I’ve been using the Blackberry Curve 8520 on T-Mobile here in the USA on and off for a few weeks now.  I see how and why so many business people are such huge Blackberry fans.  My family and friends call me a power emailer so I was very excited to get my hands on the 8520.  Almost every aspect of it is nice.  From the screen to the fact that it has 3.5mm headphone jack.  I like that it comes with however small a memory card.  The track pad is pretty nice.  It charges via a MicroUSB plug.  The battery life is amazing.  There is no shortage of Twitter apps for it and the app store seems to be useful.

My favorite part about the BB is that it has UMA, meaning it connects to a wireless router and let’s you make calls over the net.  I have almost zero reception on T-Mobiles EDGE network in my office (though 3G is alright) and I was able to make and receive dozens of calls.  From my understanding you should be able to use the phone via UMA overseas on any wireless network.  Plus you can get unlimited calls on UMA if you pay T-Mobiles added fee.  It’s a great deal if you are a heavy talker in my opinion.

The 1 thing that has me down on this phone is the keyboard.  Writing so many email on my phone I want the best keyboard possible.  I understand that the Bold keyboards are the lowest end versus the the Tour for example.  That’s not ok for a phone company who’s key focus in the past has been mobile email.  Every single BB device should have the TOP of the line keyboard.  I sometimes spend 2 hours on my phone reading and responding to email and I want a top of the line keyboard from a BB who’s supposed to have the premiere email devices.

As a whole I liked the Curve but it’s just not for me JUST because of the keyboard.  If you like the keyboard then by all means, I would recommend it to anybody.