http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/ Engadget Mobile Comments for Best friends, mortal enemies: the BlackBerry Curve from Verizon and Sprint http://www.engadgetmobile.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadgetmobile.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/Apr 2nd 2008 12:24PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/Apr 2nd 2008 12:25PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/Apr 2nd 2008 12:27PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/
No WiFi.]]>Apr 2nd 2008 12:31PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/Apr 3rd 2008 7:11AMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/
Yeah..that's what I meant..NO WIFI. My bad]]>Apr 2nd 2008 1:09PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/Apr 2nd 2008 12:35PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/Apr 2nd 2008 12:59PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/

Unfortunately, I STILL can't find a black QWERTY keypad for my V 8830! So, I'm stuck with silver!]]>Apr 2nd 2008 12:47PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/http://cnn.cn/shop/blackberry-88008830-black-keyboard-p-1826.html

No experience with the site, I just know they sell a ton of BB parts. I may just be getting a Sprint kit for my T-Mo Curve... YUM.]]>Apr 7th 2008 5:22PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/Apr 2nd 2008 12:48PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/
Besides, you'll probably be able to get it colorized or whatever soon anyway haha.]]>Apr 2nd 2008 12:53PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/Apr 2nd 2008 1:02PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/
everyone is going with W-CDMA for 3g and is the foundation for LTE. GSM is going CDMA... or did you not get the memo?]]>Apr 2nd 2008 1:05PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/
Err, what? WCDMA and CDMA have NOTHING to do with each other, just the initials are similar. WCDMA is UTMS (read GSM) tech while CDMA is the next step for 1xRTT. CDMA is a dying breed with VZW going LTE (read GSM) and Sprint looking at WiMAX.


On topic, the darker gray BB is much nicer than the plain light gray one.]]>Apr 2nd 2008 3:37PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/
Thank you! Could have said it better myself. Well done, sir!]]>Apr 2nd 2008 5:07PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/
That aside, the "Standards" reality is that the GSMA (Global Systems for Mobiles Association) has adopted W-CDMA as their 3rd generation technology (3G), to carry UMTS and HSxPA signals, and also for their 4G (LTE) choice of technology. So "GSM carriers" like AT&T, T-Mobile, Rogers, Cellular One and most international carriers need new (W-CDMA) capable cell towers to be able to support 3G networks - and so do phones that want to use it. (Additional complications arise in North America, of course, due to its "non-standard" frequency bands for GSM and W-CDMA signals).

Plain old CDMA is also a 2G technology, like GSM, except that the upgrade to 3G has involved less in terms of hardware upgrades for the likes of Verizon, Sprint, Alltel, US Cellular, etc, since they have settled on a "CDMA compatible" technology called "EV-DO" (Evolution - Data Only; later Evolution, Data Optimized). As for 4G, these are going divergent paths: Since Verizon was acquired by Vodafone, a UK based "GSM carrier", they decided to settle on LTE (a W-CDMA technology), while Sprint are going with WiMax.

]]>Apr 2nd 2008 8:31PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/how do i know this? I WORK IN THE TECH SUPPORT FOR THEM!
so unless you actually work for a carrier and deal with customers calling in wanting to know why the random program (that they didn't get from verizon wireless)they downloaded on to their phone doesn't work and then they get mad at me for not knowing how to work it, don't whine about how crappy you think verizon wireless is! ]]>Apr 10th 2008 12:10AMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/Apr 22nd 2008 11:43PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/Apr 22nd 2008 11:45PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/
I read the book....]]>Apr 25th 2008 7:01PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/
They're stuck in no-man's land with its more expensive than Sprint plans and less cooler than AT&T's phone line-up.]]>Apr 2nd 2008 1:14PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/
From having service with AT&T (rocked) to Crapular and back to re-branded Crapular under the AT&T name (work phone) and knowing people with Sprint and T-Mobile. Verizon has the best serivce and network in the Twin Cities from my experiance and other cities I have travel too.

They may be higher, but I have to stick with what works. Plus with their new open policy, I think the days of people bitching about their phones be locked down will mostly be gone. ]]>Apr 2nd 2008 1:22PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/
Spint's CS isn't the best, but nowadays most things I need from them is automated. And being on the Sero plan, I seem to get redirected to a higher (more competent) level of service than average joe when need be.]]>Apr 2nd 2008 4:17PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/Apr 2nd 2008 5:11PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/]]>Apr 3rd 2008 6:16AMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/Apr 2nd 2008 1:36PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/Apr 2nd 2008 9:50PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/Apr 2nd 2008 1:50PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/Apr 2nd 2008 1:53PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/
Still, I would prefer a phone with Wi-Fi and a touchscreen, as well as all the features these offer. I'm a Sprint subscriber - will that version support EV-DO Rev A? Do they have 3.5mm stereo earphone jacks? thanks.]]>Apr 2nd 2008 2:19PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/Apr 2nd 2008 2:41PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/Apr 2nd 2008 3:30PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/Apr 2nd 2008 4:04PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/Apr 2nd 2008 4:04PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/Apr 2nd 2008 5:38PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/Apr 2nd 2008 5:00PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/
The black one is nice too but I like silver]]>Apr 2nd 2008 4:58PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/Apr 2nd 2008 6:49PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/
Slightly off topic, but Sprint also has the Red/Black/Pink choices for their Palm Centro while AT&T has that FUGLY white Centro with the odd green number keys.

While Sprint may sometimes be late to the game with the "new" phones ( I think they got a RAZR about a year after everyone else did...not a big loss there haha), they sometimes surprise us gadget geeks with some cool offerings.

This sleek BB 8800 is going to be a hit with corporate customers as well as individuals.]]>Apr 3rd 2008 1:40AMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/Apr 7th 2008 4:12AMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/
Silver and black attack --

boom.]]>Apr 3rd 2008 6:23PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/Apr 4th 2008 10:21PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/Apr 5th 2008 3:10AMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/04/02/best-friends-mortal-enemies-the-blackberry-curve-from-verizon/Apr 30th 2008 8:28PM