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Hi everyone,

I am a past Blackberry user, having used both the 8703e and the 8330 on Sprint, and I am thinking about returning to the fold after some time in the wilderness. However, I have a few questions:

How much has the Gmail application improved lately? It is very important for me to be able to access my Gmail labels as well as label and/or archive messages as they come in. I use Gmail IMAP, for what that is worth.

Do the newer (Sprint) models still have problems with dust getting under the screen? My Curve was terrible about this, and it drove me positively nuts. How is the build quality lately?

Is the browser any better than it was on the 8330?

Is the overall speed of the devices better than the 8330?

Also, for the record, I do not care at all about using the phone as a media player.

To give a sense of perspective here, when I dropped out of the Blackberry world, Sprint was about to get the Tour.

Thanks in advance for your help, and thanks for being such a great, helpful community.