In a nutshell: The BlackBerry 8320 incorporates push email,
a full keypad, a camera, media player and expandable memory. With
both Bluetooth wireless connectivity and a WLAN connection, the
8320 is the best connected of the Curve series too.
Review:
March 2008.
The BlackBerry Curve 8320 incorporates virtually
all of the features of the BlackBerry
8310, so read our review of the 8310 for an in-depth look at
what this device can do. The one difference between the two is that
the 8320 doesn't have GPS satellite navigation, but it does have
WLAN connectivity. This means that you can access broadband internet
speeds when within range of a WLAN-enabled computer (at work, at
home, or in a WiFi zone such as Starbucks.) This could be handy
for syncing data with your home or work PC, as well as fast downloading
of emails or web browsing.
Features
of the BlackBerry 8320 include:
2 megapixel camera with flash and digital zoom
LCD display: 320 x 240 pixels, 65000 colours
Media player
Messaging: SMS, MMS, instant
messaging, push email with attachment viewer
Connectivity: WLAN, Bluetooth 2.0, modem, 3.5mm
stereo headset port
Memory: 64 Mbytes plus microSD memory card slot
Size: 107 x 60 x 15.5 mm
Weight: 111g
Quadband
Talktime: 4 hours
Battery standby: 400 hours
BlackBerry
8320 Consumer Reviews
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Average
rating from 31 reviews:
Reviewed by Fashion from India on
11th Mar 2010
love it. no problems here. Ps I love my blackberry! I've nicknamed
it PRIYANKA CHOPRA ! Rating:
Reviewed by Solomon Menya from UK on
11th Mar 2010
I have had my curve emerald black 8320 for 13month and it has been
the best phone i have ever used so far.Internal memory could do
with being expanded but again the curve is becoming an old model
hence the need for some thing different. I have put my eyes on the
new bold come my next upgrade in a couple of month. Over all,my
curve was a good buy. Solomon Menya,Feltham Middx,UK Rating:
Reviewed by claire from uk on
6th Oct 2009
i got the blackberry 8320 today and am pleased with the phone.The
only thing i finding hard is useing the email.When i tried to log
in to windows live messenger it says it not compaitble with this
hand set.I thought that's what the blackberry was for.It might need
to be set so going to look into doing this.I havent tried useing
any other internet app yet so hopeing it all goes well. Rating:
Reviewed by LENUS CHARLES from trinidad
on 22nd Aug 2009
i love these blackberry phone,the features,and the manny funtion,it
has.any choice you are making,please chose ablackberry 8320mthat
the way to go. Rating:
Reviewed by sterling from america on
22nd Aug 2009
i love this phone. the only phone better is the i phone. which i
didnt wanna be forced into buying the data plan so i got the blackberry
8320.the phone is sweet with web browsing reception is surprisingly
strong.the media player is great easy to use, micro sd card slot
full keyboard.and you can get gps on this phone download it for
free. bottom line if you wanna charge your i phone every 5 hours
and spend the money on the data plan which you have to have go ahead
i good with my blackberry 8320 Rating:
Reviewed by ANUJ from INDIA on
28th Jul 2009
this phone is awesome,.,.,.it has got everything in it, which i
needed,.,.its simply a magical box to me.,. Rating:
Reviewed by M Faisal Naeem from Karachi
Pakistan on 25th Jun 2009
i m the user of Motorolla and big fan of It i just recently used
my V8 that was wonderful cell phone with camera, MP3 playeer with
touch screen.now i m using Blackberry 8320 Emerald Black its good
its like a mini notebook in your hand that has every thing, but
there is a problem with camera thing is its just snaped the photgraph
not record the video.overall Blackberry is the complete phone. Rating:
Reviewed by marsha from jamaica on
31st May 2009
i always hated blackberries because they were big & full of buttons,
but this phone is great, it can be complicated at times but its
a breeze when u get it right. the video camera, camera & music player
are my favorite features. i love the fact that i can change themes
like how i change my clothes & its a good value for $$$$$ if u have
a hectic social life. its been a blast, kudos to blackberry! Rating:
Reviewed by faisal majeed from pakistan
on 24th May 2009
this mobile is just outstanding. this is not a mobile but a true
friend for me.anything you want it has with it. Rating:
Reviewed by Ian S from England on
13th Apr 2009
I'm a service engineer and got saddled with this thing by my company,
in place of a perfectly adequate Nokia. Did I need camera, email
or piddly keypad? No, but would they listen? Now half the time when
I go to clients' premises the phone gets confiscated because of
the camera, so any so-called advantages of the 'connectivity' are
lost and I have to resort to fax machines to get information in
the field. Can't use the keypad without my specs whereas on the
