BlackBerry Curve, BlackBerry review

Features

• Phone, email, text messaging (SMS and MMS), browser, instant messaging and organizer applications in a single smartphone
• 2 megapixel camera with built-in flash
• Video recording to record clips instantly† (BlackBerry Curve 8330 only)
• Next-generation media player with audio and video playback in a variety of formats*
• High capacity battery
• Preloaded with BlackBerry® Maps application**
• Built-in Global Positioning System (GPS) - available on the BlackBerry Curve 8310 and BlackBerry Curve 8330 smartphones
• Trackball navigation system
• Dynamic, highly responsive experience when viewing attachments and graphics, browsing the web and running applications
• Audio/video mobile streaming for access to videos, music, news clips and more from supported mobile streaming websites (BlackBerry Curve 8330 only)††
• Full QWERTY keyboard
• Bluetooth® headset, hands-free and serial port profiles supported
• High resolution LCD screen with light sensing technology
• Polyphonic and MP3 ringtones
• 64 MB of memory and expandable memory via microSD card***
• Wi-Fi support so you can connect to virtually any Wi-Fi network‡ - BlackBerry Curve 8320 only
• BlackBerry Curve 8300, BlackBerry Curve 8310, BlackBerry Curve 8320: Quad-band support for 850/900/1800/1900 MHz GSM®/GPRS and EDGE**** networks
• BlackBerry Curve 8330: Dual-band 800/1900 Mhz CDMA2000 1X Ev-DO networks

BlackBerry® Curve™ 8300 smartphone availability

• Asia-Pacific: Australia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Singapore
• Europe: Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Isle of Man, Jersey, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom
• Latin America: Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Bonaire, Cayman Islands, Curacao, Dominica, El Salvador, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Panama, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia’s, Vincent & The Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos
• Middle East: Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
• North America: Canada, United States

BlackBerry® Curve™ 8310 smartphone availability

• Asia-Pacific: Australia, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, New Zealand
• Europe: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom
• North America: Canada, United States

BlackBerry® Curve™ 8320 smartphone availability

• Europe: Belgium, France, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom
• North America: United States

BlackBerry® Curve™ 8330 smartphone availability

• North America: United States

* All audio and video files must be transferred to the smartphone before playing. Files can be transferred via USB cable, smartphone browser application or Bluetooth. View the complete list of supported media file formats
** Check with your service provider for availability. Coverage is currently limited. Updates on boarder coverage will be available in the future. Get details on coverage areas
*** The BlackBerry Curve accepts microSD cards; the amount of storage is determined by card capacity. May be sold separately.
**** Check with service provider for availability.
† In order to record video clips a microSD card must be properly inserted in the smartphone. May be sold separately.
†† The BlackBerry Curve 8330 smartphone is compatible with 3GPP RTSP mobile streaming websites.
‡ Check with your service provider for service plans, supported services and features. Not all BlackBerry plans support Wi-Fi access to BlackBerry services.