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BlackBerry Curve 8310 Smartphone Titanium (AT&T)

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Manufacturer: BlackBerry
Catalog: Wireless
Release date: 2007-10-11
Color variation: Silver
Media: Wireless Phone
Variation: Silver
Model: 8310
Upc: 843163018655

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Key features:

Smallest, lightest BlackBerry with full QWERTY keyboard--weighs just 3.9 ounces
Internal GPS receiver with support for TeleNav software; AT&T exclusive push-to-talk (PTT) walkie talkie-style communication
2.0 megapixel camera with flash and 5x digital zoom; Bluetooth wireless connectivity with with stereo headset support
1100 mAh rechargeable battery provides 240 minutes of talk time, 408 hours of standby time
Includes: Battery, Charger, Handsfree Headset and USB Cable

Professional Review:

Swelling the Blackberry Curve's already formidable arsenal of telephonic and connectivity tools, the titanium Blackberry 8310 Curve now adds an internal GPS receiver with support for TeleNav GPS Navigator software and push-to-talk (PTT) capability--an AT&T exclusive. An amalgam of the svelte BlackBerry Pearl and the more business-oriented 8800, the 8310 Curve is the smallest, lightest BlackBerry phone that includes a full QWERTY keyboard. And it combines RIM's long-valued push 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). This quadband phone operates on GSM 850/900/1800/1900 networks and can handle high-speed data connectivity via AT&T's EDGE network, with availability in more than 13,000 US cities and along some 40,000 miles of major highways. It also offers global voice roaming in over 190 and data roaming in over 130 countries.

Staying Connected

The svelte, titanium BlackBerry 8310 Curve offers a full QWERTY keyboard, innovative trackball navigation system (placed above the keyboard) and large 2.5-inch screen.

The Blackberry 8310 Curve 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 8310 Curve. 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.

AT&T Exclusive Features
Among the unique features of the Blackberry 8310 Curve are AT&T's Push-to-Talk (PTT) service and TeleNav GPS Navigator. AT&T Push-to-Talk boasts the largest push to talk coverage area in America. PTT features on the BlackBerry 8820 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 8310 Curve to Push-to-Talk to communicate with individual colleagues or friends, or set up groups for broader communication. The PTT button, on the left side of the device (noted by three raised dots), easily facilitates each PTT call (simply press and hold to talk after the chirp and release when finished). 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 also take advantage of the TeleNav GPS Navigator software, the full-featured premium navigation application that includes audible turn-by-turn directions, real-time traffic updates and re-routing options, and 3D moving maps. It comes as a 30-day trial version, and it can be downloaded via the TeleNav web site or via virtual pre-load icon (VPL) after activation.

Phone Design & Features
This 8310 Curve is fashioned in a titanium finish and subtly curving corners. 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.

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. You can also subscribe to the AT&T Music service, which includes access to online subscription music content from eMusic, XM Satellite Radio and more.

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 8310 Curve weighs 3.9 ounces and measures 4.2 x 2.4 x 0.6 inches. Its 1100 mAh 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.

User Reviews:

Written on January 29, 2008
Summary: Good phone! Jack of all trades, master of too few
I purchased my Blackberry Curve 8310 after two long painful years with the Motorola SLVR L7. Needlesstosay, I was glad to rid of it due to too many glitchy problems and incomplete features, although I liked the size, style and overall feel of the phone. I was looking for a non-flip phone that didn't feel like a kid's toy.

I narrowed my search to Blackberry Curve, Blackberry Pearl, and the Samsung BlackJack. I rejected the Pearl because it was a bit too small for my hands and the buttons felt flimsy. I could just see those keys popping off and the phone become useless. The BlackJack is a good, strong feeling phone. I especially liked the rubberized surface that prevents the inevitable slipping. I felt like a sturdy communications machine, not a toy, albeit with mixed reviews. But the Blackberry Curve felt good, lightweight, big enough to use easily but not too big like the Apple iPhone or the Palm Trios.

