BlackBerry Curve 8900

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For a review and analysis of the BlackBerry Curve 8900, please visit the blog post at http://www.phonewreck.com/2009/02/19/blackberry-curve-8900-review-and-teardown/

The BlackBerry Curve 8900 is a of smartphone developed by Research In Motion. It is the successor to the popular BlackBerry Curve 8300.

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Product Features & Specifications

Technical Specifications

Operating System BlackBerry OS 4.6
Network Support GSM/GPRS/EDGE, GSM: 850/900/1800/1900MHz
Screen 2.44" HVGA (320 x 480px), 65k Color TFT
Input Method QWERTY Keyboard, Atomic Trackball
Wi-Fi 802.11b/g with UMA support
GPS Internal GPS equipped with BB Maps (On 8310)
Bluetooth Bluetooth v2.0, A2DP and AVCRP support
Camera 3.2MP Camera with LED Flash
Storage Internal 256MB Storage, External MicroSDHC Slot
Connection Ports Micro-USB 2.0 Hi-Speed, 3.5mm stereo audio jack
Physical Attributes Dimension: 109mm x 60mm x 14mm, Weight: 112g

Media Support

Audio Support Codecs: MP3/WMA/AAC+
Video Support Codecs: DivX/WMV/XviD/3GP
Browser BlackBerry Browser with full HTML support

Bill of Materials

Processor Freescale SC29746VK @ 512Mhz Processor
Screen Samsung 2.44" HVGA LCD, 65k Color TFT
Storage Samsung MCP - 1Gb OneNAND + Mobile DDR
Wi-Fi Texas Instruments WL1253B
GPS SiRF GSC3LTi
USB 2.0 Mass Storage Cypress Semiconductor CYWB01294AB
Audio Texas Instruments AC3106I (TLV320AIC3106I)
RF Transceiver Freescale Quad-Band GSM/GPRS/EDGE
Power Management PMIC: Texas Instruments TPS65851
Power Amp (GSM): Skyworks SKY77256-11
Power Amp (Wi-Fi 2.4GHz): Texas Instruments WL1251FE

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