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I've found a number of issues, with my curve and I was wondering if anyone could comment on whether my unit is defective or has design issues.
I've noticed the right rubberized side has a gap on the back side(mold issue)? And it casues all the buttons on the side to not always activate when pressed.
Also while running the media player the led will blink red once and restart the entire machine (happened multiple times while watching video or listening to music).

And the next most infernal issue. When use my boses in the ear headphones( the $100 ones) one of two things happens or both I can only get mono sound and/or the bb tries to turn on voice dialing?

So is this a bad unit? How cab I request an exchange and if so how long due I have? Do I need to contact rim??!!

My Curve experiences none of the issues you describe.

With the case problem (the side buttons not pushing) you need to return the phone to your retailer and get a new device.

I have no idea about the $100 pair of earphones, the price has nothing to do with the brand or model or their ability to work correctly. Could be an earphone problem.

I concur.

It's quite important to return it as soon as possible as you clearly have a defective case and or buttons, as they should easily execute a command as you press them. This should be easy and not something that has to be focused on.

I have tried over 12 sets of different headphones on mine and they all have connected and functioned properly, so it's possible that perhaps it's either the headphones or more probably a bad plug in the BB.

Anyone else notice a bug in the firmware of the curve that when your playing music and try playing brickplayer everytime the ball destroys a brick the music player stops playing.

i have a curve manufactured in mexico... seems like its a sturdy unit but has some internal software issues... for example, the other day i just stopped receiving emails. very annoying, especially for someone who needs email. then today i was told by a friend that i was not responding to his pin messages... well the problem was i never received the pin messages... i doubt any of this is the carriers fault (at&t). minor bugs, but very annoing.. this is my second curve unit. if i keep disocvering bugs like this, i will have to go in for my third curve.

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So far none of the issues mentioned. The only problem thus far is with the pin messenger icon showing a new message even though no conversations exist. I've tried restarting, closing out conversations, and etc still can't get rid of the notification. Any ideas?

I've been having the
email issue as well! Out of nowhere I'll just stop receiving emails from both of my email accounts. This is by far the most important issue that I have with the Curve. I mean after all, BlackBerry is an email machine first and for most. I'm on my 6th unit, and have to say I'm a little disappointed in the amount of issues that I've seen in the past 2 weeks. Hopefully all this can be corrected in a short time by RIM!

The curve, it would appear, atleast with the first generation model, has been prone to quite a few technical issues. We can only hope that with time all of these issues will be addressed.

My Curve will not sync the handheld entries in the calendar back to Outlook. From Outlook to the hand held no problem. Additionally I get double entries when I sync. My unit lists 0 entries for the calendar even though I have many. I have tried the "work around" but was unsucsessful. I shouldn't need to use a work around on a new device. On top of that I paid full retail. I don't use the email or data features only use the Curve to sync 3 different computers to one location an my hand held. I ready to return the phone but don't know if I should try another.

Any thoughts?

I have two Curves. One from Canada, and one from Mexico. Both are well built and trouble free after a lot of usage.

Obviously some of you are having problems, I would highly suggest that you try to identify if it's the device as quickly as possible and if so, return it. The more returned units that RIM sees the better. It's the only way they can get an accurate reading on how many issues are present and the number of devices involved. Especially with the great return & warranty policies that are in place, why suffer? Just get another one, and keep doing so until you get one that functions properly. I know about 15 other individuals that have Curves and they are all trouble free as well. So the only point is.... there are good units available, take advantage of that.