{"id":151,"date":"2007-10-01T18:09:16","date_gmt":"2007-10-01T22:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sunnyahn\/2007\/10\/01\/the-sleek-blackberry-curve-8320\/"},"modified":"2007-10-01T18:21:53","modified_gmt":"2007-10-01T22:21:53","slug":"the-sleek-blackberry-curve-8320","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sunnyahn\/2007\/10\/01\/the-sleek-blackberry-curve-8320\/","title":{"rendered":"The sleek Blackberry Curve 8320"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\">I recently upgraded my old Blackberry to the new Blackberry Curve and my instant reaction was \u2013\u201c<em>wow, what an upgrade<\/em>\u201d.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>The main reason for switching was the UMA\/WiFi capabilities of the device, as I always had troubles getting a good wireless signal from my home \u2013 this now allows me to use my Internet WiFi connection to place calls via my mobile phone.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>Setting this up was quite simple to do.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><span><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sunnyahn\/files\/2007\/10\/blackberry-curve.jpg\" title=\"blackberry-curve.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" width=\"320\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sunnyahn\/files\/2007\/10\/blackberry-curve.jpg\" alt=\"blackberry-curve.jpg\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">What I was really impressed with was the the actual design of the phone.\u00a0 Sleek, elegant and small -the size of the Curve is much smaller (2.4\u201d x 4.2\u201d x 0.6\u201d) than the older generation Blackberries and the resolution was amazing \u2013 the display is 320 x 240 pixels \/2\u201d x 1.5\u201d\/over 65k colors.\u00a0<span>\u00a0The proportions were well balanced &#8211; they got the design and UI right with this. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Regarding the functionality, I find the GoogleTalk quite handy while I\u2019m on the road for those that need to get a hold of me, without burning up voice minutes or text message.<span>\u00a0 In fact most of the major IM providers were available.\u00a0 <\/span><\/font><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The phone is a QuadBand (850\/900\/1800\/1900), with a 2 megapixel camera, music\/video player, Bluetooth, IM , speakerphone and microSD memory slot &#8211; all nice features of the phone.\u00a0<span>\u00a0The trackball in the center was something I had to get use to but after a little while of use, it actually felt ergonomically better than the old scroll bar on the right.\u00a0<span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span>I still don\u2019t like the calendar tool for the Blackberry as it is quite cumbersome to find and enter information \u2013 it actually hasn\u2019t changed from the old UI. <span>\u00a0<\/span>One thing to keep in mind is that while the Curve is suppose to have GPS capabilities, it is dependent on the carrier \u2013 unfortunately T-Mobile in the US doesn\u2019t provide it so that was disappointment. <span>\u00a0<\/span>However, overall, I\u2019m quite satisfied with the upgrade. Although it would be nice to get my iTunes on the device.\u00a0<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><span><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sunnyahn\/files\/2007\/10\/blackberry-curve.jpg\" title=\"blackberry-curve.jpg\"><\/a><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><span><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recently upgraded my old Blackberry to the new Blackberry Curve and my instant reaction was \u2013\u201cwow, what an upgrade\u201d.\u00a0 The main reason for switching was the UMA\/WiFi capabilities of the device, as I always had troubles getting a good wireless signal from my home \u2013 this now allows me to use my Internet WiFi [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":216,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[921],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mobile-devices"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sunnyahn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sunnyahn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sunnyahn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sunnyahn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/216"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sunnyahn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sunnyahn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sunnyahn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sunnyahn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sunnyahn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}