| When a friend asked me the other day on why I | | | | slot which allows me to add more music files. The |
| bought the Blackberry Curve, I realized how fond I | | | | Motorola KRZR I had was in cosmic blue and silver |
| am of this little gadget. It’s light at about 110 gm, | | | | sail color casing, which I liked very much, and because |
| and the keypad has been designed to suit thumb | | | | I have many appointments and meetings to attend, |
| typing. The Blackberry Curve has a Speaker phone | | | | the MotoSync facility which synchronizes all contacts |
| with voice Activated Dialing facility, which is useful for | | | | and calendar details with a touch of a button, thus |
| me when I needed to make called while driving. The | | | | allowing me to keep tab of my activities. |
| phone also has a media player and a 2.0 MP camera | | | | Actually, before getting the Blackberry Curve, I did |
| which has built-in zoom and flash. A special feature | | | | consider the BlackBerry 8100, also known as the |
| the Blackberry Curve has is that it has the trackball, | | | | Blackberry Pearl. The phone uses a modified |
| organizer and Blackberry Maps. It’s hard not to | | | | QWERTY layout on the keyboard with an input |
| fall in love with this phone. | | | | algorithm known as SURETYPE, but I find it not |
| Prior to the Blackberry Curve, I had a Motorola KRZR | | | | suitable for my lifestyle and needs because the |
| which was slightly lighter at about 102g. It was a | | | | built-in memory is only 64 MB, and although it can be |
| clamshell phone that has internal antenna, Bluetooth, | | | | expanded through microSD card, the lack of certain |
| USB, PC Sync, voice dialing, speaker phone, and | | | | functions did not appeal to me. |
| picture ID. The phone has a removable Micro SD card | | | | |
