Research In Motion (RIM) has announced the new BlackBerry Curve 8520 smartphone, a new addition to the BlackBerry Curve series of smartphones, with availability expected in August. The new BlackBerry Curve 8520 is designed to be an “approachable” handset that comes in two attractive colors. For people who like to be connected, it provides easy mobile access to email, messaging (IM, SMS, MMS) and popular social networking sites (including Facebook and MySpace) and features a tactile full-QWERTY keyboard for comfortable typing. It also features multimedia capabilities and access to music, games and other mobile apps for entertainment on the go.
“More and more cell phone users are choosing to upgrade to a smartphone and the new BlackBerry Curve 8520 will undoubtedly convince many more people to make the switch. It delivers all the great messaging, social networking and multimedia features that have made BlackBerry the top-selling smartphone brand in the United States,” said Carlo Chiarello, vice president, product management, Research in Motion.
The BlackBerry Curve 8520 also features include 2.6-inch TFT Touchscreen with a 320 x 240 pixel resolution, Wi-Fi, a touch-sensitive optical trackpad, feature dedicated media keys (first BlackBerry smartphone to have these keys), 256MB Flash memory and, microSD/SDHC memory card, slot, a 512Mhz next generation processor, 2 megapixel camera, Bluetooth (2.0), 3.5 mm stereo headset jack, DivX, XviD video support. Other key features also include voice activated dialing, BlackBerry Media Sync, which makes it easy to quickly sync music from iTunes or Windows Media Player with the smartphone and access to BlackBerry App World. Unfortunately the handset is launching with T-Mobile right now, but hopefully it’ll make it across the pond and hit our shores as well.
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