BlackBerry Curve 8300
Release year: 2007
Launch price: 344 € October 2007
Featuring silver finishes, clean lines and rounded edges, BlackBerry Curve 8300 is the smallest and lightest BlackBerry smartphone with a full QWERTY keyboard. It is equipped with exceptional features including a camera, a media player, expandable memory, Voice Dialling, BlackBerry Maps and a navigation system with TrackBall. It also offers all the standard functions of a BlackBerry smartphone: text messaging and email, instant messaging, Web browser and advanced phone functions. The BlackBerry Curve smartphone is designed to simplify your life thanks to a tool that is simple to use, personal and intuitive. To always stay connected with what truly matters.
Technical specifications
| Networks | Quad-band GSM 900-1800-1900-850 |
| Dimensions | 107 x 60 x 15.5 mm |
| Weight with battery | 111 g |
| Battery | Li-Ion 1100 mAh |
| Standby time | 408 h |
| Talk time | 4 h |
In the box: Battery, charger, USB cable for charging and PC synchronization
Messaging
| SMS |  |
| EMS |  |
| MMS | |
| Predictive text (T9) | |
| Chat | |
Messaging notes: Compatible with BlackBerry Enterprise Server for Microsoft Exchange Compatible with BlackBerry Enterprise Server for IBM Lotus Domino Compatible with BlackBerry Enterprise Server for Novell GroupWise 5 and can be integrated with corporate email accounts Integration with personal email accounts Integration with optional accounts of new devices
Design and display
| Display | Large color display: 320 x 240 pixels with 65535 colors. QWERTY keyboard and screen with light sensor. |
| Adjustable contrast | |
| Multi-line display | |
| Backlit keypad | |
| Keypad lock | |
| One-touch phonebook access | |
| Antenna | internal |
| Vibration | |
| Headphone jack | |
Features
| SIM Application Toolkit | |
| J2ME support | |
| Conference calling | |
| Voice dialing | |
| Voice recorder | |
| Memory | Expandable memory of 64 MB |
Feature notes: BlackBerry Curve 8300 is enabled for voice and data communication on GSM/GPRS networks at 850, 900, 800 and 1900 MHz, for complete international roaming. The handheld device is equipped with Bluetooth for short-range data transmission and a large color display, making it a compact tool with a high capacity for sending messages, integrated phone, organizer and HTML browser. It also features 64 MB expandable flash memory, polyphonic and Mp3 ringtones and BlackBerry maps.
Connectivity
| GPRS | |
| EDGE | |
| WAP | |
| IrDA (infrared) | |
| Built-in modem | |
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| Bluetooth | |
| USB | |
Personalization
| MP3 player | |
| Custom ringtones | |
| Silent mode | |
| Downloadable ringtones | |
| Polyphonic ringtones | |
| Downloadable images and logos | |
| AM/FM stereo radio | |
| Games | |
Camera
| Camera | |
| Sensor | 2.0 megapixel |
| Image resolution | 1600x1200 pixels |
| Zoom | Yes |
| Flash | Yes |
| Photo phonebook | |
| Image editor | |
| Self-timer | |
| Contrast and brightness adjustment | |
Video
| Video recording | |
Price history
344 € → 260 € (-24%) · minimum 229 €, maximum 344 € · 19 readings, Oct 2007 – Jun 2009