Well, it has been almost 9 months now since I purchased my Blackberry Curve 8520, and I have to admit it is the BEST phone I have ever had!

When my contract was coming to its end last August I was very disappointed with my last choice of phone the Samsung Pixon. My biggest hate of the Samsung was the touchscreen factor as the Samsung was extremely slow and the screen would freeze every now and again. As most of us here, one of my very good friends has the infamous I-Phone and last August was chewing my ear off about upgrading to one. Maybe I would have if it was not for the fact the I-Phone has a touch screen (although by most accounts the touch screen is a lot better than the Samsung). But instead I went for their biggest rival the Blackberry.

The best thing about the Blackberry is the full querty keyboard. This makes using the phone a lot easier and simpler, especially when texting and emailing. I think I would find it hard to go back to a phone keyboard now.

The Blackberry also makes setting up your email account easy and it is extremely handy recieving all my emails by phone now. The internet browser is also surprisingly fast, making browsing on your mobile easy and fun!

All Blackberry users are also hooked up to Blackerry Messenger (a.k.a. BBM) which allows you to message anyone in the world for free. This is a fantastic idea and helps you to keep in touch.

Like the IPhone, Blackberry also have their own app store, where you can download loads of apps like Ebay and Facebook easily and simply. Apps are great when it comes to keeping in touch and with so many more apps coming on the market I can see this is the way forward.

This phone has done wonders for my social networking! I cant wait to see what comes next!

I love my Blackberry and have had no problems with it at all! I can see myself purchasing another in August - I will let you know!