The BlackBerry Curve 9300 Is Ready To Rumble
Tech Friday, August 27th, 2010Will the BlackBerry Curve 9300 be good enough to replace the Bold ? The Bold is the uglier of the two, but that may not matter to many. Read on to find out if what you really want is a Blackberry Curve 9300 or something else.
The Blackberry Curve 9300 is a good looking smartphone. It has the distinctive format that a Blackberry usually displays with the over and under screen and keyboard. The size is just right for a pocket. It is 4.29 inches tall and .55 inch thick. It comes in two colors, black and red. Overall, this is a small smartphone with plenty of work it can do.
Looking inside first we find the Blackberry Curve 9300 is running the newly redesigned OS 6 operating system from Research In Motion. This is the one with the superior web browser from Webkit. Webkit is also running on most of the competitors to the Blackberry line. It does so for a reason. It is fast and accurate. The new OS 6 operating system on the Curve 9300 has the features that past users of Blackberrys were wanting.
For wireless connections the Blackberry Curve 9300 is superb. You may even get by with saying it is hyper-connected. It has Wi-Fi in the fastest mode available; “N”. It is backwards-compatible with older Wi-Fi systems. It also has GPRS, stereo Bluetooth, EDGE, HSDPA and the aforementioned web browser. The voice networks that the 9300 can connect to are quad band 2G and tri band 3G networks. All in all, you can find just about everything but the new WiMaX system and a radio on this smartphone.
In the camera section you may feel a little bit left out. The camera sports a weak two megapixel camera. For a positve point about the graphical abilities of the Blackberry Curve 9300, the camera can provide video. This is not a high dollar item, so it is expected that some areas of the 9300 would be less than amiable.
Java is included on the Curve 9300. This allows downloading and playing games. This model also has an MP3 player for music, an MP4 player for video, an organizer and voice dial. Internally a user has 256 megabytes of memory that can be expanded up to 32 gigabytes with the MicroSD card slot. The people at Research in Motion graciously provide a two gigabyte card with the Blackberry Curve 9300 for free.
The screen is a run-of-the-mill variety with 240 by 320 pixels of resolution. It is not the newer AMOLED technology. It is the older LCD style. It is 2.46 inches in size. No one expects much from a screen of this quality, but again, this is not a high ticket item. The keyboard is a regular QWERTY with raised buttons that makes the Blackberry one of the most popular texting smartphones in the world.
Although the Blackberry Curve 9300 has a fairly large battery ( 1150 mAh ) it only provides four and a half to five and a half hours of talk time. The memory is a bit lacking, since it was expected to come out with 512 megabytes of memory. When looking at the contract price, $79.99, it is somewhat of a reasonable deal. It is available now in select places.
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Posted by Kevin Huffman
on Aug 27 2010. Filed under Tech.
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