Crack for the masses? It doesn’t sound like a good thing, does it? But that’s just what the Blackberry Curve 8520 is going to be bringing our way. Until now, the Crackberry has been very much a minority market kinda thing. Suits, politicians, and the occasional president have been the mainstay of RIM’s ugly if effective range of smartphones. But the Blackberry Curve 8520 is going to be the cheapest version of the phone to date. Not cheap cheap, mind. You won’t be using this as your burner any time soon, for example. But it will definitely, as these Blackberry 8520 deals prove, open up the possibility of at least considering a Blackberry to more people than ever before. Not least, of course in the profitable pay-as-you-go market, no doubt one of the main reasons RIM have headed in this direction.
But just because this thing is cheap, you shouldn’t assume that this thing has been slap-dashed together as something RIM care nothing about. In fact, just the opposite. It not only has all the super-solid design that every Blackberry offers (these things are about as sturdy as phones get, in fact), but they’re also debuting a new piece of technology on it, so they clearly care about it. That new kit is the really smooth little optical trackpad, which replaces the sometimes-annoying trackball that’s featured on just about every Blackberry previously.
So, there we have it. Crack for you, for your kids, and for all the family… read this Blackberry 8520 review for even more details if you’re hungry for a fix.
