The well rounded Blackberry 8330 Curve is a full QWERTY Keypad device offering the latest capabilities from RIM Blackberry. The smartphone highlights are GPS, Bluetooth, and a 2-megapixel camera, however not limited to these features.

Starting with the messaging features, the Curve 8330 offers synchronization with your company's BlackBerry Enterprise server with support for Microsoft Exchange, IBM Lotus Domino, or Novell GroupWise for real-time corporate e-mail delivery. You can also use the BlackBerry Internet Service to access as many as 10 personal/business POP3 or IMAP4 e-mail accounts. There's a built-in spell-check function for e-mails and you also get an attachment viewer that opens popular file formats, such as Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Corel WordPerfect, PDF, JPEG, GIF, and more. Finally, another group very well used is instant messanger applications such as AIM, Yahoo, and Google Talk instant-messaging clients in addition to BlackBerry Messenger are all supported.

Phone features include a speakerphone, voice dialing and commands, conference calling, text and multimedia messaging, and call audio enhancement, which lets you boost the bass or treble of sound. The address book is limited only by the available memory, and each entry can hold up to eight numbers, work and home addresses, e-mail and Web addresses, company information, and notes. For caller ID purposes, you can assign a photo to a contact as well as a group category--business or personal--or one of 45 polyphonic ringtones.

The 8330 Curve also has Bluetooth 2.0 for use with mono and stereo headsets, hands-free kits, and dial-up networking. If you want to use the 8330 Curve as a wireless modem, you will need to subscribe to a BroadbandAccess plan. You won't have to invest in a Bluetooth GPS receiver, since the smartphone has a built-in GPS radio. You can use this with a location-based service, or other mobile navigation software to get real-time tracking, directions, local search, and more.