BlackBerry Curve 8300

In a nutshell: The BlackBerry Curve 8300 is an excellent device for keeping in touch with your email whilst out of the office. With extensive push email support and a full QWERTY keypad, emailing on your phone becomes a completely practical possibility. Other features such as a 2 megapixel camera, media player, Bluetooth connectivity and expandable memory complete the package.

The BlackBerry 8300 is exactly the same as the BlackBerry Curve 8310, except that it doesn't have GPS navigation. Read our review of the 8310, since all of the comments apply equally to both phones, apart from this one difference.

We have given the BlackBerry 8300 a slightly lower rating than the 8310 and 8320 since it lacks the more advanced features of these models. Since most people will get it free on contract, why not choose one of the more advanced models instead?

Features of the BlackBerry 8300 include:
2 megapixel camera with flash and digital zoom
LCD display: 320 x 240 pixels, 65000 colours
Media player
Messaging: SMS, MMS, instant messaging, push email with attachment viewer
Built-in speakerphone
Voice dialling
Voice memo recorder
MP3 ringtones
Personal organiser functions
Vibration alert
Internet: Web browser, GPRS, EDGE
Connectivity: Bluetooth 2.0, modem, 3.5mm stereo headset port
Memory: 64 Mbytes plus microSD memory card slot
Size: 107 x 60 x 15.5 mm
Weight: 111g
Quadband
Talktime: 4 hours
Battery standby: 400 hours