- Smallest, lightest BlackBerry with full QWERTY keyboard--weighs just 3.9 ounces.
- Compatible with AT&T Navigator GPS and Mobile Music services; AT&T exclusive push-to-talk (PTT) walkie talkie-style communication.
- 2-megapixel camera with flash and 5x digital zoom; Bluetooth stereo music; MicroSD memory expansion to 4 GB.
- Up to 4 hours of talk time, up to 408 hours (17 days) of standby time.
- What's in the Box: handset, battery, charger, wired handsfree headset, USB cable, user manual, quick start guide.
Product description
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This mobile phone lets you send messages easily with the QWERTY
keyboard and trackball navigation, snap pictures with the
2.0-megapixel camera and check your e-mail via the Bluetooth
wireless 2.0 connection. Requires $30 or higher data add-on.
Early Termination Fee $325
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Swelling the Blackberry Curve's already formidable arsenal of
telephonic and connectivity tools, the red Blackberry 8310 Curve
now adds an internal GPS receiver with support for AT&T Navigator
turn-by-turn direction service and push-to-talk (PTT)
capability--an AT&T exclusive. An amalgam of the svelte
BlackBerry Pearl and the more business-oriented 8800, the 8310
Curve is the smallest, lightest BlackBerry phone that includes a
full QWERTY keyboard. And it combines RIM's long-valued push
email and messaging platform with a host of advanced multimedia
features, including a 2-megapixel camera and stereo Bluetooth
(for listening to music via wireless headphones). This quadband
phone operates on GSM 850/900/1800/1900 networks and can handle
high-speed data connectivity via AT&T's EDGE network, with
availability in more than 13,000 US cities and along some 40,000
miles of major highways. It also offers global voice roaming in
over 190 and data roaming in over 130 countries.
Staying Connected
The svelte BlackBerry 8310 Curve in red (an AT&T exclusive)
offers a full QWERTY keyboard, innovative trackball navigation
system (placed above the keyboard) and large 2.5-inch screen. The
Blackberry 8310 Curve delivers the legendary BlackBerry email
experience. With BlackBerry service plans from AT&T, you can
receive emails instantaneously from up to 10 email accounts
(personal and enterprise). With BlackBerry push technology, you
don't need to retrieve your email. BlackBerry devices are
designed to remain on and continuously connected to the wireless
network, allowing you to be discreetly notified as new email
arrives. Support is also built-in for viewing email attachments
(Word, Excel, PowerPoint, WordPerfect, and PDF formats).
If your company has a BlackBerry Enterprise Server installed,
you can also take advantage of the power of wireless
synchronization. Your events are exchanged wirelessly
and automatically so that your desktop and BlackBerry
handheld are synchronized. All your Outlook meeting
requests, changes, and updates are instantaneously synchronized
instantaneously with your desktop. Make meeting requests, invite
new attendees and more, all on your Blackberry 8310 Curve. Users
without BlackBerry Enterprise Server support can manually sync
with their desktop s and contacts via Bluetooth or USB
using the included BlackBerry Desktop Software.
BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS) is complimentary with the
activation of a AT&T BlackBerry service plan (additional charges
apply) and provides customers with the ability to have their
personal or work email pushed automatically to their BlackBerry
phone from multiple Internet Service Provider (ISP) email
accounts. BIS provides automatic wireless synchronization of
read, deleted, and sent email from the your BlackBerry phone to
their desktop email account. Users with multiple accounts can
choose from multiple "sent from" addresses when sending an email.
You can also download ringtones and other content via AT&T's
popular MEdia Net service or browse the Web using the BlackBerry
HTML Browser. Wireless text messaging and multimedia messaging
(MMS) are also supported by the BlackBerry 8310.
AT&T Exclusive Features
Among the unique features of the Blackberry 8310 Curve are
AT&T's Push-to-Talk (PTT) service and TeleNav GPS Navigator. AT&T
Push-to-Talk boasts the largest push to talk coverage area in
America. PTT features on the BlackBerry 8310 include
"availability" icons, quick group calling, and the ability to
easily convert a PTT session to a regular wireless voice call.
