subject: Blackberry 8520 Curve - A Magnificent Device [print this page] Blackberry is a very well-known and reputed company that has proved by its magnificent releases. One of its magnificent releases is the Blackberry 8520 Curve mobile phone. This phone has gain popularity very quickly by its excellent features. The height of this phone is 4.29 inch, 2.36 in width and .54 inch deep. It weight about 106 gm. It includes many high tech features with its high quality camera, optical trackball, display, high resolution, high talk time and a large stand by period of its battery.
One of the main features of this phone is its optical trackball. There are some other phones on the market that have the similar trackball but the trackball used in blackberry is very smooth. Another main feature of this smart mobile phone is its music and multimedia control and ability of skip the song, stop or pause the music or repeat the favorite song again and again and also have a great function of mute the phone calls.
It includes a high tech camera of 2 MP which have a storage capacity of 256 MB flash memory, Wi-Fi enabled with wireless email and organizer. It has also multimedia player, browser and text messaging. Another feature of this phone is that it is curve model and has QWERTY look keypads. It includes very clear TFT screen with a resolution of 320x240 pixels and contain 65000 color combination's. It has a talk time of 4.5 hours and a standby period of 17 days which is possible by an 1150 mAh HR battery.
The 8520 Curve also has features that make it possible to access your favorite social networking sites such as Twitter, and Facebook. The phone also has a media button which is located at the top of the device and there is no dedicated lock key. The push mail option is also available where it shows notification if any email is received. GPRS, GSM, Bluetooth device are also available in this phone. It supports 2G but not support the 3G technologies. It has also full QWERTY keyboard and touch sensitive optical trackpad. It uses Micro SD card slot where the memory is expanded up to 32 GB. It supports edge class 10 of 236.8 kbps. The phone also uses a 512 MHz of processor and supports HTML browsers.
The another notable feature of this phone is its GPS capability which is very helpful in getting details of the location even the user is in move. It also provides the location of favorite places or destination by pointing the exact location which is also helpful in planning and arranging location of favorite place. This tracking system is also used for tracking mobile printing.
In comparison with the other mobile phones it has some advantages like it has excellent GPS system whereas the Nokia E-63 do not have the same quality of GPS system. But the Nokia E-63 have the 3G facility where Blackberry has no 3G facility. The Rim facility is also not provided in Nokia E-63 which is helpful in synchronizing the personal information, memo organizing etc.
The Blackberry 8520 Curve has superior quality with reliable price. This phone has a long life and the color and plastic body are very attractive. Due to low weight it is very easy to carry the phone to any place.
