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* | RIM BlackBerry Curve 8330 (Verizon Wireless) * | RIM Blackberry Curve * | RIM BlackBerry Curve 8330 (Alltel) * |
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| |  | Score: 69%
When: May 2008
Worth: $50
Carrier: Verizon Wireless
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| In our in-depth BlackBerry Curve 8330 review, Philip Berne checks out the improvements Verizon Wireless has made to RIM's multimedia smartphone. |
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| | | Score: 64%
When: May 2007
Worth: $100 - $200
Carrier: AT&T
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| Stereo Bluetooth and a real headphone jack make this the best BlackBerry yet for music, but will it convert consumers to the push e-mail cause? |
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| | | When: May 2008
Worth: $330
Carrier: Alltel
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| Alltel gets the BlackBerry Curve, complementing the carrier availability for RIM's popular business/multimedia smartphone breed. |
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| Form factor |
| Candybar | Candybar | Candybar |
| Size |
by by inches | 4.2 by 2.4 by 0.6 inches | 4.2 by 2.4 by 0.6 inches | 4.2 by 2.4 by 0.6 inches |
| Weight |
ounces | 4 ounces | 3.9 ounces | 4 ounces |
| Screen |
inches, pixels, colors
Touch: | 2.5 inches, 240x320 pixels, 65K colors
Touch: No | 2.5 inches, 240x320 pixels, 65K colors
Touch: No | 2.5 inches, 240x320 pixels, 65K colors
Touch: No |
| OS & Platform |
| BlackBerry OS | BlackBerry OS | BlackBerry OS |
| Voice network |
| CDMA 800/1900 MHz | GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz | CDMA 800/1900 MHz |
| Data network | |
2.4 EV-DO |
0.2 EDGE |
2.4 EV-DO |
| TTY, HAC |
| TTY support/M4/T4 | TTY support/M3/T3 | |
| Talk time |
Claimed: hours | Measured: 9 hours
Claimed: 4 hours | Measured: 10 hours
Claimed: 4 hours | Claimed: 4 hours |
| Voice dialing |
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| Visual voicemail |
| - | - | - |
| Messaging clients |
| BlackBerry Messenger | | |
| Exchange support |
| Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Keypad |
| Full QWERTY | Full QWERTY | Full QWERTY |
| Camera |
Megapixel(s)
| 2 Megapixel(s) without autofocus
Video recorder with QVGA resolution
| 2 Megapixel(s) without autofocus
| 2 Megapixel(s) without autofocus
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| Web browser |
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| GPS | | VZ Navigator | AT&T Navigator | Alltel Navigator |
| Memory |
out-of-box
No memory slot | < 128MB out-of-box
microSD memory slot (8GB) | < 128MB out-of-box
microSD memory slot () | < 128MB out-of-box
microSD memory slot (8GB) |
| Bluetooth |
| 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Wi-Fi |
| No | No | No |
| USB |
| Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 3.5mm jack |
| Yes | Yes | Yes |
| UMA |
| No | No | No |
| UPnP |
| No | No | No |
| Scoreboard: |
| RIM BlackBerry Curve 8330 (Verizon Wireless) | RIM Blackberry Curve | RIM BlackBerry Curve 8330 (Alltel) |
| Design | /5 | 4.5/5 | 4/5 | /5 |
| Display & Interface | /5 | 4/5 | 3.5/5 | /5 |
| Calling | /5 | 4.5/5 | 4.5/5 | /5 |
| Talk time | /5 | 5/5 | 5/5 | /5 |
| Messaging | /5 | 3.5/5 | 4/5 | /5 |
| Music | /5 | 3/5 | 2.5/5 | /5 |
| Video | /5 | 3/5 | 2.5/5 | /5 |
| Camera | /5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | /5 |
| Memory | /5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | /5 |
| Web browsing | /5 | 2.5/5 | 2/5 | /5 |
| Connectivity | /5 | 4/5 | 3/5 | /5 |
| Productivity | /5 | 3.5/5 | 3/5 | /5 |
| Scheduling | /5 | 4/5 | 3/5 | /5 |
| Laptop sidekick | /5 | 4.5/5 | 4/5 | /5 |
| Navigation | /5 | 4/5 | 4/5 | /5 |
| Gaming | /5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | /5 |
| Mobile services | /5 | 2.5/5 | 2/5 | /5 |
| Accessories | /5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | /5 |
| Value | /5 | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | /5 |
| Total score | % | 69% | 64% | % |
| * Until a product has been officially released, all information contained here is subject to change. |
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