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BlackBerry Curve adds GPS as one of the newest features, a 2 megapixels camera, Bluetooth and good call quality. The phone has already the reputation of being a powerful messaging device, so with the addition of these features it will have even a greater impact upon business users.

If only it had Wi-Fi or 3G, we could have considered the phone as being a smartphone. But taking in account that not even the web browser is sharp and there are no video recording capabilities, we have to stick to the fact that we are dealing with a basic messaging headset.

And because we mentioned about the GPS feature, you can get some neat applications, such as Google Maps and really make this phone a navigation system. You can download colored maps, get information about local businesses and with some extra costs at your service provider, you can benefit from voice guided driving directions. And with the addition of Bluetooth, you can connect the phone to wireless headsets, stereo headsets and hands-free kits. Moreover, being a quad-band world phone, having speakerphone, voice activated dialing, smart dialing, speed dial and conference calling, we can say that voice features are top-notch. In the phone book you can add up to 250 contacts and for each number you can include additional phone numbers and contact information. Assign contacts in groups, choose from the 45 available polyphonic ringtones and personalize your callers.

What would be a BlackBerry phone without its messaging capabilities and e-mail? BlackBerry Curve is compatible with BlackBerry Enterprise and it can deliver corporate e-mail in real time. The phone has support for 10 accounts, including as well POP3 and IMAP4 e-mail accounts. When you are composing e-mails, you don’t have to double check anymore your entries for misspells, because the integrated spell-check feature will do everything for you, as it looks for errors in your messages and misspelled words. This feature is available only for e-mails and memos, and not for text messages unfortunately. The attachment viewer on-board enables opening some of the most popular file types, such as Microsoft Word, Excel, PDFs, GIF, JPEG and more. Instead of the poor cameras in BlackBerry phones, this time things are different as you can take some decent photos with the 2 megapixels camera. It might not be much for what you can find on the market these days, but you will see that pictures look sharp and decent. You have some editing options and you can choose from quality options, picture sizes, add some color effects and tweak the white balance.

If you have an inetrest towards entertainment features, then the media player on-board will satisfy your music needs, because there is support for MP3, MIDI, AAC and WAV music files. Video formats are also supported (MP4, AVI, 3GP and MOV). The media player is simple and it does not have a lot of settings to choose from, but it has your basic information about tracks, you can shuffle songs and create playlists. The battery is also one of the strongest points of this mobile phone. BlackBerry Curve has a rated battery life of 4 hours in talk time and about 17 days ins stand-by. These said, if you liked what you have read, then perhaps this headset might be your choice and your future messaging tool.