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BlackBerry Curve 8900 or BlackBerry Javelin is an addition to the solid smartphone T-Mobile line and one of the top products of this company. It is an improved version of the Curver 8300 series, and it has several improvements, like a sleeker design, a more solid construction, faster processor, 3.2 Mp camera and a sharp display. This smartphone integrates also WiFi and you can make unlimited calls over this type of networks. The biggest disappointment is the lack of 3G, and it could have given this phone a real competitive advantage on smartphone market.
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This phone will appeal both mobile professionals and common consumers, and it offers work and play features, packed in a little elegant design. This Rim BlackBerry is the thinnest device with a full QWERTY keyboard. This smartphone measures 4.2''x2.3''x0.5'' and it weighs only 3.8 ounces. It feels comfortable in hand, and it is easy to slip in a pocket. BlackBerry Javelin has in the same time a sleek profile and a solid construction. The phone's main body is made of plastic, but it has some finishes and painted applications which give it a more durable look.

Javelin has tapered edges like the Storm model but the metallic paint gives thie model a fresh and modern look. It is less corporate than the Bold BlackBerry we all know, and this means that it might attract a wider range of users. Javelin has a 2.4'' TFT LCD, which supports 65,536 colors on a 480x360 pixels resolution. Sharpness' level and brightness also make this phone's screen quite impressive, and the surprises don't stop here! Curve 8900 runs the latest version of OS, and this brings an updated interface with much more features and high performance. One needed improvement must be done about the look, because all the icons look almost the same, and it's hard to distinguish the folders on the screen at a glance.

Below the screen, there are is the navigation array, which includes the Talk and End keys, the shortcut to the menu, the back button and the well known trackball. This is a simple and spacious layout, and it's pretty easy to use these controls and navigate the phone. The side controls are designed for one hand operations. The keyboard is similar to BlackBerry Bold's and taking into account that the phone is smaller than the other previous versions, the keys are also smaller, but they still can be used properly. The keyboard has a good backlight and something special would be that the color of this backlight is red, and not the classical white.

On the left side you have a key which can be programmed, and the default function is for voice dialer, but you can change it any time. There, on the left side is also the 3.5 mm headphones jack and the volume rocker and the mini USB port. The camera is on the back, next to the flash, and under the battery cover there are the SIM card and SD card slots. The SD card has a protection plastic layer and it looks sort of flimsy, and it might not hold up over time. The mute button and the lock key are situated on the top. This phone comes with a travel charger, a 256 Mb SD card, an USB cable, a case for protection and a CD with software utilities and reference material.

This phone runs RIM OS 4.6.1.11, and this means a real improved user interface, but also new functionality and applications. In this OS version you can also esit Word, Excel and .ppt files, and this is available due to the inclusion of DataViz's Documents utility in the Go Suite. The Standard Edition is preinstalled on the phone and you can upgrade to the Premium Edition if you want to create documents. BlackBerry Javelin comes with management tools like calendar, to do list, memo, voice recorder, password management utility, calculator and many other useful applications. There is an online catalog with BB applications, if you are looking for new software or games. T-Mobile offers some suggestions in choosing the applications according to the model of smartphone you own. Best improvement has been done in Web browsing area, and the new HTML Web browser supports also RSS feeds and media like YouTube clips. Navigation is easier with the two viewing modes, Page and Column, and you can also zoom in/out on pages.

There are two options for getting connected: WiFi and EDGE from T-Mobile, because 3G is not available yet on this model. Surfing the Web is ok on EDGE, but 3G would have been an interesting feature. Voice features include roaming, speakerphone, voice, smart and conference dialing, speed dial, SMS and MMS. For each contact in the address book, you have entries for multiple numbers, e-mail addresses, home and work addresses, job tile, and much more: picture, group ID and customized ringtone.

GPS uses both satellites and triangulation to detect your position, and the maps and the driving directions come with BlackBerry Maps application. This utility is preloaded on Javelin, and if you want real time tracking you should get TeleNav GPS Navigator.The camera is pretty cool, it has 3.2 Mp, video recording capabilities and you can edit the size and the quality of the picture and also customize the white balance settings.

