BlackBerry Curve 9380
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14 years ago
BlackBerry Curve 9380 pictures and hands-on
Yet more phones emerging from the BlackBerry camp, in what appears to be a veritable river of BlackBerry 7 packing handsets flooding our phone shops. Next up is the Curve 9380, the QWERTY free 'All Touch' version of the 9360. Sizing in at 109 x 60 x 11.2mm, it is a rather dinky handset.
14 years ago
Curve 9380 – is RIM's affordable, QWERTY-less Blackberry gadget worth it?
RIM is not in the most enviable position right now, with their market share dwindling dangerously fast, their tablet experiment being pretty much a failure and them being practically forced to release their business tools for other platforms.
14 years ago
Not what you'd expect
The BlackBerry Curve 9380 is RIM's first ever-released Curve with a touchscreen. The Curve lineup is usually an expression of RIM's understanding for a budget phone and this one supposedly, doesn't make a difference.
14 years ago
BlackBerry Curve 9380 review
While BlackBerry maker Research In Motion has a reputation for physical keyboards on its smartphones, it's actually been in the touchscreen business for a long time. Way back in 2008, after seeing the surging success of the iPhone 3G, RIM released the BlackBerry Storm, complete with an unusual...
14 years ago
I think the biggest problem that the 9380 has is that it doesn't really have a target market, or even a clear place in the BlackBerry lineup. Allow me to explain. First-time smartphone buyers would probably be comparing the 9380 to budget Android smartphones (maybe even an iPhone 3GS too).
14 years ago
BlackBerry Curve 9380 review
I'm a sucker for having a speedometer on whatever device I am using. I have one on my iPhone, Android and even my BlackBerry PlayBook that is dash mounted in the car. Just the other day I realized I didn't have one on my BlackBerry Smartphone and that just wouldn't do.
14 years ago
BlackBerry Curve 9380 Review
The BlackBerry Curve 9380 is the entry level full-touch smartphone offered by Research In Motion. When this was first announced in Jakarta, Indonesia, people were surprised because they were probably expecting a full-touch Torch but not a full-touch Curve model.
14 years ago
RIM's BlackBerry Curve 9380 makes a nervous entry in the mid-range touchscreen smartphone arena with BlackBerry 7 OS experience. Research In Motion ( RIM ) had introduced a touchscreen smartphone in its Curve series.
Pros:
- Lighter profile
- Plays majority 720p HD videos smoothly
- Features NFC
Cons:
- Moderate audio
- image output
- No FM Radio
14 years ago
BlackBerry Curve 9380
Tweet Research In Motion's (RIM's) BlackBerry Curve 9380 smartphone has the distinct honour of being the first touch-only smartphone to fall under the company's Curve range.
Pros:
- Very nice display for budget device excellent size and weight comes with Documents To Go capable camera
Cons:
- Noticeable dip in performance whilst multi-tasking only VGA video-recording portrait QWERTY keyboard a bit cramped
14 years ago
BlackBerry Curve 9380 Review
Curve 9380 Video Walkthrough Filmed live on location at BlackBerry headquarters in Waterloo, Ontario, in this video you'll get a good first look at the touchscreen BlackBerry Curve 9380 as CrackBerry Kevin and the Curve 9380 Product Marketing Manager walk through the phone.
Pros:
- The first touchscreen Curve
- Affordable
- Feels good in the hand
- Looks great - a nice evolution to standard BlackBerry touchscreen design
- JM-1 seems to deliver pretty solid battery life
- BlackBerry 7 features are nice - voice search
- digital compass
- etc
- Like its full qwerty sibling the Curve...
Cons:
- Buttons built into the screen look nice but are a bit hard to press
- No HD video recording or autofocus on the camera
- The super slim volume up/down and convenience key buttons are a little too minimalistic
- Battery door is tricky to get off
- especially if you don't know how to do it
- With 400MHz...
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