BlackBerry Curve 8520 – An Adequate Business Device

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Aug/090

Blackberry 8520 Curve

BlackBerry phones have their own credibility, design and market position. These gadgets are regarded as class statements to their users. The new BlackBerry Curve 8520 is an emblematic BlackBerry phone carrying flagship of the company.

The BlackBerry Curve 8520 has got typical BlackBerry outlook as it sports a full QWERTY keypad with a 2.6 inches TFT screen which comes with 65K colors display at 320 x 240 pixels resolution. With height of 109 mm, width of 60 mm and depth of 13.9 mm, the device is definitely slim indeed which comes in an elegant black colored casing.
The 2 mega pixel camera has been powered by 5x Digital Zoom and Flash. The various camera settings available make the camera even more attractive. The screen can be used as a full viewfinder.
The built-in video player can effortlessly play MPEG4, WMV, H263 & H264 video files. While MP3, AAC, AAC+, WMA and ASF music files are easily playable on the music player. The BlackBerry Curve 8520 has got a dedicated media key to access these features.
The device is a business oriented phone so accordingly it has got a document viewer to handle important virtual documents on the phone.
Sleep Mode, Security Password Protection, Keyboard Backlight, Trackball etc. applications are few unique organizational attributes found on the gadget.
USB, Bluetooth, WLAN Wi-Fi, HSCSD, GPRS and EDGE technologies will let you connect the device with any other compatible device.
Accessing the Internet through the BlackBerry Curve 8520, has been made easy through the inherent HTML browser.
Although the device doesn’t sport any GPS navigation system but the company has made it rich with BlackBerry Maps application.
With the help of the QWERTY keypad, drafting a mail or typing a text message is easy; likewise the company has also putted few outstanding messaging options like SMS, MMS, Wireless Email with Attachments and Instant Messaging on the gadget.
Along with the 250MB of flash memory, this phone has also got a MicroSD card slot for expansion of the storage space.
4.5 hours of talk time and 408 hours of standby time are expected battery backup.