BlackBerry Curve
The Blackberry Curve from RIM inherits much of the sleek styling of its older brother, the 8830 World Edition. It keeps the great screen and the stylish navigation trackball, the GPS, and of course all of the PIM perfection that Blackberry offers, and adds a very nice 2MP camera that shoots video as well. The curve comes with a very well made and attractive belt case, as well.
The GPS works with Blackberry Maps wonderfully, as well as Google Maps. The Media Player is par for the course on a smartphone, offering a microSD slot for media storage - it’ll do its job, but it’s no iPod. It will play MP2, MIDI, WMA, and AAC for audio, and MPEG4, WMV, and H263 for video. Stereo Bluetooth, WIFI, and high-speed internet make it a very connected device. It weighs in around 4 oz - not bad for a smartphone of this caliber.
One cannot say enough about the Blackberry battery - the manufacturer claims four hours talk time and 17 days - yes, days! - of standby, and real-world experience shows that those numbers aren’t far off. Blackberry is one of the very few platforms that allow constant-connection with IM clients without complete loss of battery life. The Blackberry platform is also unparalleled for usefulness as a mobile email/calendar/contacts type device.
No matter how you measure it, the Curve is set to be a big winner in todays cutthroat smartphone/PIM world.
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