Nokia I could text with my hands in pockets. Hands-free speaker
was louder on the Nokia too. Hate the damn thing, the sooner I lose
or break it the better. [Editor's comment: Ian, is this a review
of the phone or of the company that you work for?] Rating:
Reviewed by K-Man-4-Phones from U.K
on 30th Mar 2009
I have had this phone for a month now... everyday i find something
new!! it is amazing! Rating:
Reviewed by Shahid Iqbal from Pakistan
on 28th Feb 2009
Good phone but I have experienced abnormal hang-ups of few minutes
duration during phone calls quite often. This puts one in embarassing
situations as one cannot reconnect or call back to other person
for quite sometime and the later may feel offended. I shared this
with few of my colleagues who also use this model and they all had
experienced such problem. Shahid Iqbal, Lahore, Pakistan Rating:
Reviewed by Ali Arshad from Pakistan
on 28th Jan 2009
Excellent Phone, Rating:
Reviewed by Jonathan Godfrey from Northern
Ireland on 22nd Jan 2009
I've had my BlackBerry 8320 Black Emerald since September 2008 and
now I think it's about time that I posted my review of it. I owned
an LG Prada beforehand and I absolutely loved it. It was the first
really beautiful touchscreen phone and it did everything that I
needed it to do for me. I took my BlackBerry 8320 Black Emerald
on a 24-month Contract from Orange for £30.00 oer month for 600
minutes and unlimited texts and I only pay £2.50 extra a month on
top of that for BlackBerry Talk and that gives me unlimited E-Mails
and unlimited web-browsing. First imprerssions; it's nowhere near
as bulky or as heavy as other BlackBerries such as the BlackBerry
9000 Bold and previous models in the 8800 range. It's pretty light
too and it's attractive to the eye as I have mine in the relaunch
colour of Black Emerald which is black to look at but emerald green
when the light catches it in the right way. Functionality; having
never owned a BlackBerry previously, it did take me a few weeks
to learn everything that my BlackBerry can do (and I'm still learning).
Things are a little complicated at first wuth needless menus and
sub-menus but over time, these just become second nature and make
the phone look a lot more professional. Having access to my E-Mails
on my phone was never an issue for me before but now it is a necessity
thanks to my BlackBerry and I don't know how I ever lived without
it. The amount of applications that you can download from varioous
websites such as www.blackberry.com is vast and one only bettered
by iPhone's Apps Store in my opinion. You can well and truly personalise
your BlackBerry and that means that your BlackBerry has it's own
identidy and that it's unique. The media player is fantastic and
the layout is just like an iPod. It's very simple and easy to use
and makes accessing youre music very easy indeed. The camera isn't
bad at 2 megapixels but of course this could improved as R.I.M.
have done by adding a 3.2 megapixel camera to the BlackBerry 8900.
The zoom is really easy to use, it's simply adjusted by rolling
the trackball up or down and the flash is like a gattling gun! A
video camera would have been nice but again, you can get one in
newer models such as the BlackBerry 9000 Bold and the BlackBerry
8900. Connectivity; Bluetooth, 3G, 3G+ and WiFi...ticks all of the
right boxes there then, doesn't it? when I'm at home, I connect
mine to my BT Home Hub. Overall, this is quite simply the best phone
that I've ever had and I know that my Upgrade will be a BlackBerry
too, maybe the BlackBerry 9000 Bold or the BlackBerry 8900...it's
just a pity that I have to wait until June 2010. Rating:
Reviewed by Perry Clarke from United
Kingdom on 18th Jan 2009
A truly superb phone/PDA/camera.... everything!! Its ease of use
and funcionality make it a goliath compared to the Apple and nokia's
in its class. It just happens to be the sexiest handheld I think
I have ever come across. Well done Blackberry, I am a convert!! Rating:
Reviewed by Kashan from Pakistan on
7th Jan 2009
Great Phone overall, it was just recently updated by local provider
with new features like Video camera, Documents to go, voice recorder.
Best phone in my openion when it comes to size and functionality
in Blackberry series Rating:
Reviewed by ali from UK on 23rd
Dec 2008
I have had the 8320 for a few months now and unfortunately I have
found it plagued with faults. I have had over 15 replacements in
that time, as have many if my collegues, ranging from trackerball
problems to software issues, the lates problem is if you use the
media player on your standard headset, and stop the music with the
headphone button, when you replay it, the music quality drops. And
then when you remove the headset anf try to make a call, the handset
micraphone stops working. Its sad because up until the 7th or 8th
replacement, I was still trying to sing the praises of this phone.
