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, accurate typing. It also features multimedia capabilities and access to music, games and other mobile apps for entertainment on the go.
It a quad band phone, and is also Wi-Fi enabled to give customers fast Web browsing and extended data coverage. It has a touch-sensitive optical trackpad, which makes scrolling and selection easy for navigation. It is also the first BlackBerry smartphone to feature dedicated media keys, integrated along the top of the handset, giving customers an easy way to control their music and videos.
“The new smartphone is the latest addition to family and is both affordable and easy to use, making it the ideal first smartphone for the millions of South Africans who have yet to make the switch from cellphone to smartphone,” says Deon Liebenberg, regional director for Sub-Sahara Africa, Research In Motion (RIM).
RIM, based in Canada, is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of innovative wireless solutions for the worldwide mobile communications market.
For more features on Blackberry Curve 8520, go to: www.blackberry.com/curve8520
