My BlackBerry Curve Paperback – Big Book, 7 January 2010

nice detailed about blackberry curve.thanks

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Well I didn't intend to buy 2 but I became a Blackberry addict quickly and ended buying any and everything Blackberry. I began reading the book and thanked my lucky stars. The photos are clear, bright, and professionally done. The explanations are simple and on point. I was able to try out some tricks immediately, and impart that knowledge when I upgraded from BB 8520 to the BB 9700 Bold. The phones are pretty identical and so the book works for the Bold as well.Don't waste your money buying Blackberry for Dummies or Blackberry Hacks- as I did. The Dummies book is not bad but the photos are lacking. With this Curve book the color photo in the book is EXACTLY like the image on your phone. So when in doubt just look at both and you will get the point right away. The Blackberry for Hacks book is too much verbage. The book looks old and lacked any realtime/up to date photos. I was not satisfied with BB Hacks -- you know books that talk "at you" instead of "to you". That's what I felt about the Hacks book. If you are a whiz this book may come in handy as a refresher but for a beginner like me it was too much of nothing that made sense. The Curve book was simple- to the point- and made me more comfortable and confident with my Blackberry immediately!

Delighted with Craig Johnston's manual on the BB. Bought the BB 6 months ago and wondered how I could derive the most from its features without struggling through a 250 page pdf. manual. <My Blackberry Curve> is outstanding as it has helped me navigate from one feature to the other without difficulty. Having the illustrations on each page together with the navigational instructions and explanations are superb and easy to understand. After 6 months of ownership I am discovering new features and ways to enjoy my BB. This book is excellent and essential to those who wish to expand their knowledge and enjoyment of the Blackberry.It is a great reference tool-well worth the $$$!

My husband recently got an upgrade on his work phone - going from a somewhat low budget Sprint phone to a Blackberry Curve. I was pretty sure he was under-utilizing it, and wanted to find out more about this phone.First of all, there are several different Curve models - which I didn't know before reading the Curvemanual. Some of them have Wi-fi, GPS. GSM. EDGE, UMA, iDEN, PTT, etc... the model # varies depending on whichfeatures the phone has. They all seem to utilize a track pad or trackball - which seems to make moving around easier than a touch screen - but it's like the mouse, fingerpad - you like one or the other better, and find one or the other easier to use. I'm not fond of the touch screen because it always seems to take me longer bec I make so many mistakes.The 8900 has a pretty decent 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus. The others have a 2 megapixel camera - which I don't think has autofocus. The 8900 also has a video camera, which the others don't. My husband is happy with the camera on his phone, but his last phone had about the same type camera - you'd think it would be an upgrade bec the difference in price.One benefit of the 8900 is that it supports something called Unlicensed Mobile Access or UMA. Three of the Curves support UMA - which allows the phone to roam between a wi-fi network and the cellular networks while you're traveling, which allows the caller to get or make free calls while on the wi-fi network. This feature won't affect alot of people - for instance my husband's calls are paid for - so he doesn't worry about whether his calls are cell calls or wi-fi calls, but for those who pay for their minutes, the UMA feature will be of some benefit.Sometimes converting from one phone to another can be a hassle - but now that most phones have some sort of sync technology, moving contacts shouldn't be as much of a hassle. My husband was able to sync his contacts from his old phone with his carriers online program. Most carriers have them now, and from what I read in the My Blackberry Curve book Google offers this technology. We haven't tried it, but it was interesting to learn about it.