Comments on: T-Mobile launches BlackBerry Curve 8320 Sunset, hawla

By: Ryan Drennan

Ryan Drennan — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 23:54:41 +0000

Hey BG T-Mobile launched 3g in Las Vegas today, Austin Texas will launch tomorrow.

By: The Boy Genius

The Boy Genius — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:21:44 +0000

@KB

Thanks!

By: KB

KB — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:16:18 +0000

Just contacted a local T-Mobile store and had the sales rep power one up…OS is 4.2x

By: dondgc

dondgc — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:31:07 +0000

@ pheer6224

I would jump at it. You could dial phone numbers on the touchscreen instead of the tiny number keys but a full qwerty pad for email. Great BB email features, made smaller and lighter and thinner than Palm.

It seems like a natural…

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:25:01 +0000

EX-ACT-LY. I don’t even care about 3G. I can check anything important I want on my phone with EDGE, otherwise I can wait until I get home. How much do you want to do on a little ass screen anyway (compared to a laptop or desktop).

By: pheer6224

pheer6224 — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:01:47 +0000

This is getting stupid. There should be a blackberry with the same layout as the treo. Give it a 400×400 touchscreen, OS 4.6, wifi, qwerty thumbpad and position it next to the bold. That will be news. Iphone copycats suck mostly because the iphone is not the perfect phone to copy.

By: SB

SB — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:42:42 +0000

curve is not a 2 year old phone, is it??

i thought it released summer last year, didn’t it?

By: dondgc

dondgc — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:28:33 +0000

@ farney

It is great that you can’t imagine any way your Blackberry could possibly be improved.

Others see lots of opportunities for new features and improvements, both in hardware and in software. But if new colors on a two year old phone are enough to thrill the masses, I guess there is no reason to do anything else.

By: CanisMinor

CanisMinor — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:50:34 +0000

Gosh! It’s Aug 4 and the sunset curve launched. BG, I think this must be the first time you called a Blackberry launch date correctly. Congrats!

By: farney

farney — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:43:12 +0000

*Sarcasm* Totally! I can’t imagine why RIM is still selling phones that are
a. Affordable
b. offer Wifi
c. offer GPS
d. qwerty keyboard
e. best push email in the biz

…I can’t imagine why people are buying this phone!

…and 3G is the most overrated feature available. Coverage is spotty even in the biggest cities and it’s not THAT much faster. Nothing’s funnier than watching fanboys get all jacked up about loading a page .359 seconds faster than a standard connec.

By: Ed

Ed — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:20:09 +0000

Why do some of you guys care whether or not the rest of us like this device? If it suits our needs and not yours, then that’s not our problem it’s yours.

Not everyone needs a phone to communicate with the mother ship.

To each his own, right?

By: dondgc

dondgc — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:11:52 +0000

Sadly, RIM is starting to look like Motorola and the RAZR – or – dare I say – Palm.

I’ve been carrying a BB for five years and can’t imagine using anything else. But c’mon – how about a new phone? Not an old phone switched to CDMA. Not an old phone in a new color. An actual, honest-to-goodness new product? Please?

By: dante

dante — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 13:52:44 +0000

Is this the best Monday morning online gadget news available?? Who cares about this old *** phone. Honestly, I cannot believe 1) its still being released in different colors and 2) people are still buying the damn thing. THIS folks is one reason why it takes carrier and manufactures so damn long to release new stuff. If the old equip is still producing decent dollars it makes sense for them to squeeze every dollar out of it before they have to introduce a new handset…

By: RoseGold

RoseGold — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 13:13:10 +0000

ill stay rocking my bb titanium with the orange gel skin

By: MO

MO — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:54:24 +0000

WHERE DA FUCK IS DA BB BOLD!!!?? OH WELL

By: Pholey

Pholey — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:50:41 +0000

To hell with the Curve and Bold! The real jewel is going to be the BB Thunder! I would expect the Thunder to have all the same specs as the bold + then some. Come on BGR, we need more info on the Thunder!!

BTW, isn’t it sad that AT&T customers are having to switch to TMO because of dropped calls and poor call quality?!? Bars in more places…yeah right! I left AT&T five years ago for the same reason! However I went to VZW.

Happy VZW customer who is waiting for the Thunder.

By: Galvatron

Galvatron — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 06:55:22 +0000

lol the real question is are you willing to pay for thos nice phones with the high end stuff without any subsidization? most americans arn’t which is why the carriers don’t see a demand for it. YET…

By: Kimberly

Kimberly — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 05:29:05 +0000

i’ll still be hlding out on the bb thunder/storm thanks .

and i agree with the old phone still not having 3g , it’s getting lame .

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 05:23:54 +0000

Who cares about flippin’ 3G. Get a laptop if you need broadband speeds.

By: Eyal

Eyal — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 05:20:27 +0000

Great, who cares, a phone that has been out for ever with a new color and wifi, and *gasp* no 3g. Getting tired of pushed back Bold release dates RIMM! That is what I’m waiting for!

By: Ashley

Ashley — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 05:03:39 +0000

Alright! So cool.

I just switched from AT&T to T-Mobile yesterday because I kept dropping calls all the time.

I just picked up the Titanium Curve. Hopefully T-Mobile won’t give me any beef about switching them out.

So far, I’m loving the call quality. I’d love it even more with a Red device to go with it.

Thanks RIM/T-Mobile.

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 04:58:27 +0000

I want to order the phone but it’s taking forever to get through to customer service. Why isn’t it online yet?

By: Lil' B

Lil' B — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 04:58:22 +0000

What did Galvatron say?

By: Galvatron

Galvatron — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 04:53:09 +0000

yeah th OS questio is obvious ther theres alredy 4.5 for the 8320 already eh waiting for the bold i already hav an 8800 i=i’m good for now

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 04:43:57 +0000

Yes. You can update the OS as long as the OS is compatible.

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 04:43:18 +0000

Looking good BGR. I’m going to get me one of these. It’ll stand out against all those titanium and silver ones I see the guys rocking in my office.

I love my current 8120 with T-Mobile but ready for a full qwerty.

Great pics!

By: HEN

HEN — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 04:36:51 +0000

This question doesnt directly affect the new curve but I was wondering if you have an older blackberry and a new OS comes out is it possible to update your OS.

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 04:18:14 +0000

Are the little raised strips on the sides of the screen to protect it?

Or do my eyes deceive me?