The BlackBerry Curve 8520 is a smartphone from the BlackBerry Curve series manufactured in Canada. It is also known as the BlackBerry Gemini.
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| Manufacturer | BlackBerry |
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| Type | Candybar smartphone |
| Availability by region | September 2009 |
| Compatible networks | GSM 800/900/1800/1900 MHz |
| Form factor | Bar |
| Dimensions | 109 x 60 x 13.9 mm |
| Weight | 106 g (with battery) |
| Operating system | BlackBerry OS 5.0 |
| CPU | 512 MHz |
| Memory | 256 MB flash, 256 MB RAM |
| Removable storage | microSDHC Hot-swappable, support for up to 32 GB |
| Battery | Li-Ion 1150 mAh battery lithium-polymer |
| Rear camera | 2-megapixel (1600 x 1200 pixels) |
| Front camera | No |
| Display | 320×240 px (0.1 megapixels), 2.46 in, up to 65 k colours[1] |
| Connectivity | WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b, g, Integrated Bluetooth 2.0, microUSB, 3.5 mm audio jack |
| Data inputs | QWERTY thumb keyboard, Touch Sensitive Optical Trackpad |
Description
editThe BlackBerry Curve 8520 was a consumer-oriented smartphone and had standard features including mobile email, a calendar and instant messaging among many others.
The Curve 8520 had a new touch-sensitive optical trackpad 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.
This phone was capable of browsing the web with the EDGE network and receive and send emails via BlackBerry's push email network.
The Curve 8520 was discontinued in April 2012, when the BlackBerry Curve 9220 was introduced as its successor.