and more, all on your Blackberry Curve 8320. Users without BlackBerry Enterprise Server support can manually sync with their desktop calendars and contacts via Bluetooth or USB using the included BlackBerry Desktop Software.

BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS) is complimentary with the activation of a AT&T BlackBerry service plan (additional charges apply) and provides customers with the ability to have their personal or work email pushed automatically to their BlackBerry phone from multiple Internet Service Provider (ISP) email accounts. BIS provides automatic wireless synchronization of read, deleted, and sent email from the your BlackBerry phone to their desktop email account. Users with multiple accounts can choose from multiple "sent from" addresses when sending an email. You can also download ringtones and other content via AT&T's popular MEdia Net service or browse the Web using the BlackBerry HTML Browser. Wireless text messaging and multimedia messaging (MMS) are also supported by the BlackBerry 8820.

Phone Features
The Curve is fashioned with subtly curving corners and chrome highlights. 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.

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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

Nice phone but has a few major disappointments
I bought this phone a month ago.
A selling point was free Wifi, among other features.
Wifi is free but "data" is not, that is unless one turns off manually the AT&T network before connecting to the internet, as the phone will still transmit data , (thus you will be charged).
While the network is off you will not be able to receive phone call, so remember to manually turn the AT&T Network on again when done with the "Free WiFi"

PROS;
Keyboard works good, easier to type than on screen keyboard, at least thats what I found.
Call quality is great, much better than the Razr I had previously.
The reception is also better. The Moto Razr had poor reception at my work place , the Blackberry 8320 gets clearly better reception.
The ringer is louder than the Razr also, which suites me because I work in a noisy building.
The phone has many feature.
I've added movies, games, ring tones,and documents with a small amount of effort to learn "How Too".

CONS;
Documentation is poor, there are many different versions of this phone, T-Mobile, Sprint, Verizon models seem to all have differences, so the generic book you download from BBerry is just that, not specific.

Another major disappointment was that the maps that is downloadable from Blackberry is not compatible with the AT&T's version of the 8320.
AT&T's version does not have GPS either, (at least I could not seem to get it) another disappointment.
(However you can use Google Maps with this phone)

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However there is a learning curve to this phone, (no pun intended).
When I went to my local AT&T's store to check out the phone, they did not have it in store, in fact the salesman argued with me that such a model did not even exist or surely they would have had it in the store,
(The next day I ordered it from their Web site).

With so many features I guess its hard to expect to take a phone out of the box and expect to learn how to use it without spending some time.

I was enjoying the phone until......
I really enjoyed the ability to copy and paste phone numbers from any application to wherever I needed it, BUT only two weeks after having the phone I turned it on and received a white screen stating "jvm error code 102". Well needless to say that's all it took for me because I was really needing to utilize the phone at that time. I continued to click reset but it would only return to that screen. So, I returned the phone for a refund and never looked back.

One Excellent Blackberry (ATT- Sapphire Blue)
I really don't know where to start with this phone. This is by far the best phone that I have ever owned and I've been through a lot of phones over the years. This review is for the Curve 8320 in Sapphire Blue for ATT.

I've been through quite a few phones via ATT since my wife and I joined with them Sept. 08. I've tried the Samsung Blackjack II, The Motorola Q9h Global and the Samsung Epix i907. I just couldn't find a phone that I was really happy with. Out of the ones mentioned, the Q by far was the best unit until my wife and I decided to give these Blackberries a try. After two days of having this phone, not only am I hooked, but I would not give this phone up for anything. I have to give RIM a lot of credit because it takes a really good phone to satisfy me.

Pros:
1. User Interface- very slick and sharp
2. OS performance- very quick and peppy, little to no delay between applications
3. Handset/Earpiece- The loudest, sharpest and clearest audio I've ever heard in a phone.
4. Speakerphone- Great volume and clarity
5. Voice command- Precise and very accurate
6. User Customization- The best in it's class. I've never seen a phone with as many options as this one.
7. BlackBerry Messenger- Since my wife and I both have the phone, this really comes in handy
8. Battery life- Using Bluetooth, data and running multiple apps, the battery holds it's own and provides a lot of uptime between charges.
9. Wifi- Haven't used it because I have a data package, so I can't comment on this right now
10. Email Setup- Very easy and user friendly to link your personal and corporate email accounts
10. I could go on and on, but I'd be here forever. Just go and give this phone a try and you'll see what I mean.

Cons:
None to mention, this phone shines in every way. This phone is next to perfect!