I will first preface this with the fact that I still love my BlackBerry.  As an upcoming college student, I have found the organizational tools found stock on BlackBerry invaluable.  But here is a caveat for anyone who has considered the 8530.

On Wednesday morning, I woke up at 8:00.  Upon rolling out of bed and reaching for my phone, I found that it was too hot to hold, and that there was no charge in it, even though it had spent the night on the charger.  I used one finger to maneuver the trackpad to my battery application, and opened it up to find that my battery was approximately 145 degrees fahrenheit.  Needless to say, this scared me quite a bit.

After about 25 minutes of fretting, I decided a battery pull was in order.  After pulling the battery and reinserting, I found that it immediately began to heat up all over again.  I plugged into my computer to see if I could reboot the OS (what I assumed was the problem) with no luck, as the battery died in the middle of the upload.  Now my BlackBerry wasn’t just hot, it was also bricked.

I will have to give big props to the ladies and gentlemen over at the Verizon Store, as they hooked me up quickly and were able to get a new phone shipped to me in two days.  The woman who helped me (her name was Shenna) said this is a recurring problem with the Curve 8530 if it was bought before January.  The post holiday season 8530′s seem to be fine, but the first batch had something awry.

Have you had any issues with your 8530 self-destructing?; be sure to let us know in the comments!