BlackBerry Curve 8900 to Hit U.K Shores on Dec 20

The BlackBerry Curve 8900 (codenamed Javelin) will be available in the U.K from 20th December onwards – you can purchase this very trendy Christmas gift from O2, T-Mobile and Carphone Warehouse. This latest model of the BlackBerry is 13.5 mm thick and the thinnest one with a full QWERTY keyboard. It weighs 110 grams.

The BlackBerry Curve 8900 features -

• A high resolution 480×360 pixel color display on a 2.44 inch TFT LCD that supports more than 65,000 colors.
• Data input and navigation is made easy with a 35 key backlit QWERTY keyboard; user customizable keys for Send, End, Mute, Lock, VAD; the user interface is intuitively navigable.
• A 3.2 mega pixel camera with auto focus, image stabilization, flash and 2X digital zoom. Using the video camera requires a MicroSD card and you can execute a video shoot in normal mode: 480×352 pixel and MMS Mode: 176×144 pixel.
• The removable/rechargeable cryptographic lithium cell offers 6 hours of talk time and 19 days of standby time.
• The GPS and BlackBerry Maps feature lets you plan your route and view it on your BlackBerry. Businesses can use this feature for employee- and resource-tracking.
• The BlackBerry Curve 8900 is 802.11b/g Wi-Fi enabled and offers access to the BlackBerry® Enterprise Server and the BlackBerry® Internet Server. You can avail direct Internet browsing and support for UMA/GAN. However, there is no support for 3G/HSDPA networks.
• The media player supports the following media formats for video – DivX, XviD (MPEG4 Advance Simple Profile), H.263, WMV3 and .3gp, WAV, MIDI, AMR-NB, G711u/A, GSM610, PCM, MP3, AAC/AAC+/eAAC+, WMA9/10 Standard/Pro for audio.