The BlackBerry Curve

by Chris Ziegler posted May 3rd 2007 at 1:30AM

Picture an 8800 with its tie loosened and a couple buttons undone, and this here is pretty much what you'd get. Hot on the heels of the aforementioned 8800, RIM has officially taken the wraps off its hotly anticipated (and well scooped) 8300 "Curve," a device that takes the standard QWERTY BlackBerry formula and throws in a handful of consumer-friendly features for good measure. Clearly at the top of the list is a 2 megapixel cam with integrated flash -- but other goodies include comprehensive media support (WMA, WMV, and H.263 all make the cut), stereo Bluetooth, a true 3.5mm headphone jack, microSD expansion for when you exhaust (quickly) your 64MB of internal ROM, and a 15.5mm thick shell that's pretty stylish by RIM standards. Now that the phone's official, we're hoping to see it hit AT&T -- among other carriers -- in the coming weeks.

[Via The Boy Genius Report]

Filed under: Handsets, RIM, GSM, GPRS, EDGE

Tags: 8300, blackberry, curve, rim

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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cbs117 @ Mar 21st 2008 12:59PM

Will the Sprint model have the Nextel "Direct connect" feature?

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CHRISTY @ Nov 21st 2008 6:03PM

JUST GOT MY BLACKBERRY CURVE 8330. IS IT EVEN POSSIBLE TO DOWNLOAD FLASH PLAYER TO IT? I TRIED TO WATCH DEMO 101 FROM BLACKBERRY SITE AND IT SAID I NEEDED FLASH. THEN THE FLASH DOWNLOAD SAID MY PLATFORM WAS NOT SUPPORTED. IS THERE ANYTHING TO DOWNLOAD TO SUB FOR FLASH?

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kiun @ Jun 3rd 2009 12:58PM

i got a balckberry 8320 and i'am trying to download a flash player to it but i cant find it? so if anybody can help me out please let me know
thanks

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thorntonsf @ May 8th 2007 2:23AM

Looks awesome. When is the AT&T release date?

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Dipset @ May 3rd 2007 3:33AM

Get your papes on.

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Guido Rosso @ May 3rd 2007 4:06PM

Any word on performance? My 8800 is significantly slower than the 8700...

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T @ May 3rd 2007 11:48PM

does anyone know if this baby is coming to verizon?

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Simon Blackwell @ May 4th 2007 4:00AM

If you want to check the performance and read about some real life testing, we have a full article about an 8300 we've been testing:

http://www.airtimemanager.co.uk/BlackBerry/Enterprise/BlackBerry_8300.aspx

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MrB @ May 4th 2007 6:12PM

So I just bought the 8800 and now the Curve comes out. Curve is smaller, lighter, better keyboard (not a fan of the 8800 keys) and has real multimedia support.

Since I don't care about GPS, why wouldn't I return my 8800 and wait for the Curve?

Anyone have a launch date for Cingular?

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rob @ May 4th 2007 8:32PM

Wifi? .....maybe? ...please?

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cupid @ Jun 4th 2007 4:13AM

does this device has an unlocked version?

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anthony` @ Sep 26th 2007 1:18PM

I need a flash player for my 8300 Curve. any suggestions?

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