I am in total agreement with the statements above, but then I have the 8310 and am a bit partial in that respect. It's an excellent device, the form factor is perfect, I've had quite a few different smart phones before this, both larger and smaller ones and the curve is the perfect qwerty phone. The keyboard is the best QWERTY I have ever used and yet the phone is still small enough that it fits into jeans pockets very easily.
I must add though that I am not a business user, it's more like my hobby or rather my hobbit. And "Oh what a hobbit it is!"
I also have never figured out what the point of Wifi is when you have a data plan. I had wifi on a couple WM phones and usually just opted for data usage. Just my 2 cents.
Two Thumbs Up for the Curve!