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The BlackBerry Curve 8320 smartphone is a Wi-Fi capable Smartphone which comes in a stunning & compact casing. The casing has smooth edges & comes with a

metallic finish which oozes elegance & style. The handset is small & lightweight when considering all the built in technologies & features in this stylish Smartphone.

While not as cozy as the younger-skewing Pearl, the Blackberry Curve 8320 smartphoneis a compact phone. It is thin, at no thicker than a half inch, and weighs just a few ounces. It is about the width of a woman’s palm. The model we used was metallic, almost brown silver, with black trim on the sides where the additional buttons laid. The well-lit, high resolution monitor takes up the top half of the front. Below the monitor is a row of four buttons for start and stop, current menu and previous screen. In the middle is a small trackball (in other words, a computer mouse with no covering) about the size of a pinky nail.
The new BlackBerry Curve 8320 ($449.99; $249.99 and up with two-year contract) for T-Mobile is the carrier’s best handheld for communication addicts, thanks to its stability, e-mail verve, and its ability to make phone calls from any Wi-Fi hot spot.

The BlackBerry Curve 8320 also features a 2 megapixel camera, and standard apps include audio and video players (supported formats include MP3, AAC, WMA, WAV, MPEG4, H.263 and WMV). It is equipped with a 3.5mm stereo headset jack and offers a microSD memory card for expanding the available storage. Measuring 4.2″ x 2.4″ x 0.6″, the phone weighs in at 3.9 oz and is enabled for T-Mobile’s myFaves feature. On-board IM clients include support for AOL, Yahoo!, Windows Live, ICQ and Google Talk.

Like the AT&T Curve, this is the phone for long-time BlackBerry users who prefer the thicker, rounded feel of BlackBerries of old. The keyboard is more traditional and BlackBerry-like than the 8800’s and is thus somewhat easier to type on. The 35 key QWERTY keyboard’s keys light up in white and the masked black letters offer good contrast in the dark. The phone is available in “Titanium” (gunmetal gray) and “Pale Gold” (champagne). We received the Titanium version which has a metallic hint of sparkle and a gloss finish. You’ll never mistake it for metal, but it looks less plasticy than the AT&T Curve.

Cooltechzone reviews about blackberry curve 8320 The idea with T-Mobile’s Hotspot@Home service is to let you pick between an open WiFi network or a standard cell tower and switch your calls between the two. The exciting aspect of this is that if you are using a WiFi network to make calls, T-Mobile won’t deduct minutes from your service plan. That means hours of added calls as long as you are within an open WiFi signal. Nice! We could get used to this. And the signal strength and transition between the two is quite slick as well. If you start out making calls over WiFi, but get disconnected, the service will automatically direct you to the nearest tower without dropping the call. Sweet. Unfortunately, you can’t switch from a tower to an open WiFi system once the call has already been initiated.

Mobilereviews.co.uk reviews about blackberry curve 8320 Research in Motion, manufacturer of the BlackBerry, knows that it faces stiff competition from multimedia-rich smartphones that can play music, stream video and take superb photos. So the company is trying to make its business-focused smartphones attractive to multimedia-conscious consumers. The Curve 8320 gets part way there, housing a decent two-megapixel camera, and allowing you to play videos through the media application. This same application lets you play tunes, but the controls aren’t as sophisticated as they are on some smartphones. You can’t create playlists, for example, though you can on your PC through the Roxio media manager software that comes with the device. We do have to credit the inclusion of a 3.5mm headset jack, but wish it were on the top edge of the casing rather than the left side just for the sake of pocket-ergonomics.

PDAstreet reviews about Blackberry curve 8320 Essentially, the 8320 is very similar to the BlackBerry Curve 8300 AT&T Wireless currently offers. However, the 8320, like AT&T’s most recent BlackBerry, the 8820, includes Wi-Fi. But unlike with AT&T’s Wi-Fi BlackBerry, you can make the most out of 8320’s Wi-Fi feature.

Mediastreet reviews about blackberry 8320 The BlackBerry Curve (8320) from T-Mobile fuses the functionality of a BlackBerry with a full QWERTY keyboard and a compact form factor. While the introduction of the Pearl offered a smaller, more convenient device for the masses, BlackBerry filled the void in its product line with the Curve - a happy medium between the Pearl and 8800. A 2.0 megapixel camera, music player, and Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity round out the Curve’s feature set. Perhaps the most interesting feature is T-Mobile’s HotSpot @Home. Harnessing the Wi-Fi connectivity of the device, for $19.99 a month, T-Mobile allows the user to make unlimited calls from their cell phone while in a Wi-Fi network.