Blackberry Curve 8520 Specifications

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RIM mobiles have astonished the average mobile consumers with their newest entry which is priced at substantially low rates as compared to its same brand counterparts - The Blackberry Curve 8520. Going against the contrary belief of being the quintessential business phone, this innovative model has been aimed at a wider consumer market specifically the youth. It has some state-of-the-art features that are a first in the Blackberry family. These features include the inclusion of an optical trackpad as opposed to the stereotypical track ball, dedicated media keys on the key board to control your playlist at the direct touch of your fingertips and the feather weight of the phone (106gms) making it the lightest of the Blackberry phones.

The Blackberry Curve 8520 sport a slim and well defined body design that fits your hands and your pockets well. With the introduction of the optical trackpad and the recessed side keys the phone slides easily into your pockets. The 35 keys backlit QWERTY keypad has keys that are slightly tilted and protruding that are very convenient to type long messages. Navigation through the various web ...
... pages and phone displays was never easy until the optical trackpad was introduced in this masterpiece of a phone. Like the ones in high-end laptops, the optical trackpad lets you scroll through menus, icons and info by just a slight touch of your finger thanks to its touch sensitivity at its best.

The dedicated media keys lets you control your music playlist with ease by skipping over songs, switching it on and off whenever needed or simply pausing the music when on a call. With the mute button provided you can even mute the phone calls at just an easy reach of your fingertips. The 2 megapixel camera has a 5X digital zoom that helps you capture your precious moments and share them with your near and dear ones via the phone itself. Video capture is also of decent quality. You can easily upload your pictures and videos on the web with the high Wi-Fi LAN technology with GPRS and EDGE connectivity. You can very well stay in touch with your friends on social networking sites using Facebook, Twitter and MySpace when you are on the move. The phone also supports 10 email accounts and with a new push mail feature you can see the incoming mail notified directly on your screen as soon as it arrives in your inbox.

It has a 256 MB flash memory, Bluetooth, multimedia player that supports MPEG4, H.263, H.264 and WMV3 for the video formats while AAC-LC, AAC+, eAAC+, AMR-NB, WMA9 (.wma/.asf), WMA9 PRO/WMA 10, AAC-LC for the audio, organizer and a browser. It is equipped with the Blackberry operating system version 4.6. it supports 32 Polyphonic Ringtones - MIDI, MP3 and has tone, vibrate, on-screen or LED indicator. It is password protected for phone security.

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