BlackBerry Curve 8520

BlackBerry Curve 8520

Also known as	BlackBerry Gemini
Manufacturer	BlackBerry
Type	Candybar smartphone
Availability by region	September 2009
Successor	BlackBerry Curve 9300
Related	BlackBerry Pearl 9100 BlackBerry Bold 9700 BlackBerry Curve 8900
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 megapixels (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, Optical trackpad

The BlackBerry Curve 8520 (also known as BlackBerry Gemini) was a smartphone from the BlackBerry Curve series manufactured in Canada that was launched in 2009 and was in production until 2012. It was BlackBerry's first entry-level device, primarily targeted for emerging market consumers.

Description

The 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.

References

1. "BlackBerry Curve 8520", GSMArena .