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BlackBerry Curve 8300 Video

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

Editors' rating:

8.3/10

Users' rating:

8.2/10

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