But rather than merely rehashing that phone, RIM has added in some tempting extras, not least of which is support for 3G, something that the was sorely missing. The questions is, then, does the Curve 3G still have enough thrills to tempt those buyers? As you would perhaps expect, the phone sticks closely to the BlackBerry design blueprint. The Curve 3G is quite small measuring x 60 x 14mm so it fits comfortably in your hand and the rubberised coating used on the side-mounted buttons and battery cover help with gripping the phone.
As with most of the latest BlackBerry models this one sports a line of three media playback buttons across the top.
These are used to skip forwards or backwards through your tunes and to play and pause music. Other controls include a voice-dialling button on the left-hand side as well as volume controls and a dedicated camera button on the right. Instead, you navigate around its menus using the optical joystick that sits in the centre of the phone between the display and keyboard. The biggest issue, however, is the extent to which the screen compromises the web browsing experience. Compared to most Android handsets, for example, browsing the web on this one feels a bit like trying to paint your hallway through your letterbox.
The keys are quite small, but there is just the right amount of travel in them to make them feel very responsive under your fingers and thumbs.
The layout is good too, which helps to make tapping out emails or text messages a speedy and pleasant experience. For a first-time user, it takes a while to understand which icons represent which features in the main menu and there are still too many text-heavy dropdown lists found throughout the OS for our liking.
Nevertheless, the phone does come preloaded with a number of social networking apps covering the likes of Facebook and Twitter.
Battery life was also good as we managed to get around three days out of it for medium to light usage before it needed to be recharged. As well as the addition of support for 3G data speeds, the Curve 3G also has GPS onboard, which can be used with the BlackBerry Maps application to track your position and also for full navigation. That famous physical QWERTY keyboard sits in a sensible-looking chassis with rounded corners and textured back, while the chrome-effect border panel houses the x LCD screen and a series of flush buttons alongside the optical track-pad.
The microUSB port nestles alongside the 3. If you find yourself getting frustrated by repeated orders to "Say a command", you can easily change this in the settings.
The camera button is housed on the other side of the handset, just below the volume controls. It's no secret that RIM is keen on showcasing the media features of its handsets, and the Curve is no exception. With dedicated media buttons on the top of the handset, the BlackBerry Curve is clearly intended to be used as a media player, just as you would the iPhone or a Sony Ericsson W Walkman phone. It shows 3G.
Anonymous, 20 Dec Can we do video call or video chat frm bb ? This phone doesnt support the video calling feature Camera Quality is not so good but browsing ,apps , games ,documents and files rich experience except the phn doesnt have inbuilt. I bought this about 3 months back. Anonymous, 11 Dec how do i change themes for ? GO to options, themes and select themes whatever you want.
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