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Blackberry Curve series has added new family members with the presence Blackberry Curve 8900, or more familiarly called the Javelin.

A sleek new twist on a classic style. You can keep your finger on the pulse of what’s important to you with the BlackBerry Curve  8900 smartphone. No pomp, also not too small. Not too heavy, and nor too soft. Briefly, this is the most fit Blackberry for Blackberry fans.

Curve 8900 design

was inherited the typical face Curve 8300. But overall, the appearance follow Bold style. Look at the black shine and a touch of chrome garnish on its body. Easy way to depict Curve 8900 Blackberry is imagine Bold body style with the edge of Nokia E71.

Specifications :

• Faster 512 MHz proccessor.
• Dimensions:  2.36″Width x 4.29″Height x .53″Depth and 3.87 ounces Weight
• Camera: 3.2 MP camera (JPEG Encoding) with Auto focus, Image stabilization, Flash and 2X Digital ZoomWi-Fi Support
• Video Camera: Normal Mode: 240×180 pixel, MMS Mode: 176×144 pixel
• Built-in GPS with Blackberry Maps
• Wi-Fi 802.11b/g enabled
• Bluetooth v2.0 + EDR; Headset, Handsfree, Serial Port Profile, Stereo Audio (A2DP/AVCRP), SIM Access Profile and Dial-up Networking supported
• Enhanced Media Player and Video Recording
• Office, Browser and Wireless Email features
• Battery: 1400 mAHr removable/rechargeable cryptographic lithium cell
• Talk Time: 5.5 hours
• Standby Time: 356 hours
• 35 key backlit QWERTY keyboard
• Trackball located on front face of device, ESC key to the right, Menu to the left
• Dedicated Keys: Send, End, Mute, Lock, VAD (user customizable), 2-stage camera (user customizable), 2x volume/zoom
• User Interface: Intuitive icons and menus
• Display : HVGA 480×360 pixel TFT LCD, 65,000 color, screen size: 2.44″ (diagonally measured)

Although not a touch screen, screen looks bright and sharp, even when we roast in the middle of the sun blazing down.

From the port, Javelin separate functions of the headset port of the charger / data transfer by adding a 3.5mm jack. This means we can use an alternative headset  if wishing more clear voice quality. The sound quality of  default headset can make you swung. The external speaker is located aft under the camera lens and lighting. Sound can be tuned to maximum loud and clear sound bearable.

For data storage, there are 256Mb internal memory and microSD / SDHC slot which is support up to 16Gb. However, it should be noted that you will be little bit bothered to change the memory card, because it lying behind the casing.

Be pitied rather from the Javelin is it not support 3G. But at least there are still Wi-Fi (802.11 b / g) facility, which can be used as an alternative Internet connection. In addition, there are GPS facilitiy available using the GPS map BlackBerry Maps made by  Tele Atlas and Google Maps as assistants. Be regarded a good accuracy, although the connection to the satellite feels slow.

As business device, Javelin equiped by a lot of job application. We will find a lot of personal management application and also document maker. Don’t forget to Blackberry enterprise solutions. One of the services that we are familiar in the ears is the BlackBerry push email. RIM include easy access to social networking sites like Facebook in applications.