Review: Blackberry Curve 8530

February 16, 2010 by Chris
Filed under: Tech Tip

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It’s been about a month since I purchased my new Blackberry Curve 8530. My faithful Curve 8330 bit the dust when it stopped taking a charge. The micro USB port with the 8530 is more stable, I’m told.

The difference using a phone that was 3G-network enabled was noticeable right away. Nothing like a fast network connection. My Pocket Express news loaded quickly.

The phone has a nice feel to it. Rather than the trackball, it has an optical trackpad. I admit that it took some getting used to, but I really like it now. The phone is both wireless and GPS-enabled, which is another plus if you have poor phone coverage. You can still get all of those work emails, don’t worry.

It comes with a 2 megapixel camera, with surprisingly no flash. That may be a major drawback if you’re taking a lot of pictures inside.

Now the drawbacks. Unbeknownst to me, the Curve 8530 uses the v5.0 operating system. That’s good for the all around upgrades, including OTA wireless updates. On the downside, several of my installed programs ceased to work. Incompatible with the new OS.

The most annoying of the OS issue was with Aerize Card Loader. I used to be able to download programs to my memory card. No more. The program is incompatible and the developer does not appear quick to solve the issue.

Another annoying OS problem was with glitch with the pre-installed version of the OS. The phone had this irksome habit of switching from the home screen to the Media app every few seconds. It tapped the battery quickly. Fortunately, an update fixed that particular issue. However, there still are issues with my AutoStandby program.

Overall, it’s a great phone. I like its slick design, even though I’ll have to sell my Otterbox that no longer fits. The hardware is much improved, the sound quality much better. I feel a bit miffed that I wasn’t alerted to potential software issues by the otherwise very knowledgeable salesperson with whom I dealt.

Despite the hassles, I believe it was a good purchase. Recommended!

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2 Comments on Review: Blackberry Curve 8530

Drew on Tue, 1st Jun 2010 9:34 am

Overall I like my new Curve 8530 but it seems every time I get a call or call my voicemail, the sounds quite working and the keyboard lighting does not shut off. Removing the battery for 30 seconds seems to fix this but I’m not going to do deal with that every time this happens, so I’ll probably be taking the phone back for a replacement.

Stephanie on Tue, 8th Jun 2010 8:32 am

I just bought a new blackberry curve 8530 on saturday june 4th. The next day it started this weird thing where it would shut off on its own, act like it was going to turn back on but freeze on the BB load screen. then I was unable to turn the phone back on and had to tak the battery out. it did not matter if I left the battery out for 60 sec to over an hour but when I put the battery back in the same thing would happen. I took it back for a new one only for the same thing to happen 8 hours after the replacement was activated. Is anyone else having this problem??