Blackberry - Curve 8330 Cell Phone Review

I had been waiting on the iPhone 3G to come out since it was going to be cheaper and supposedly better than the original...  but after hearing the reviews and taking a hands on look, I realized that it wouldn't serve my needs.  I am a systems engineering consultant and always on the road, so I needed to be able to log in to customer systems on my laptop from anywhere.

Pro:  3G Tethering (using the phone as a wireless braodband modem) to my laptop.  Sure its not as fast as DSL or Cable, but in a pinch where there is no WiFi... or when it costs $10 per session like at ATL... it works great.

Con:  Where a free WiFi signal is available, the Curve is not able to connect to it.

Pro:  THe MP3 player can interface with Itunes and I am able to use any song or sound file as a ringtone.  With the iPhone, I have to pay extra to convert a previously purchased song into a ringtone.

Con:  The keys on the qwerty are super small so there are usually typing errors. 

Pro:  I can add mini flash memory... no size limits either.  Can't do that with iPhone.

Pro: I can synch my (Yahoo) contact list with the curve.

Pro:  I can access multiple email accounts at the same time and chat using AOL, YIM or MSN.

Pro: The VZNAV is pretty good.  I don't know how I ever got along without it.

Con: VZNAV is $10 a month extra.

Pro:  Has all the functionality of the higher end cell phones and does them all well.