BlackBerry Curve 8900

Overview

A sleek new twist on a classic style. You can keep your finger on the pulse of what’s important to you with the BlackBerry® Curve™ 8900 smartphone.

The striking 480x360-pixel screen offers up crisp on-the-go video, images, text, maps and more. With a refined design, the BlackBerry Curve 8900 smartphone is an easy-to-use device that delivers expanded functionality and reliable results.

 

Features Available

The BlackBerry Curve 8900 smartphone has all the features you need *:

Stay in Touch

  • Wireless email: Send, receive, forward and reply to messages, and view attachments in popular file formats.
  • Advanced phone features: Speakerphone and voice dialling, user-definable convenience keys and dedicated Send, End and Mute keys
  • Instant Messaging1: Connect with your IM contacts using popular applications like Yahoo!® Messenger and Google Talk™
  • SMS and MMS*: Send text messages and images in an instant.

Enjoy Life

  • Multimedia Player: Listen to your favorite songs and watch video clips*.
  • Camera: Capture the moment in perfect clarity with 2.0MP, built-in zoom and flash.
  • 3.5mm stereo headset capable

Find the Info You Need

  • Browser: Navigate and browse websites with a roll and click of the trackball.
  • Organiser: Synch and store your calendar data, address book and more.
  • Corporate data access*: Access your vital corporate databases and applications from anywhere.
  • BlackBerry® Maps: Get directions and view maps while on the road.

Maximize Convenience

  • Tethered modem capability: Use your smartphone as a wireless modem for your laptop or PC*.
  • 64 MB of built-in memory and an expandable microSD memory slot1,2.
  • Bluetooth® capability for hands-free dialogue.
  • Full QWERTY keyboard layout for fast text and email composition.
  • High-resolution, light-sensing screen.

     

Enterprise friendly

The BlackBerry Curve 8900 smartphone works with your organisation’s BlackBerry® Enterprise Solution to provide corporate-strength functionality, including enhanced security features and easier access to company information.

Unlike traditional mobile phones, the BlackBerry Curve smartphone can be centrally managed and supported by IT departments. Remote address book look-up, single mailbox integration and push delivery of data from corporate applications are just a few of the features available.

*Check with service provider for availability, roaming arrangements and service plans. Certain features outlined herein require a minimum version of BlackBerry® software.

1When you subscribe for, acquire, or use third party products and services with RIM products or services you accept that: 1. It is your sole responsibility to (a) ensure that your airtime service provider will support all of their features; (b) identify and acquire all required intellectual property and other licences prior to installation or use and to comply with the terms of such licences; 2. RIM provides such products and services on an “AS IS” basis with no express or implied conditions, endorsements, guarantees, representations or warranties of any kind, and assumes no liability whatsoever with respect to them.

2The BlackBerry Curve smartphone accepts microSD cards; the amount of storage is determined by card capacity. May be sold separately.


 

Specifications

Features Available

  • Wireless Email
  • Organizer
  • Wireless Internet
  • Phone
  • Camera
  • Video Recording
  • BlackBerry® Maps
  • Media player
  • Corporate Data Access
  • SMS
  • MMS
  • GPS 1

Size and Weight

  • 4.29"/109mm (Length)
  • 2.36"/60mm (Width)
  • 0.53"/13.5mm (Depth)
  • 3.9 oz/109.9g (Weight)

Data Input/Navigation

  • Trackball
  • Keyboard backlighting

Voice Input/Output

  • 3.5mm stereo headset capable
  • Headset jack
  • Integrated earpiece/ microphone
  • Built-in Speakerphone
  • Bluetooth v2.0 + EDR; Headset, Handsfree, Serial Port Profile, Stereo Audio (A2DP/AVCRP), SIM Access Profile and Dial-up Networking supported (Bluetooth® technology)

Media Player

  • DivX, XviD (MPEG4 Advance Simple Profile), H.263, WMV3 (Video format support)
  • 3gp, WAV, MIDI, AMR-NB, G711u/A, GSM610, PCM, MP3, AAC/AAC+/eAAC+, WMA9/10 Standard/Pro (Audio format support)

Display

  • High resolution 480x360 pixel color display (Display)
  • Transmissive TFT LCD
  • Font size (user selectable)
  • Color display
  • Backlighting
  • Light sensing screen

Notification

  • Polyphonic ring tones
  • MP3 ring tones
  • Vibrate Mode
  • LED indicator

Approximate Battery Life

  • 356 hours (Standby Time)
  • 5.5 hours (Talk Time)

Memory

  • Expandable memory – support for hot swappable microSD card, SDHC supported
  • 256MB (Flash Memory)

Modem

  • RIM® wireless modem
  • Tethered modem capability

Email Integrations

  • Works with BlackBerry Enterprise Server for Microsoft Exchange
  • Works with BlackBerry Enterprise Server for IBM Lotus Domino
  • Works with BlackBerry Enterprise Server for Novell GroupWise
  • Integrates with an existing enterprise email account
  • Integrates with existing personal email account
  • Integrates with new device account

Accessories Included

  • USB cable
  • Wall Charger

Device Security

  • Password Protection and Keyboard Lock
  • Sleep mode
  • Support for Triple DES or AES Encryption when Integrated with BlackBerry Enterprise Server
  • Optional Support for S/MIME

Wireless Network

  • Wi-Fi: 802.11b/g
  • Europe/Asia Pacific: 1800MHz GSM/GPRS networks
  • Europe/Asia Pacific: 900MHz GSM/GPRS networks
  • EDGE networks

1  Check with service provider for availability, roaming arrangements and service plans. Certain features outlined herein require a minimum version of BlackBerry software.