BlackBerry Curve 8520
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| Manufacturer | BlackBerry |
|---|---|
| Compatible networks | GSM 800/900/1800/1900 MHz |
| Availability by country | September 2009 |
| Type | Candybar smartphone |
| Form factor | Bar |
| Dimensions | 109 x 60 x 13.9 mm |
| Weight | 106 g (with battery) |
| Operating system | BlackBerry OS 5.0 |
| CPU | 512 MHz |
| Memory | 256 MiB Application Memory |
| Removable storage | MicroSDHC Hot-swappable, support for up to 32GiB |
| Battery | Li-Ion 1150 mAh battery lithium-polymer |
| Data inputs |
QWERTY thumb keyboard, Touch Sensitive Optical Trackpad |
| Display | 320×240 px (0.1 megapixels), 2.46 in, up to 65 thousand colours[1] |
| Rear camera | 2-megapixel (1600 x 1200 pixels) |
| Front camera | No |
| Connectivity |
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b, g, Integrated Bluetooth 2.0, micro USB, 3.5 mm audio jack |
The BlackBerry Curve 8520 is a smartphone from the BlackBerry Curve series manufactured in Canada. The BlackBerry Curve 8520 is an enterprise-based smartphone (as all Blackberry devices) and has standard features including mobile email, calendar and instant messaging amongst many others.
The BlackBerry Curve 8520 has a new Touch Sensitive Optical Track pad Key feature as opposed to the standard Joystick used on many other BlackBerry devices -this is said to improve the ease of scrolling through menus, emails, Internet browser, and images as it is an optical sensor rather than a series of closely spaced buttons.
The BlackBerry Curve 8520 was discontinued in April 2012, when the BlackBerry Curve 9220 was introduced as the successor to the BlackBerry Curve 8520.