09-25-2007, 06:55 AM
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 | CrackBerry Newbie Device(s): 8320 (Curve) Carrier: T-Mobile | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 1 Likes Received: 0
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 Purchased mine yesterday in Houston
I tried to buy it on tmo website on 23rd and early on 24th, but the site crashed when trying to go to any details or purchase pages. I decided to go to the biggest store in the area. They had gold and titanium. I liked both but bought the titanium. This is my 3rd BB (former Sidekick II user before that). I had just got the 8700g in December, and they gave me the $399 price. I bought the 2 gb mini SD card and had that put in.
So far, I have enabled javascript (that did slow it down a little but still good, and I can post on my favorite messageboards, You can turn this off and on ). Wifi at home worked great, and UMA enabled itself. I have not tried UMA yet. With my previous sim chip, the internet emails and all my other stuff came right over from the old device by using the setup wizard.
So far, the desktop software seems to hang on the media manager, but you can just drag files into the folder. I took a ripped ipod movie (mp4) and stuck it in the folder, and it played just great on the device.
It paired just fine with my car and my laptop bluetooth. The trackball is way faster than the wheel, though I find myself trying to scroll the wheel a lot.
Also, navigation is a bit different, but it is fairly intuitive if you are a BB regular and others can get used to it.
The keys are small, but I have small hands. They are the same width as the 8700g but a shorter height. The device is about half the thickness of the 8700G.
The case is nothing special. No clip (they say ladies didn't like it, but I did), but the case is fine. I have mine set up to come on at 7 am and off at 11 pm, but it stay off in the case and comes on when pulled out if it is at least 7 am.
So now someone tell me about wifi in other countries. I guess I need another SIM for Europe? What about the Caribbean? If my laptop gets free wifi in the Caribbean, shouldn't this phone?
I don't know if there is justification for this thing if you already had a good phone, and I don't know if the wifi will be "worth it", but for gadget-hounds, there is a lot to be had here.
The camera is fine, and the zoom is sup easy. Wifi takes seconds to set up. For all features, the help is very good, which was surprising. No more searching the web for hours waiting for others to figure something out like in the past.
It looked like instant messaging was all ready to go, but it wanted me to go to blackberry.com/aim to set up aim. I have not done that or tried any of the others.
I hope most that buy this won't be disappointed. I won't be.
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Damn, express delivery is fast!!! I ordered it yesterday, thought it would take a few days. Well time to setup, but whats with the pouch? They could have put a belt loop or clip on it. Never happy, never happy! lol!!!
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