Just had my old pearl upgraded to an 8310. The first one i got had a hardware fault where it would randomly re-boot, this was rather annoying when in the middle of a call.
Took it back under and got it swapped out as DOA. The new curve is now working great. Just put OS 4.5 and the 8900 Replica theme on it - looks sweet!
Huge improvement over my 8110. GPS locks on much faster, bigger screen and full keyboard is much much better.
Question though - there is no BB Messenger installed on my curve. Its not hidden or anything, just not installed. Any idea how i can get this?
This happened to me the first time I upgraded my OS, I thought it was gone. You can get it back through the Application Loader in DM. Just put a check next to it and load it up.