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Your Price: Free! with service Release Date: Q3 2007 Released For: T-Mobile Available in titanium or pale gold finishes, the RIM BlackBerry Curve (8320) features RIM's smallest and lightest full-QWERTY handset design. With built-in support for T-Mobile HotSpot @Home, customers can enjoy great mobile coverage and, with the HotSpot@Home Add-On Plan, customers can enjoy unlimited calling over a Wi-Fi network as well as unlimited Wi-Fi calling at nearly 8,500 T-Mobile HotSpot locations nationwide. The Curve 8320 provides advanced multimedia capabilities including a 2.0-megapixel camera, a music and video player, a 3.5mm stereo headset jack and a microSD card slot for expandable memory storage. Access to personal and corporate email accounts and fast web browsing over the powerful BlackBerry platform, Wi-Fi connectivity and T-Mobile's robust nationwide EDGE network.

• Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g) connectivity for expanded coverage, as well as faster Web browsing and file downloading
• Support for T-Mobile HotSpot @Home add-on plan
• Integrated 2.0-megapixel camera with 5x digital zoom, built-in flash, self-portrait mirror and full-screen viewfinder
• Media player with search capabilities, full-screen video playback, stereo Bluetooth support (A2DP/AVRCP), 3.5mm full-size stereo headset jack and dedicated volume controls - supports MP3, AAC, WAV, WMA audio and MPEG4, H.263 and WMV video formats
• Roxio Media Manager for BlackBerry (included with BlackBerry Desktop Manager software), which allows customers to easily search for media files on their computers, view and organize them, create MP3 music files from CDs, add audio tags, create playlists and automatically copy or convert pictures, music and videos for optimal playback
• High-performance HTML browser for visiting favorite Web sites while on the go
• User interface with an easy-to-use trackball, dedicated 'menu' and 'escape' keys, and context-sensitive menus that make navigation feel instinctive and fast
• Full QWERTY keyboard for easy text entry
• Large, ultra-bright 320 x 240 px color display for vibrant imagery
• Light-sensing technology that automatically optimizes the screen, trackball and keyboard lighting for indoor, outdoor and dark environments
• Email and memo spell-checking available in various languages including English, French, Italian, German and Spanish
• Phone features with Speaker Independent Voice Recognition (SIVR) for Voice Activated Dialing (VAD), dedicated 'send', 'end' and 'mute' keys, noise-cancellation technology to offset background noise, a low-distortion speakerphone for hands-free conversations, and Bluetooth support for hands-free use with headsets, car kits and Bluetooth peripherals
• Call management features such as smart dialing, conference calling, speed dialing and call forwarding
• Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE/Wi-Fi network support for international roaming
• BlackBerry Maps, a mapping application that provides customers with driving directions
• Built-in Handango InHand catalog of additional software applications available for download
• Expandable memory storage via microSD expansion slot
• BlackBerry Internet Service support allowing access to up to 10 supported email accounts, including most popular ISP email accounts such as Yahoo!, AOL and Gmail
• BlackBerry Enterprise Server support tightly integrated with IBM Lotus Domino, Microsoft Exchange, and Novell GroupWise, and featuring IT policy controls for IT departments to manage usage and deployments

Technical Specifications
Network:	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
Form Factor:	PDA
Dimensions:	107 x 60 x 16 mm
Weight:	111 g
Antenna:	Internal
Navigation:	Trackball / QWERTY Keypad
Battery Type:	1100 mAh Li-Ion
Talk Time:	4.00
Standby Time:	408
Memory:	64.0 MB
Expandable Memory:	microSD / TransFlash
Imaging
Main Screen:	65000 colors (STN / Light Sensing Technology) 320 x 240 px
External Screen:
Camera:	2.0 MP / Flash / 5X Zoom / Video Recorder
Audio
MP3 Player:	MP3 / AAC / AAC+ / eAAC+ / Roxio Media Manager
FM Radio:
Speakerphone:
Push-To-Talk:
Multimedia
Wallpapers:	320 x 240 px
Screen Savers:	320 x 240 px
Ring Tones:	MP3
Themes:
Games:	J2ME
Streaming Multimedia:	MPEG-4 / H.263 / WMV
Messaging
SMS:
EMS:
MMS:
Email:	POP3 / IMAP4 / SMTP / Microsoft Exchange / Lotus Domino
Chat:	AOL / Google / ICQ / Windows Live / Yahoo!
Predictive Text:	SureType
Applications
Phonebook Capacity:
Calendar:
To-Do List:
WAP:	BlackBerry Browser
Voice Commands:
Calculator:
Connectivity
Bluetooth:	2.0 (A2DP / AVRCP / HFP / HSP)
Infrared Port:
High-Speed Data:	GPRS (Class 10) / EDGE
Wi-Fi:	802.11b/g
GPS:	BlackBerry Maps
PC Sync:
More Information
Website:	RIM BlackBerry Curve (8320) Website
Discussion:	Smartphone / PDA Forum

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The Pearl takes a curve.

The Blackberry Curve is the lastest RIM device to hit t-mobile. Even though around this time of the year; consumers are being entertained by the Razr2, Sidekick LX and the other multi-colored pearls, this phone has what it takes to beat the competition. Before I go any further the Curve does not record VIDEO! anyway, As you well know. Many are comparing that the curve is the next pearl or may I say Pearl 2. Yes it's true. Since the pearl was the first BlackBerry phone to hit the market with a Camera/ MP3 player. The Curve would be the 2nd. We could presume it's the successor of the Pearl (Which it is. let me show you).

1. THe Curve sports the same trackball we've seen on the pearl.

2. Improved Camera (2nd blackberry next gen with camera) *2mp, but the picture quality sure seems like a 3!

3. instead of having 2 letters per key. THe curve sports a Qwerty Keyboard that makes it easy to type with one thumb with such ease.

4. the Mp3, matter of fact the all Multimedia has been revamped over the Pearl. The curve haves Roxio media software that gives it a more manageable better feel to it.

Whats new !

1. The Curve has a special screen technology that adjust the lighting whenever you enter a dark room or Bright room.

2. The Curve has a audio technology that reads whenever you walk into a noisy room or street, Thus the call volume would increase when it gets loud. once it gets quiet the curve would adjust the volume back to normal.

3. It has video playback capabilities. Even tho I tried but couldnt get it working. I'm sure one day I would be able to find my way through.



-CONs
With great power comes a sacrafise, and that sacrafise is battery life. I'm not saying it's worst than the sidekicks. Im just saying by the end of the day you should see your battery percentage round 30% n thats using mp3, a little camera n the maps. The solution to this problem is to buy a back up battery n maintain a good charging schedule.



I personally love this phone. my last phone was a sidekick ID. I decided to make a big jump for all these features the blackberry possess. The internet is FAST ( 5 SECONDS). Has it's own mapquest which is very conveinant. the phone is great, I recommend it for all tmobile users. Corporate or young consumers.

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