You can use your 8310 Curve to Push-to-Talk to communicate with
individual colleagues or friends, or set up groups for broader
communication. The PTT button, on the left side of the device
(noted by three raised dots), easily facilitates each PTT call
(simply press and hold to talk after the chirp and release when
finished). In addition, the AT&T service offers such standard PTT
features as call waiting, contact alerts, as well as text,
picture, and voice messaging to anyone in their contact list.
You can take advantage of the AT&T Navigator GPS software and
service, a full-featured premium navigation application that
includes audible turn-by-turn directions, real-time traffic
updates and re-routing options, and 3D moving s (additional
charges applicable). AT&T Navigator offers several other features
to make your commute more enjoyable and reliable, including
mobile access to Yellowpages.com. Additionally, AT&T Navigator is
the only mobile phone-based GPS service that provides integrated
speech re for address entry and points of interest
search.
You'll also be able to access the AT&T Mobile Music service,
which enables you access to the Napster and eMusic subscription
music services.
Phone Design & Features
This 8310 Curve is fashioned in a red finish and subtly curving
corners. Measuring 4.2 x 2.4 inches, the Curve is just as slim as
the Pearl (0.6 inches) and weighs in at 3.9 ounces--just 0.7
ounces heavier than its predecessor. It features a bright
2.5-inch color TFT screen that provides 65,000 colors and a 320 x
240-pixel resolution, and it includes a light-sensing feature
that automatically adjusts backlighting for indoor, outdoor and
dark environments. Like the BlackBerry 8800, the Curve includes a
trackball navigation system located on the top of the QWERTY
keypad, and it also features an integrated spell checker with a
customizable dictionary to help maintain accuracy while on the
go. It has 64 MB of internal ROM memory, and is expandable using
MicroSD memory cards (up to 4 GB in size). The battery provides
up to 4 hours (240 minutes) of talk time and up to 17 days (408
hours) of standby time.
You can snap vivid photos (though no video) using the
2-megapixel camera on the back of the Curve, which also features
a 5x digital zoom, built-in flash, self-portrait mirror and full
screen viewfinder. It can capture images in up to three picture
quality and size resolutions that can be shared instantly by
email, MMS or BlackBerry Messenger, or even uploaded to your
Flickr account with the Yahoo! Go service. Photos can also be
immediately set as a unique caller ID or Home Screen image. You
can edit photos and create albums within the Curve using the
PhotoSuite application. Pictures can be cropped, rotated and
straightened, and flaws can be fixed by removing redeye or
changing the brightness, contrast, and saturation levels.
Listen to your favorite music and watch downloaded videos using
the included stereo headset, or use an optional wireless
headphone thanks to the Curve's support for the Bluetooth stereo
audio profile (A2DP/AVRCP). The Curve is compatible with a wide
variety of file formats, including MP3, WMA and AAC/AAC+/eAAC+
audio and WMV, MPEG4 and H.263 video. Dedicated volume controls
are conveniently located on the side of the handset. You can also
subscribe to the AT&T Music service, which includes access to
online subscription music content from eMusic, XM Satellite Radio
and more.
With the Voice-Activated Dialing (VAD) feature, you can initiate
a call just by telling the Curve who to call from your contact
list--either via the integrated speakerphone or using an optional
Bluetooth wireless headset. Other advanced phone features include
advanced sound technology that cancels out background noise and
echo, dedicated volume and mute keys, and the ability to
customize the Curve with polyphonic and MP3 ringtones.
Vital Statistics
The BlackBerry 8310 Curve weighs 3.9 ounces and measures 4.2 x
2.4 x 0.6 inches. Its 1100 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up
to 4 hours of talk time, and up to 408 hours (17 days) of digital
standby time. It runs on the 850/900/1800/1900 GSM/GPRS/EDGE
frequencies.