Rating:
Reviewed by Emma Burton from UK on
28th Nov 2008
I am going to like this phone. Rating:
Reviewed by Veesh from London, England
on 3rd Oct 2008
What a spectacular phone, I say. I have never really been a big
fan of BlackBerries but this one has won me over. Incorrigibly chic,
very intelligent, and rather easy to use. I'm enjoying the phone
thoroughly, although that tracker ball in the middle needs a way
to keep a webpage rolling. Scrolling a long email is tedious because
you cannot scroll and hold? Unless someone else in a review will
have something that absolves me of the only misery. Spectacularly
well-balanced. Rating:
Reviewed by Les R from UK on
24th Aug 2008
The 8320, I've had mine for about a week now and I thought I'd share
my initial impressions. I like it. I'd always been put off Blackberrys
primarily because of their miniscule buttons but once you have the
thing in your hands typing becomes second nature, albeit with my
fingrnails. The scroll ball works well enough and although the option
is there to use the desktop view (that is the traditional 'mouse'
style of navigation) I would recommend against it. Surfing the web
has proven efficient, the screen is comfortably large enough to
convince yourself it's a mini PC, the WIFI connectivity is fine
and yes it does pick up any hotspots no problem but so far all of
the ones I've found have all required an access code for usage so
not much use there then. One thing I can't complain about is the
abundance of features, the music/video playback with or without
supplied earphones is excellent but as with so many mobiles these
days, no fast forward/rewind facility, will someone please a dd
this simple extra, we don't want to start at the beginning of every
movie should we choose to watch something else inbetween..!!! Point
to note, the 3.5mm standard earphone socket is a Godsend. Onboard
memory serves at a basic level but a decent sized Micro SD is all
but essential for any real funtionality/storage. My contract is
with Orange, I am hoping that it's their fault for the abysmal signal
strength in my area, not the phones inability to grab and hold onto
same. I must confess that I don't think I've discovered all of the
8320s' secrets yet and I look forward to doing so in the very near
future but for the here and now with its immense connectivity, ability
to read Office documents, long battery life and light weight, I
am a very happy chappy. Oh, and the case that comes with and its
ability to switch the phone on and off depending upon whether the
phone is being drawn or put away, a stroke of genius. One of the
previous reviwers did say that if you have an IQ of below 130 then
don't bother with this phone, I'm not too sure about that but he
does raise a good point though, this is so very far above 'Hoodie'
intellectual level that at least it isn't likely to be the most
popular target for theft which makes it worth getting for that fact
alone. Rating:
Reviewed by Umid from Uzbekistan on
11th Jul 2008
Great phone. Easy in use. Good quality Rating:
Reviewed by tony from usa on
11th Jul 2008
Love this phone, but wish I had gps and steaming video Rating:
Reviewed by Johnny Newell from U.S.
A. on 5th Jul 2008
Tis a bitter/sweet relationship between my phone and I. I love the
convience of a handheld web that is fully functional, but I hate
the fact it doesn't record video. I love that I can use the note
pad to write my articles on if away or on assignment and by using
google docs I have endless storage capability. I find the camera
difficult to deal with, the shutter speed is slow and it is a pain
to upload the pics to my desktop. All in all it's a keeper. Rating:
Reviewed by Mario from Indonesia on
17th Jun 2008
its fun playing with trackball Rating:
Reviewed by Gail from England on
13th Jun 2008
I bought one like that. Fabulous Rating:
Reviewed by Jason from England on
27th Apr 2008
Simply brilliant, and the battery, its amazing Rating:
Reviewed by Wes from USA on 9th
Apr 2008
This is an almost perfect phone, although some other wofo phones
have better browsers. Don't let this set you back, this phone is
awesome. Rating:
Reviewed by Andrew Cyrus from USA on
22nd Mar 2008
they claim that the 8320 does not have satellite Navigation, but
I have an 8320 with sat nav, how is that possible? Rating:
Reviewed by Hamid from UK on
19th Mar 2008
not really a fan, i got one today it does its job but i'm afraid
to say its a bit on the dull side. too dull for me. Rating:
Reviewed by umair from pakistan on
7th Feb 2008
this is the great invention Rating:
Reviewed by ajl from england on
3rd Feb 2008
this phone is amazing if you like all complicated and different
feeatures but avoid if your IQ is below 130. Rating:
