The BlackBerry Curve 8520 is a smartphone from the
BlackBerry Curve
BlackBerry Curve is a brand of professional smartphones that were manufactured by BlackBerry Ltd from 2007 until 2013.
Early series
Curve 8300 Series
The BlackBerry Curve brand was introduced on May 3, 2007 with OS version 4.5 with the Curve 8 ...
series manufactured in
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...
. It is also known as the BlackBerry Gemini.
Description
The BlackBerry Curve 8520 is a consumer smartphone and has standard features including mobile email, calendar and instant messaging among many others.
The Curve 8520 has a new touch-sensitive
optical trackpad
An optical trackpad is an input device based on an optical sensor, which detects the displacement of a finger that is moving on top of it. The sensor is used typically in smartphones, where it replaces the D-pad, and in ultra-portable or ultra-mob ...
as opposed to the trackball used on many other BlackBerry devices - this is said to improve the ease of scrolling through menus, emails, Web pages and images.
The Curve 8520 was discontinued in April 2012, when the
BlackBerry Curve 9220
BlackBerry Curve is a brand of professional smartphones that were manufactured by BlackBerry Ltd from 2007 until 2013.
Early series
Curve 8300 Series
The BlackBerry Curve brand was introduced on May 3, 2007 with OS version 4.5 with the Curve 8 ...
was introduced as its successor.
References
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Mobile phones with an integrated hardware keyboard
Curve 8520