best bang for your buck

easy to use phone, very affordable.

from cnet-
The RIM BlackBerry Curve 3G 9330 comes with BlackBerry OS 5 but RIM and Verizon have promised that it will be upgradable to BlackBerry OS 6. The new OS promises quite a number of improvements like a revamped home screen, universal search, easier access to messaging, a new Webkit browser, and more.

The Curve 3G 9330 has the usual phone features like voice dialing, conference calling, speed dialing, a speakerphone, vibrate mode, and of course text and multimedia messaging. Instant-messaging options include BlackBerry Messenger, AIM, ICQ, Yahoo, and Windows Live. Continuing the RIM legacy of strong e-mail features, the Curve 3G 9330 can sync with your company's BlackBerry Enterprise server in addition to other e-mail systems like Microsoft Exchange, IBM Lotus Domino, and your own POP3 or IMAP accounts.

Other features include GPS/A-GPS with VZ Navigator support, EV-DO Rev., Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g), and stereo Bluetooth. You can use the GPS with other location-based apps and for geotagging photos. Mobile professionals will appreciate the calendar, a memo pad, document viewers for Microsoft Office, Corel WordPerfect, PDF documents, and more. The phone has 512MB of flash memory, and there's also a MicroSD card slot that can accept up to 16GB cards.

my first blackberry~ this does it all~ 5 STARS~

MY FIRST BLACKBERRY~

a friend of mine purchased this phone and I had to have one~

thanks to back up assistant I had it ready to go in about 30 minutes~

DOES NOT COME WITH MEDIA CARD~ YOU HAVE TO BUY ONE BEFORE THE VIDEO WORKS ON THIS PHONE~ I GOT MINE ON EBAY FOR $9.95 INCLUDING SHIPPING~

what it does....IT DOES VERY well~ phones are excellent~

take an excellent photo~A ZOOM FEATURE AT THE TOUCH OF THE SCROLL ~ GREAT~

keep up on up to 10 email accounts CAN BE ADDED so you can keep in touch.

button scroll is easy to use.

do not like the color? ah~ ebay has plenty of reasonable priced hard rubber snap on covers for it~

I just added my first bluebooth ear set for it~ the SET up was easy.

on line support via blackberry.com is first rate~ saves reading that boring hard to see little crappy instuction book that come with it.
an application feature including for everyone and everything they want.

can update FACEBOOK and other social networks at the touch of a button~

only two things I can say about it that are minor negative items.

Battery life is short so recharge daily. but then it has so many features I should say I helped drain it~ LOL

symbols button is hard to use~ minor but I will mention that.

first rate and I am 100% thrilled with my first blackberry~ with my new RED snap on case~ I purchased on ebay~

I GIVE THIS BLACKBERRY 5 STARS FOR A FIRST TIME BUYER /USER~ FOR A GREAT PHONE AT REASONABLE PRICE~ AND EXCELLENT EASE OF USE~

Great Blackberry curve at a reasonable price if you can charge the phone.

The phone is great except for its battery life. I like it very much but the only thing that bothers me is the battery life. Even the sellers send me an additional battery at no charge. As you might have know this device is capable of doing anything you would want your smartphone to do.

Great Camera, picture quality, music and everything. The BBM works great. I had a problem of not getting wifi after turning off the mobile network for a while but when i updated my software through the Blackberry Desktop, it started working again.

I have not had time to check out some of the features yet, but so far,it has been my good friend. It is fast, easy and super cool. the QWERTY keypad are so easy to type!

Awesome!

Awesome. Best way to put it, awesome! What I have been looking for in a phone. Sick of slow androids that freeze up when you receive a phone call? Slow androids that won't load your favorite website? Slow androids that promise fast processor speeds and entertainment to satisfy the boredest of the bored? Then this phone may be for you. I enjoy being able to answer my phone when it rings, playing music without any lag time, connecting to facebook without any errors. Yet the camera may not be the best, the processor speed, the available apps, the endless features make this phone my favorite. I will be a blackberry owner “only” from this point forward!

User friendly smartphone...Great phone, great price!

I bought this phone because I wanted a smart phone, but couldn't afford the Epic or iphone. Plus I still like to use the keyboard. This phone works great! It's very user friendly for someone like me who's not into fancy gadgets, and the apps are awesome. I use this phone for everything, including home and work email, texting, and social websites. I can't really compare it to any other phone because this is the 1st smartphone that I've owed, but I am very satisfied. Using some of the apps drains the battery life faster than usual but I keep a charger in the car, so it's not an issue for me. I have no problems talking on the phone, the sound quality is great. This phone gives me the best of both worlds, simplicity plus smartphone features!