RIM Blackberry Curve 8300

I think this phone is a great phone for business. The full qwerty keyboard is awesome and allows you to type full-length emails quickly and efficiently. Also, it allows you to type naturally without auto-complete or predictive text, which I think is nice because it is no problem to type any words you like including slang when texting with friends and whatnot. The camera is very nice and awesome that photos can be emailed to friends and family immediately after taking them. Exchange Server compatible so it automatically coordinates with my Outlook calendar and contacts which just makes handling business and appointments that much easier. This is a great phone and I really like it. The only other type of smart phone I would consider purchasing would be the iPhone, but I believe that the iPhone is better for personal use vs. business use... the touch keyboard on the iPhone would be a major disadvantage when drafting business emails, but it would be nice to have such a slick browser on a phone.

Great business tool; email is the best; phone great; bluetooth works great; use as a modem for the computer instead of aircard.

I purchased the Curve as a refurb unit from AT&T.  I had previously used the Pearl, ans was looking for something that had the trackball but a bigger screen.

The Curve was no dissapointment.  I can browse the Web easily (made better with Opera Mini), check email, and read ebooks (using Mobipocket Reader) with ease.

The camera takes good still pictures.  The 8300 has no video recording capability built in, but this will be included in version 4.5 of the Blackberry OS.

The Curve has a 3.5mm headset jack, making MP3 playing a breeze.

The reception is great on this phone, and the speakerphone is nice and loud.

I have many many phones in my collection, and this is the phone I use the most.

great feature packed phone with the super neat feature of gps.  i have it for work so email is perfect.  it's also slim so putting it in the pocket is no worry at all.  the one thing i dont like is that the clear eye ball thing in the middle after 8 months is now not so clear.  does this mean that my fingers are dirty??? gross.