BlackBerry Curve

June 3rd, 2010 Posted in BlackBerry, Mobile Phones

Blackberry CurveBlackBerry Curve is an entry-level Smartphone from BlackBerry; world’s leading Smartphones manufacturer. BlackBerry Curve 8520 featured with a new Trackpad which replaces the old annoying trackball on other Curve models. BlackBerry Curve 8520 offers a full QWERTY keyboard, mobile e-mail, a basic camera and media player. BlackBerry Curve also offers good memory and connectivity.

BlackBerry Curve 8520 is a good phone with affordable price tag with all the great features, but it lacks in 3G connectivity.

BlackBerry Curve is a must have phone for BlackBerry lovers. You can find best deals on Curve at Blackberry Curve deals. This Smartphone is loaded with all required features.

BlackBerry Cure Main Features

Stay in Touch:
Distance is truly outdated as BlackBerry Curve Smartphone keeps everyone close. Phone, email or text your friends, family and contacts. Instant message and access social networks to immediately share your latest updates.

Instant Information:
Find more, know more, do more. Browse the web with BlackBerry Curve, find your destination with mapping applications and organize all your personal data. BlackBerry Smartphone pull it all together.

Entertainment:
Bring your own entertainment. Wherever you are, BlackBerry Curve let you listen to music, snap pictures, view clips and capture video.

Browse, Shop and Buy:
Put more of your life on your BlackBerry Curve with apps that let you work, play, and do more. Load up with games, social networking, shopping, organization and other fun and functional apps from one convenient location.

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BlackBerry Curve 8520 Features and Specifications
Size (LxWxD):
109mm x 60 mm x 13.90 mm (4.29 x 2.36 x 0.54 inches)
Weight (including battery):
106 grams (including battery)
Memory:
256MB Flash Memory
Expandable Memory:
Hot swappable Micro SD (located behind battery-cover). SDHC supported.
Display:
High resolution 320×240 pixel color displayTransmissive TFT LCDSupports over 65,536 colours 

2.46″ (diagonally measured)

Camera:
2 MP camera with Fixed focus, no Flash, 5x digital zoom
Video Camera Format:
Normal Mode: 320 x 240 pixel; MMS Mode: 176 x 144 pixel
Keyboard:
35 key backlit QWERTY keyboard
Dedicated Keys:
Send, End, VAD/PTT (User customizable), Camera (User customizable),2 x VolumeMedia Keys: 

1. Play / Pause/ Mute

2. Back

3. Forward

Device lock: Long press of A* key with lock icon

Navigation:
Trackpad – Located on front face of device, ESC Key to the right and Menu to the left of the trackpad
User Interface:
Intuitive icons and menus
Notification:
Tone, vibrate, on-screen and LED indicator; notification options are user configurable
Ringtones:
32 Polyphonic – MIDI, MP3, SP-MIDI, WAV
Voice Input / Output:
Integrated speaker and microphone, Hands-free headset capable, Bluetooth headset capable, Integrated Hands-Free Speakerphone
GPS:
Not supported
Wi-Fi:
802.11b/g enabledWi-Fi Alliance Certifications: WPA/WPA2 Personal and Enterprise, WMM,WMM Power Save planned 

Cisco CCX certification planned

Wi-Fi access to BlackBerry Enterprise Server

Wi-Fi access to BlackBerry Internet Server

Direct IP web browsing over Wi-Fi

Support for UMA/GMA

Bluetooth:
Bluetooth v2.0 + EDRHeadset (HSP)Hands free (HSF) 

Service Discovery Application Profile (SDAP)

Serial Port Profile

SIM Access Profile

Dial Up Networking (DUN)

Audio Source (A2DP)

A/V Remote Control Target (AVRCP)

Object Push Profile (OPP)

Media Player:
BlackBerry Media PlayerVideo format support: DivX , DivX 5/6, XviD, MPEG4 Part 2 SimpleProfile, H.263, H.264, WMV3 

Audio format support: .3gp, MP3, MIDI, AMR-NB, Professional

AAC/AAC+/eAAC+, WMA9 (.wma/.asf), WMA9 PRO / WMA10,

Ports:
Micro USB port allows charging and data synchronization of the device with a USB “A” to micro-USB “B” cable
Power Adapter:
+5V DC / 500 mA AC power adapter, with interchangeable location specific plugs
Charging Contacts:
Charging through Micro USB port. No charging contacts
Battery:
1150 mAhr removable/rechargeable cryptographic Lithium cell
Battery Life:
Target: 4Hours Talk and 17 days Stand byActual measured figures will be updated on design and test completion
SIM Interface:
Supports 1.8V & 3V SIMs
Keyboard Security:
Password protection, keyboard , and sleep mode
Multi-Slot Class:
GPRS Class 10 (Max 5 slots in total, or a combination of 4 down 2 up to a max of 5 slots at any one time.)EGPRS Class 10 (Max 5 slots in total, or a combination of 4 down 2 up to a max of 5 slots at any one time.)
Network:
Quad-Band: 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900MHz GSM/GPRS networksQuad-Band: 850/ 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz EDGE networks
Radio Specs:
Quad-band support: GSM 850; GSM 900; DCS 1800; PCS 1900
Power class:850 – Power Class 4; 850 – Power Class E2;900(GSM) – Power Class 4; 900 – Power Class E2; 

1800(DCS) – Power Class 1; 1800 – Power Class E2;

1900(PCS) – Power Class 1; 1900 – Power Class E2

Transmitting frequency: GSM 824-849 MHz; GSM 880-915 MHz; DCS

1710-1785 MHz; PCS 1850-1910 MHz

Receiving frequency: GSM 869-894 MHz; GSM 925-960 MHz; DCS

1805-1880 MHz; PCS 1930-1990 MHz

Bluetooth Radio Specifications

Single band support: ISM 2.4 GHz

Power Class: Bluetooth Class 2

Transmitting and receiving frequency: 2402 to 2480 MHz

AMR:
AMR/Narrowband Half Rate (speech mode version 3), all 6 AHR ratesAMR/Narrowband Full Rate (speech mode version 3), all 8 AFR rates
Baseline Software Support:
GPRSOS Platform 4.2.0BlackBerry 4.6.1 Applications

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