Call quality is great but the 512 MHz processor is sometimes slow, like when accessing the photo folder, or other folders with a lot of items, but the general performance is good.This phone has a LiIon battery, and the rated talk time is 5 hours, and in standby mode the battery lasts up to 14 days.

The lack of 3G is a big disappointment, but the OS is very good and the design is solid. The features are improved and the performance of the processor is great. It is a great step in RIM's smartphone development process.

The way your home screen icons are displayed on your BlackBerry is called theme. All service providers offer you a default theme, which you can change any time, to express your personality, or to make your mobile phone look better. Newer mobile phones have a larger variety of themes and if you want to change it, you should click on Options, and then select "Theme". Now you can choose the theme you want, and then see how the home screen has changed. The image behind the theme can also be changed, and you can do this by going to the "Pictures" icon. After you select the image you want on background, you have to select "Set as Home Screen Image".
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If you want to install third party themes sometimes you will have to pay a small fee for downloading it, and it seems that you have to work a little to install another theme, which is not included in the default pack. Some themes, which come from obscure manufacturers can screw up your BlackBerry and it might take a while to reinstall the main default theme. You have to make sure that the theme you want to install is from a source you trust, a good friend or a reputable provider. There are a lot of websites which offer you thousands of themes for BlackBerry and if you pick a cool website, you will see that the themes are tested and they come with excellent support.

It is very simple to download and install a third party theme on your BlackBerry. At first you will have to download the theme to your PC (if it is zipped, unzip it), and then connect your BlackBerry and open Desktop Manager. Next, open Application Loader and click Add, and browse for the "Themes.alx" file and click on OK. After the installation is finished, you have to go to Settings (Options tab) and select the new theme.

I picked up some interesting themes I found and I would like to see if you find them cool and interesting too. You can download them from shop.crackberry.com , and I chose some cheaper ones. You can find on this website theme packages also, and they contain thousands of themes.

One of the coolest I found is iBerry theme, which makes your BlackBerry to look like an iPhone. So if you like the iPhone interface design, but still want to keep the BlackBerry, this is the solution. Install the iBerry theme!

You can simulate a lot of operating systems on your BlackBerry through themes. Just like this, you can have on your Berry device, the Vista look, which you might miss from your desktop or laptop computer.



If you like very much colorful things and you want to cheer up your BlackBerry, you can choose this Rainbow theme, which seems to be a happy and optimistic one, and it might even brighten your day if it's getting cloudy.



There are thousands of themes for BlackBerry available out there on the Internet, and I am sure that you can d the right theme for your BlackBerry, the one which fits your own needs and preferences.

BlackBerry is a brand of wireless smartphones which was introduced in 1999 as a two way pager. The better known BlackBerry was released and it supports mobile telephone, text messaging, web browsing, internet faxing and e-mail, through a multi touch user interface. It is developed by the Canadian company RIM (Research in Motion), and it was made at first to concentrate on e-mail. Actually, RIM offers e-mail services to non-BlackBerry devices, like Palm Treo, using the BlackBerry Connect application. In the beginning, first version of BlackBerry was monochrome, but now, all the available models have a color display.
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BlackBerry includes PDA applications, like calendar and address book, and also telephony capacities. Newer models are very well known for sending and receiving e-mails anywhere, through wireless networks, and it has a built-in keyboard, which was optimized for using only the thumbs to type. This is called "thumbing". The navigantion through the system is facilitated by the scroll ball in the middle of the device, and in comparison with older versions, which has a track wheel on the side, this scroll bar is much easier to use and more comfortable.

BlackBerry models built for use with iDEN networks, like Mike and Nextel integrate a Push-To-Talk feature and it can be easily associated with two-way radio systems. Newest models of BlackBerry incorporate an ARM processor, 7 or 9, and in comparison to the older versions, 950 and 957, which used Intel 386 processors. The latest model of BlackBerry GSM has a 312 MHz processor, a 64 Mb flash memory and 16 Mb of SDRAM.

