Curve 8520 is a 'Berry good deal!

Fwd Tech  Monday 27 July 2009

BlackBerry has officially announced the Curve 8520; budget businessmen take note

The BlackBerry Curve 8520, for aspiring Sir (Lord) Alan types with not as much clout, has just been officially announced. The affordo-phone has that distinctive business-flavour that previous BlackBerry handsets have, only this time you won’t be breaking the bank to get your hands on one.

The Blackberry Curve 8520’s USP doesn’t stop at being cheap, though. It also has a new trackpad, ditching the trackball seen on previous BlackBerrys. It works just like a trackpad on a laptop, says RIM, using optical technology to help you navigate around the Blackberry Curve 8520’s menus.

Elsewhere, the BlackBerry Curve 8520 has a couple of multimedia buttons on the device so you can access your complete Madonna collection (via a microSD card naturally) in a jiffy. There’s also a two-megapixel camera, a 320×240 TFT display, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and a 3.5mm headphone jack. Unfortunately there’s no 3G, but there is Mac compatibility out of the box!

There’s still no word on pricing as of yet, but the word is that the BlackBerry Curve 8520 will be free on contract (at around £25 a month). Now that’s not bad in anyone’s books. Even Sir Lord Alan. Or whatever he’s called now.