Is Sprint Blackberry Curve 8330 worth buying?

Sprint Curve 8330

Design and Interface:

The titanium-colored Curve 8330 is one of the best looking phone from the BlackBerry series. The Sprint Curve 8330 sports a bright 2.4-inch, 320 x 240-pixel display and an easy-to-use trackball for navigating menus. The device measures 4.2 x 2.4 x 0.6 inches and weighs 4.0 ounces. That’s slightly heavier than the Curve 8300, but the difference is nearly impossible to notice.

The microSD slot is hidden under the battery, which is frustrating when you want to add songs on the go. It has a 3.5mm headphone jack for listening to tunes and watching videos with your standard headset. It has QWERTY keypad like other Blackberry Curves.

It has a quick-launch button on the left side, which is programmed to launch a voice-command feature and a microUSB port for charging and data connections as well. There are two silver volume buttons are on the right side, along with another quick-launch button for the camera. On the back, you’ll find the 2-megapixel camera lens, which has a flash and supports video recording with a microSD Card.

Sprint’s custom theme offers a few folders for Communities and Instant Messaging, and the native icons sit atop a black background with Sprint’s gold sun logo.

E-mail and Instant Messaging:

BlackBerry Messenger is also included in the Instant Messaging folder and is already installed. A second folder, called Communities, includes a Facebook application.

You can load up to ten e-mail accounts, including favorites like Gmail or Yahoo, or corporate software like IBM Lotus Domino, Microsoft Exchange, or Novell GroupWise. While you’ll love sending off SMS texts on the oft-praised Curve keyboard, you’ll be limited to sending pictures via BlackBerry Messenger or through e-mail.

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It doesn’t have the Wi-Fi capability.