Close but not Quite Perfection
With mobile phones looking to narrow the gap all the time between themselves and the dedicated PDA handsets on the market the Apple iPhone springs to mind manufacturers like Research In Motion (RIM) are having to try even harder to make their products stand out. Enter the new Blackberry 8300 Curve, with a host of new features yet, surprisingly, some glaring ones too.
The fact this new Blackberry has come out so soon after the 8800 model says everything there is to know about just how good mobile phones are at the moment RIM is obviously worried about the diminishing market. However, PDAs like the Blackberry 8300 Curve can still offer some features mobile phones cant, and its these features that make this such an exciting product.
The main difference between this model and the recently released 8800 is that the Curve is a lot slimmer. In fact, with the change in size that RIM has given the Blackberry 8300, youd be forgiven for thinking that youre holding a normal mobile phone in your hand. The only thing that gives it away is the standard QWERTY keyboard just below the large display screen.
Design-wise, the 8300 Curve...