Another newbie for you all, I am a BB addict now, having had my 8310 curve for about 4 weeks, absolutely love it. I have, traditionally, always had to have to latest handsets whatever make, model. But I have to say I am a BB convert, couldnt live without my Curve now. I thought my previous phone, N95-8GB, was good (and to be fair it has everything you could want) but the Curve wins hands down for me.
I have already navigated round this forum and the help I have sourced has been invaluable.