Just picked up one of these beasts....

[dodger_moore]

Quite cheaply off of ebay. My Curve took a nasty fall and is away for repairs.

I'd been using a combo of my house phone and iPod Touch which is great, but curiously enough I find operating the Touch is a slow process. It works fast, but it's slow for me to do emails with it and so on.

Anyway, I know the 8800 is an old phone, but it seems to be a bit of a dark horse! Nice and rugged, great keyboard action and it's got all the media stuff too.

Great back up phone, pretty stoked with it.

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[david9962000]

Yeah, the 8800 is a work horse with a great wide keyboard.

[BuddyL]

I had mine for almost 2 years and never had a problem with it. Only got the 8900 because I needed the extra memory.

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[onesreality]

Agreed! Rugged black horse!

[te1013]

Looking to pick one of these bad boys up as a back up...how much did you get it for?

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[onesreality]

250 singapore dollars with brand new housing and brand new accessories (:

[dodger_moore]

Mine was around 50 british pounds. Really glad i got it since my 8310 was broken and couldnt be repaired, was replaced with an 8520 which isnt as sturdy. So this 8800 is a great back up for my 9700. Very useable too.

Apols for lack of apostrophes, im typing this on an ipad.

[Fandysilalahi]

Nice choice there mate, I've had mine since like ages, and apart from the mini usb connector (which I was able to get fixed for cheap), I hasn't cause me any problems. Awesome keyboard too, I guess we could say that this is the precursor of the famed "bold" keyboards. I'm still holding on to this coz I'm waitin for the 9800. In the mean time I got my storm1 as my media phone

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