RIM Announces 'BlackBerry Curve'
Techtree News Staff, May 04, 2007 1215 hrs IST
Research In Motion (RIM) has announced its newest 'BlackBerry Curve,' calling it the smallest and lightest full QWERTY BlackBerry smart phone yet.
Research In Motion (RIM) has announced its newest 'BlackBerry Curve,' calling it the smallest and lightest full QWERTY BlackBerry smart phone yet.
With a liquid Silver finish, chrome highlights, smooth edges, and soft curves, the full-featured 'BlackBerry Curve' comes with a full QWERTY keyboard, a large display, and an innovative trackball navigation system, at a size of 4.2 x 2.4 x 036 inches, and a weight of approximately 3.9 oz.
The ultra-bright 320 x 240 display includes RIM's light sensing technology, which automatically adjusts backlighting levels for indoor, outdoor, and dark environments.
The 'Curve' features a 2 megapixel camera with 5x digital zoom, built-in flash, self-portrait mirror, and full screen viewfinder. The camera can capture images in up to three picture quality and size resolutions that can be shared instantly by email, MMS, or BlackBerry Messenger, and transferred over Bluetooth or USB cable.
The new BlackBerry has a crisp and clear audio system, and music and videos are played through the handset's integrated speaker, or the 3.5 mm stereo jack. The Bluetooth stereo audio profile (A2DP/AVRCP) is supported, and dedicated volume controls are conveniently located on the side of the handset.
The 'BlackBerry Curve' includes a powerful new desktop media manager called the Roxio Media Manager for BlackBerry, which was developed with Sonic. This media manager allows users easily search for media files on their computers, view and organize them, create MP3 music files from CDs, add audio tages, create playlists, and automatically copy or convert pictures, music, and videos for optimal playback on the 'Curve'.
The media manager also includes Roxio Photosuite 9 LE, which is a comprehensive tool that makes it easier editing pictures and creating photo albums.
The new phone has a refined media player, which allows users search for music simply by typing the title, genre, artist, or album name. Videos too can be played in full screen mode.
The 'Curve' comes with a microSD expansion slot for added storage of music, videos, and pictures, and supports up to 2GB cards available today.
RIM's newest BlackBerry sports a high-performance browser that can download and display HTML Web pages quickly and efficiently.
Significantly, the smart phone displays many convenient phone features including: Speaker Independent Voice Recognition (SIVR) for Voice Activated Dialing (VAD); Bluetooth 2.0 support for hands-free use with headsets, car kits, and Bluetooth peripherals; quad-band operation for global roaming; dedicated 'send', 'end', and 'mute' keys; smart dialing; speed dialing; conference calling; call forwarding; noise cancellation technology to offset background noise; a low-distortion speakerphone for hands-free conversations; and support for polyphonic, MP3, and MIDI ring tones.
Besides, it comes with all of BlackBerry's renowned email and messaging capabilities. Additionally, it features a new integrated spell checker with a user-customizable dictionary.
Supported on the BlackBerry Internet service and the BlackBerry Enterprise Server, the 'BlackBerry Curve' comes accompanied by accessories, including a stereo headset, travel charger, carrying pouch, and USB cable.
RIM's newest smart phone will be available through wireless carriers across the globe, including AT&T in the US, beginning this spring. In India, it is expected to be available later this year.
USER COMMENTS
Hi, I am looking for wired single ear plug hands free for black berry curve 8300
by Arun, bangalore, on Nov 06, 2007 11:38 AM, Report abuse Reply
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Just courious would like to know price & available where ??
by Gary, Black Diamond, Ab. Canada, on May 07, 2007 03:00 AM, Report abuse Reply
It HAS wifi, but not all models
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