After a somewhat strange purchasing process at an AT&T store that still says Cincular on the door [AT&T REALLY should provide better training to its salespersonnel so it doesn't feel like you are making a backroom deal to simply buy a phone], I purchased the Curve and went through the fast and easy process of setting up the e-mail features and configuring it to my tastes.

The Curve is a good basic cellphone, with the typical features you would find in most phones such as various ringtones, alarm clock, calculators, camera, and the ability to play music. It is a good "smart" phone with features you would find in other smart phones such as web browsing. The camera is notable in that it has a flash, takes good photos (as phones go) and allows you to send them in only a few steps. Big improvement over most phones. But, who really buys a phone for its camera?

The e-mail features are superior and if you have a lot of e-mail accounts, like I do, this is the only device I have seen that will bring them all to one location and let you address them from once source. Bravo! I imagine others will want to adopt this capability as the technology becomes more commonplace.

Bottom Line: If you are looking to upgrade your current cellphone, and want to add new features such as web-browsing and a better camera, this is an excellent phone.

PROs: Sleek, modern, compact, sets the standard for smart phones. Capable, fully functional, and mostly intuitive. Uncomplicated, and simple to configure. Good sound, lightweight, a pretty cool camera.

CONs:

GPS requires extra money, on top of expensive "unlimited data" feature, adding a lot of additional costs per month.

When phone rings or message/e-mail comes in, and phone has keys locked, the screen does not light up so you can see who is calling. You have to press the trackball to see what's going on.

When phone is on Vibrate while charging, and call/e-mail comes in, a great feature is when the phone switches to loud/sound so you can hear it, and switches back to vibrate when you unplug it from the charger. Motorolas do that, and it is very convenient.

Some "Applications" can't be put on the main screen as an icon. It would be great if they could, although some websites are configuring icons just for Blackberry.

I get e-mails back in my Messages Inbox once I have sent them. I can't see how to turn off this feature. I just want the check mark to indicate that the message was sent. I don't need the message I sent filling up my inbox.

Speakerphone feature not readily accessible.

Blackberry needs a screensaver.

I would love to be able to remove the Blackberry Wireless signature. The manual says it can be done, but the phone has different ideas. The menu necessary to remove or change the notation just doesn't appear.

Written on January 28, 2008
Summary: Blackberry 8310-Best BB yet
Of course this is an incredible product so im not going to go on and on about it, you can read the other reviews, just a quick thing though, the case that comes with the 8310 is a great case. If you dont mind no belt clip dont spend money on another one, its protective, slim, and it also activates standby mode when you put it in the case and turns it back on when you take it out.

Written on January 13, 2008
Summary: Beats the i-phone hands down
This is a great phone with perfectly adequate media functions (MP3, camera, etc). It also has GPS which integrates with Google maps so that you see a little flashing dot where you are on the map; Okay so it doesn't have satellite accuracy but it it satisfies all my needs. Its not as flashy as the i-phone but the keyboard is much better and it has everything you need to make you a Crackberry addict.

Written on January 12, 2008
Summary: Best Blackberry yet
Awesome. An improvement over the excellent 8700. Sleeker and easier to use. Trackball is more versatile than the old thumbwheel. GPS works well with Google Maps.

Written on January 4, 2008
Summary: Great Phone but Rim Voids Warranty through Amazon
Its not very clear in the product description but RIM ONLY offers its one-year warranty as long as the product was bought through an actual service provider (like ATT). For devices sold through 3rd party resellers (like amazon) they offer NO warranty whatsoever (check out the return policy on Rims website)..

Unfortunately, amazon only offers 30 days warranty and AT&T wont offer anything for devices bought somewhere else. As it was explained to be my RIM a support manager, my best option is to pay 349 to AT&T for a refurbished replacement, which also happens to resets my 2 year contract.

Personally, the 175 cancellation fee seems much more reasonable.

The phone itself is great, but if it breaks you are clearly on your own.

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Media	Wireless Phone	Wireless Phone Accessory	Wireless Phone	Wireless Phone Accessory	Wireless Phone Accessory	Wireless Phone Accessory
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