subject: A Review Of The Brilliant Blackberry 9300 Curve 3g [print this page] The excellent messaging capabilities of Blackberry's ever popular range of handsets is the underlying factor behind the brands soaring popularity with the youth market. In a day and age where social networking is huge, the great connectivity offered by the Blackberry 9300 Curve 3G is the perfect tool to stay in touch.
In terms of the look of the phone, once glance at the handset underlines the fact it is a Blackberry. Perhaps the main reason that the handsets attract a legion of fans is due to the fact that they continually include a Qwerty keypad on the phone. This is perfect for writing e mails and messages, with many users finding the individual keys easier than the more sensitive touchscreen options available. The lack of a touchscreen does potentially make navigating around web pages difficult, however Blackberry have a clever route around this problem. An ultra sensitive optical trackpad is positioned beneath the display. Working in much the same way as a mouse on a home computer, the pointer on the screen responds to the users movements on this pad. It is a big improvement on the trackball fitted on earlier Blackberry models which was prone to sticking and collecting dust. The phone sports a QVGA 2.4" screen which offers a good quality image thanks to the 320 x 240 resolution that it boasts. The screen is a TFT LCD display and produces a great colour reproduction thanks to the 55000 colours that it is capable of supporting.
As one would expect, Multimedia features are comprehensive on the Blackberry 9300 Curve 3G. The phone has a camera facility that captures images in a resolution of 2 mega pixels. Although this is a fairly standard camera, it still however offers a reasonable quality of image and is perfect for capturing those impromptu moments. This is a fixed focus camera but there is also the option to shoot video footage if required. The handset has 256MB of built in flash memory, however thanks to its support for SD cards this can be upgraded to 32GB. A host of audio file formats are compatible with the phone. MP3, e AAC+ and WAV file are amongst the range supported. A dedicated set of keys specifically for music playback make using the phone as an MP3 player a pleasure. As always the inclusion of a headphone jack socket is welcomed so your own choice of headphones can be used with the handset.
The Blackberry 9300 Curve 3G is a pleasing handset. The Qwerty keypad and great connectivity options will appeal to people looking to regularly message or update social networking sites, whilst the styles offers something different from the generic touchscreen smartphones.
