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Product reviews: Blackberry Curve

Buying a cell phone is like buying a pair of shoes, it has to fit your style and provide you with comfort. The Blackberry Curve 8330 is one of the most popular cell phones on the market today because it is stylish, and it has comfortable user-friendly features.

If you are considering purchasing the Blackberry Curve 8330 smart phone, then it is important to understand and evaluate all of the features that it has to offer. After all, your goal is to upgrade to a better performing cell phone. The Blackberry Curve is available to purchase from several cell phone providers including: Alltel, Verizon, and Sprint. Cell phone companies are well aware of the fact that consumers have many options when it comes to cell phone purchases. What has been the result of this mass marketing? Cell phone providers are offering highly competitive mobile phones and services that appeal to mobile phone users. For the consumer, this is a good thing because the options and features for cell phones like the Blackberry Curve have become highly advanced and extremely user-friendly.

Impressive Feature #1

This user-friendly handheld device, the Black Berry Curve 8330, has a full QWERTY keyboard. If you have tried texting with a regular keyboard, then you know how time consuming and frustrating it can be. With the Black Berry Curve, you have a full QWERTY keypad that is easy to use. The keys are slightly raised and have a rounded symmetry, so the typing elements are quick and responsive.

Impressive Feature #2

Trackball navigation is so reliable and convenient! The Black Berry Curve 3880 offers a white ball near the top of the keypad that allows you to navigate through the menu options. This trackball is not overly sensitive, yet it is dependable and responsive. If you click in on the ball, you can rapidly change screens and application modes. It is not a touch screen, but the maneuverability of the trackball on the Black Berry Curve would certainly give a touch screen a run for its money.

Impressive Feature #3

Menu options and applications are readily available and simple to use. The Black Berry Curve offers amazing features and applications including: email, text messaging, calendar, address book, internet browser, maps, media, voice recorder, alarm, memo pad, camera, video camera, voice dialing, calculator, GPS navigator, documents, juke box, yahoo search / messenger, and facebook. If social networking and communication are important to you, then you will find these available options to be extremely impressive.

The impressive features provided with the Black Berry Curve 8330 are customizable and appropriate for almost every need. Of course, with all electronics these days, they can have a few quirks. Below, the pros and cons have been summarized.

Pros: QWERTY keyboard, trackball navigation, email, web browser, maps, camera

Cons: Reduced battery life if you use it consistently throughout the day, limited color options (only red and grey)

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