Nextel BlackBerry Curve 8350

For all you who arn’t aware of the facts,

The new Nextel 8350i Blackberry had already been developed before the Nextel/Sprint merger which explains why it’s not QCHAT. This particular blackberry iDEN phone had been pending FCC/goverment approval for quite some time. Nextel Communications had been working hard to keep the iDEN network. i.e. The government wanted to take over iDEN and use it as a private network. Nextel was sold to Sprint and then the progress to get the device approved from the FCC/goverment became quiet. It was only 11 months ago, that Sprint got back on the progress to make this device happen.

This is the biggest piece of junk I have ever had. I’m on my 6th (yes 6th) unit in 6 months. Direct connect only works part time. If someone connects to me it either doesn’t display or allow me to connect back. When you try and look up the contact (if you recognise the voice) and connect to them, it tells you that the radio is not on. It then has to connect to the radio and good luck connecting after that anyway. Also when on a call, someone beeps in and the call waiting either doesn’t display the caller or displays and will not allow you to answer or ignore. Then the speaker phone comes on and everyone can hear your conversation. Then you can’t get to the screen to turn it off and back to head set or blue tooth. It’s an absolute piece of junk. I would expect better service and performance from a CB radio in Tijuana than this. Sprint/Nextel if you weren’t the only game in town I would smash it and send it back in pieces. Who knows maybe it would work better at the bottom of my pool.