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BlackBerry Curve 3G 9300

The new BlackBerry Curve 3G may not be the most exciting BlackBerry that has been in the media lately but it does have some nice new features compared to its predecessor the BlackBerry Curve 8520.

The obvious and main one is that it now supports 3G, as the name suggests, which will be great for downloading apps, uploading photos and surfing the web.

Is the 9300 a worthy follow on and should you buy one if you are looking for a new smartphone? Only one way to find out and that is to read the review.

What's in the box:

Device
Charger
USB Cable

As I said in the unboxing video this was not a retail box so expect a little more if purchasing.

The ten second review:

Device: BlackBerry Curve 3G 9300

Price: TBC

Summary: A mid range BlackBerry with superb messaging and social networking powers!

Best of: Keyboard, BlackBerry Messenger (BBM), Social Network integration, push email.

Worst of: Web browser, games, camera

Buy it now from: TBC

BlackBerry Curve 3G Specification:

320x240 pixel color display
Transmissive TFT LCD
Font size (user selectable)
Displays over 65,000 colors
3G network support
Optical trackpad
Full QWERTY keyboard
Simultaneous voice and data
Email and text messaging
BlackBerry® Messenger
Instant Messaging
Phone
Browser
Camera and video recording
Wi-Fi®
GPS
Media player
Organizer
Bluetooth®
Tethered modem
2.0 MP camera
Fixed focus
Video recording

BlackBerry Torch 9800

The BlackBerry Torch is not the first phone to give you both a full hardware QWERTY keyboard and an ample touchscreen in a smartphone setting. But it’s a debut for BlackBerry and one that will probably shape the future for the next generation of RIM phones. The supplied 6th version of the BlackBerry OS is looking to balance user-friendliness and performance, tradition and creativity in the latest BlackBerry touch products..

The BlackBerry Torch 9800 is the usual impressively built gadget, the ultimate email machine.

One would think RIM is among the lucky few phone makers that could’ve for ever pretended the iPhone didn’t exist. When your devices are in a class of their own and you’re a household name in corporate services, it’s easy to believe you’re special.

BlackBerry Torch 9800 official photos

But RIM is not looking for safety in habit. We’ve seen enough proof that complacency is not on the company’s agenda. And they deserve credit for that. RIM still put business users first but the game has changed and they know it. So, a first-ever slider and a new OS are the torchbearer for RIM looking to revise their whole strategy.

Key features

Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE
3G with HSPA support
3.2" 16M-color multi-touch capacitive touchscreen of 360 x 480 pixel resolution
5 MP autofocus camera with LED flash and VGA video recording
BlackBerry OS 6
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
Built-in GPS with BlackBerry maps preloaded
4 GB internal storage and a hot-swappable microSD card slot
Nice design and build quality
3.5mm standard audio jack
Accelerometer sensor for screen auto-rotate
Bluetooth v2.1 and microUSB v2.0
Document viewer
Optical trackpad
Good audio quality
DivX and XviD support

BlackBerry Slider 9800

Previously rumored as BlackBerry Slider 9800
For AT

General 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 3G Network UMTS 850 / 1900 / 2100 /800 Announced 2010, August Status Coming soon. Exp. release 2010, August Size Dimensions 111 x 62 x 14.6 mm Weight 161 g Display Type TFT touchscreen Size 360 x 480 pixels, 3.2 inches
- QWERTY keyboard
- Optical trackpad
- Proximity sensor for auto turn-off Sound Alert types Vibration, MP3 ringtones Speakerphone Yes
- 3.5 mm audio jack Memory Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall Call records Yes Internal 4 GB storage, 512 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM Card slot microSD, up to 32GB, 4GB card included Data GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps 3G HSDPA; HSUPA WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, UMA (carrier-dependent) Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Infrared port No USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Camera Primary 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash Features Geo-tagging, continuous auto-focus, image stabilization Video Yes, VGA Secondary No Features OS BlackBerry OS 6.0 Messaging SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email, IM Browser HTML Radio No Games Yes + downloadable Colors Black GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Java Yes, MIDP 2.0
- Social feeds
- BlackBerry maps
- Document editor (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)
- Media player MP3/WMA/eAAC+/FlAC/OGG player
- Video player MP4/WMV/H.263/H.264
- Organizer
- Voice memo/dial Battery
Standard battery, Li-Ion 1300 mAh Stand-by Up to 432 h (2G) / Up to 336 h (3G) Talk time Up to 5 h 30 min (2G) / Up to 5 h 40 min (3G) Music play Up to 30 h