I’ve been using the BlackBerry Curve 8310 (AT&T) at work for almost two years, and it’s been my favorite smart phone thus far.  It was small, light, feature-rich, stable, and went everywhere with me while on the job.  Not much to complain about.

But as with any smartphone, or any gadgetry, there comes a time in its life when it must be retired for the latest and greatest in replacements, which in this case is the BlackBerry Tour (Verizon).  I’m not totally sold on it yet, but I’m sure I’ll come around.  From what I can tell so far it’s pretty much the BlackBerry Storm, but with a keyboard and a trackball and no rotating screen or YouTube application (two things I don’t miss), and is quit a bit lighter than the Storm but doesn’t lack a solid feel when held in hand.  Perhaps the saddest feature is still the BlakcBerry’s underpowered processor — they always seem to be a bit on the slow side

Overall, I’m pleased with the phone.  It’s nice to have a 3G phone for work.  And now I can drop my Verizon/Storm option for personal use and switch to an Android/T-Mobile setup.  We’ll see how that goes…

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BlackBerry Tour Replaces My Curve 8310 was first posted to justinll.com on August 21, 2009.