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The Blackberry Curve – Is It Worth Buying?
When you mention the name Blackberry, most people think about suit wearing business types, who simply couldn’t live without their quirky looking mobile phone that keeps them in touch with emails and share prices 24/7. Blackberry knows it has a bit of a reputation as the business-only smartphone, but they have set their sights on taking Blackberrys to the masses, and with the increased demand for sophisticated smartphones, has the time come for the Blackberry Curve?
Blackberry phones are renowned for their full-sized keyboard and rather chunky looks, and the Curve is no different. Most people will either love or hate the keyboard layout and slightly wider feel of the Curve, although it doesn’t feel overly big, and its size does have the additional benefit of allowing space for one of the few ‘widescreen’ displays on the smartphone market. With a choice of colors to give your phone a little personality, Blackberry is keen to make the Curve a little less stuffy.
Whether is was to differentiate it from the business versions, or simply to cut costs and make the Curve more accessible to the consumer market, Blackberry have made a couple of changes. There is a trackpad instead of the trackball on other models, and the shiny chrome finish has been replaced by a more practical rubber one. Apart from that, it still looks and feels like the kind of quality phone you’d expect from Blackberry.
Blackberry have left out a number of features that some might expect, especially when it comes to connectivity, but the Curve is designed to be a basic, but usable smartphone. While it doesn’t support 3G and lacks the GPS feature of some of the more expensive smartphones, it does have WiFi, and the QWERTY keyboard and software that makes setting up multiple e-mail and social networking accounts simple, means user will find it easy to keep in touch.
Navigating around the Curve is nice and simple, thanks to Blackberry’s operating system and the user-friendly interface. You can add to the pre-installed apps thanks to the App World, and the music player is better than many would expect – the Curve even includes dedicated music control keys, to make it more appealing to consumers.
With the smartphone market dominated by the three or four big names, it looks like Blackberry is going to make the most of its business experience and provide a cheaper alternative that gives users what they want, in a way that lets them be a little different to the rest of the Apple, Google and HTC crowd.
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