If you want to integrate BlackBerry into your company's system, you should install BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES). CDMA BlackBerry use Qualcomm MSM6x00 chip sets and they include the ARM 9 processor and they also have GSM 900/1800 roaming integrated.

These BlackBerry smartphones are quite useful in business usage and they are mainly appreciated for providing e-mail access and roaming to employees. This ability to read e-mail in real-time, in every location possible, made the BlackBerry devices addictive, and in time they got in time the nickname "CrackBerry", as a funny reference to the cocaine's name, known as crack. In 2006, the word "crackberry" was the "New Word of the Year", in New's World College Dictionary's references. There are also some funny words created too after BlackBerry appeared: "berry thumb" or "berry blister" reffer to the soreness occurring from using BlackBerry's keyboard.

To summarize, BlackBerry is a wireless smartphone which is most appreciated and present in tops because of its capacity of sending and receiving e-mail at any time and anywhere. Another plus is the good Operating System, which provides a lot of useful features. Some cons are the low call quality and the price, which makes it unaffordable for some categories of customers.

The first name the BlackBerry Curve 8520 was baptized with was BlackBerry Gemini, but now, that the handset has just become official, the name changed. There were too many months of imprecise information, of leaked pictures and of lists of features that we couldn’t take for granted.

I don’t know which details you took seriously, but what you should have taken is the fact that the BlackBerry Curve 8520 is the first to have been designed by Research in Motion and to come with an optical trackpad, which replaced the trackball.

The features of the new handset include “a highly tactile full-QWERTY keyboard”, Wi-Fi for fast Web browsing and for Wi-Fi calling, the touch-sensitive optical trackpad, a 2 megapixel digital camera equipped with zoom and video recording capabilities, voice activated dialing, Bluetooth 2.0 connectivity, media player (music, pictures and videos), dedicated media keys, 3.5mm stereo headset jack, the BlackBerry Media Sync, 256MB flash memory and a 512Mhz processor, microSDHC memory card support for expandable memory of no more than 16GB (1GB card is included in the package).

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“More and more cell phone users are choosing to upgrade to a smartphone and the new BlackBerry Curve 8520 will undoubtedly convince many more people to make the switch. It delivers all the great messaging, social networking and multimedia features that have made BlackBerry the top-selling smartphone brand in the United States”, said the Vice President, Product Management, Research in Motion, Carlo Chiarello. In addition, he said that “T-Mobile customers are going to love how easy it is to keep in touch on Facebook and MySpace and the full-QWERTY keyboard is amazingly fast and comfortable for typing on the go”.

The handset is expected to start selling on August 5, via T-Mobile retail stores, Walmart stores and online.

(Source: Press release)

The rumors about the BlackBerry Tour which is expected to become available at Verizon starting July 12, under a price of $199.99 when the customer is willing to sign a contract agreement, created a sensation a couple of days ago.

But the information has just been given the official treatment, because Verizon, which is the most important and the largest carrier from the United States, has just came with the confirmation. The new smartphone developed and designed by Research in Motion (RIM) will become available starting the date it was rumored.

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The Verizon portofolio is quite impressive as far as the BlackBerry smartphones are concerned. You can find the following devices in this carrier’s offer: the Curve 8330, the Pearl Flip 8320 and the 8830 World Edition.



The Tour, on the other hand, is a 3G world phone is a device that comes with the following features: RIM’s solution for e-mail which is push-based, messaging (IM, SMS and MMS), social networking, a 3.2 megapixel camera with video recording capabilities and geo-tagging, multimedia capabilities, integrated GPS, full HTML web browsing, support for Verizon services such as Broadband Connect, CAST Music with Rhapsody, VZ Navigator.

The BlackBerry Tour is available right now for those who want to pre-order it for a price of $199.99. You will receive a $70 mail-in rebate as long as you sign a contract agreement for two years.

(Source: Press Release)