BlackBerry Curve 8300 Specifications

By Alex Kidman on 13/08/2007

More RIM reviews , RRP: AU$749.00

The good:

  • Eye catching design
  • Good camera
  • Excellent keyboard
  • Quad-band GSM
  • Bluetooth

The bad:

  • No Wi-Fi
  • No HSDPA
  • Average battery life

The bottomline:

The BlackBerry Curve takes both good and bad factors from the Pearl and 8800, making it an enticing phone -- but we're still waiting for the ultimate consumer BlackBerry

Buying choices:

Editors' rating:

8.3/10

Users' rating:

7.4/10

Battery Life

  • Talktime
  • 4 hours
  • Standby time
  • 408 hours

Camera

  • Camera resolution
  • 2-megapixel

Connectivity

  • Network(s)
  • GSM 850, GSM 900, GSM 1800, GSM 1900
  • Wireless technology
  • Bluetooth
  • Data Services
  • GPRS, EDGE
  • USB
  • Yes

Display

  • Screen resolution
  • 320 x 240 pixels
  • Number of colours
  • 65K

Entertainment

  • Video player
  • Yes

Functionality

  • Input method
  • QWERTY keyboard
  • Polyphonic
  • Yes
  • Ringtone options
  • Polyphonic, MP3
  • Supported audio file formats
  • AAC, AAC+, MIDI, MP3, WMA
  • Supported video file formats
  • MPEG-4, WMV
  • Supported picture file formats
  • JPG
  • Other supported file formats
  • PDF, Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint
  • Web browser
  • Yes

General

  • Dimensions (W x D x H)
  • 60 x 15.5 x 107 mm
  • Weight
  • 111.4 g

Memory

  • Expansion slot
  • SD
  • Memory card included
  • 64MB

Messaging

  • Messaging capabilities
  • SMS, MMS, Instant Messaging

Other

  • Phone type
  • Smartphone
  • Form factor
  • PDA
  • Included accessories
  • Manual, Charger
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