Having come to the end of our current cell phone contract, Justine and I picked up a pair of Blackberry Curves to check our email, blog, take pictures, etc. My first impressions of the Blackberry Curve is that it does the following things very well: phone, email, mobile maps, calendar, tasks, contacts.
It does the following things very poorly: browsing the internet, mobile media (music, video, photos, etc)
I like the little navigation ball in the center of the phone. It took a little getting used to, but I like it a lot now. I ended up installing a 3rd party browser, Opera Mini, on the phone because the browser that comes standard is quite craptastic. Theinstant messenger client is also craptastic. I downloaded Ramble IM and Jive Talk. I’m not sure which one I’ll keep, but so far, both are better than the one that comes standard with the phone. The messaging isn’t quite as good as my old Treo. I miss the conversation grouping the Treo used by default.
Speaking of the actual phone, the sounds quality is clear and the volume controls are easy to get to.
Overall I’d give it 7 0r 8 on a scale of 1 – 10.
- Dave
P.S. – I figured out quickly how to turn off the annoying chime and vibrate function when each email arrives. Otherwise I would lose my mind.
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