BlackBerry Curve 8300
Luv this phone but.....
I'm not a big Blackberry fan but this REALLY caught my eye. I do have a question though. I work for a AT&T agent store and we don't do a lot of data. I went through a BB training and the rep told us that even though BB isn't 3G yet, it STILL offers great browsing speed because of the propriatary stuff BB has at their main office and because of the way the browser works...does this make sense and more importantly...is it true?
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I am finding in 2 weeks with my Pearl that the data speeds are in fact very fast. I am amazed.
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Yes. The browsing speed is great with EDGE using a Blackberry device. Frankly, I think the whole 3G thing is overrated when it comes to handheld devices. For data cards, it's a different story. I'm not saying that it's NOT faster, or worth having on a device, but I can tell you the battery drain is HORRIBLE on just about EVERY DEVICE that has 3G. My blackberry battery on the 8800 lasts for DAYS at a time, whereas, my 3G 8525 PPC won't get me through the day. This is a problem others I've tried to. The Razr V3xx, Nokia N75, etc., all suffer from very short battery life and it all comes back to the 3G service.
Again, if fast web browsing on a mobile device is important to you, then I say by all means, go for a 3G device. I believe that the...
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Again, if fast web browsing on a mobile device is important to you, then I say by all means, go for a 3G device. I believe that the...
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I totally agree with you but I'm hoping that the BB is better on the battery life than others because it already lasts for quite a long time without 3G but we'll see. I also agree with you about the speeds on a blackberry. I used to have an MDA and the speed was still pretty slow even with EDGE but my BB runs about twice as fast as my MDA did.
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