| The Blackberry 9300 Curve 3G is RIM's attempt to | | | | aimed at people who place great importance on |
| pitch a smart phone at first time users by trimming | | | | messaging and e mails. |
| down a host of needless features, leaving a good | | | | Where some big improvements have been made on |
| quality and appealing handset ideal for people | | | | the Blackberry 9300 Curve 3G is in the area of |
| upgrading from a feature phone or indeed, owning a | | | | connectivity. As its name suggests, the biggest change |
| phone for the first time. | | | | is the phones new support for the 3G network. This |
| At just 60mm in width, the phone has a narrow | | | | means users can benefit from much faster data |
| chassis for a handset incorporating a full Qwerty | | | | network speeds whilst on the move. This results in an |
| keypad. This lack of width however does not make | | | | all round more pleasing online experience, plus enables |
| the keys feel cramped, they are still well spaced and | | | | the phone to support useful features such as push e |
| just as responsive as those on previous models. | | | | mail, which can update your inbox and real time and |
| Blackberry made this style of keypad famous on | | | | notify you of any incoming mail. Up to ten separate e |
| mobile phones and if this is what you are seeking, then | | | | mail accounts can be supported on the new unified |
| there are no better phones available. Asides from | | | | inbox, or if you choose you can view them all |
| these keys, the front of the handset features the Call, | | | | separately. In addition to this messages from the |
| End, Back and Blackberry menu keys. Above the | | | | phones apps such as Facebook can also be linked, |
| keypad is the now familiar optical trackpad which | | | | and SMS text messages can be displayed there too. |
| navigates the user around the screen in a precise and | | | | For anybody who checks there emails, and then exits |
| responsive manner, which is just as well as the screen | | | | to read a text before logging onto Facebook when |
| itself is not touchscreen. The phones display has not | | | | finished, can see, the unified inbox is a time saving and |
| undergone too much work on this model. It still sports a | | | | convenient way way of performing multiple tasks in |
| fairly average 320 x 240 resolution in QVGA quality, | | | | one place. It because of features such as this that the |
| however at 2.4 inches this is adequate for most | | | | Blackberry is no longer just the handset of the |
| peoples everyday phone needs and the display does | | | | businessman, and is becoming ever more popular with |
| produce a good image quality. Only real media fans | | | | the youth market who inevitably utilise SMS and social |
| would be looking for more, in which case it is doubtful | | | | networks more than anybody. |
| they would be purchasing this phone as it is really | | | | |