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product
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"more powerful, keyboard-equipped smart phone"...
Pcworld.com
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"The phone works with T-Mobile's $20-per-month (on top of your voice and data plan) HotSpot@Home service, which permits unlimited calls over Wi-Fi networks."...
Computerworld.com
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"The smart phone also has a 2-megapixel camera, Bluetooth, and a media player."...
Cnet
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display
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"The BlackBerry Curve's 2.5-inch, 320x240-pixel display is crisp, bright, and easy to read, even in bright daylight--its light-sensing technology automatically adjusts screen brightness for outdoor viewing."...
Computershopper.com
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"gorgeous, visible-in sunlight screen"...
Pcmag.com
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"Its 320-by-240-pixel screen is gorgeous"...
PCWorld
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"The screen is capable of displaying 65k colors and is extremely bright at 100%; too bright for AT&T's washed out theme (RIM's Dimension theme is pre-installed as well and we opted for it and its more familiar icon set)."...
Mobiletechreview.com
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"The display screen was clear and easy to view in all lighting situations"...
Cnet.com.au
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"We didn't have any problems reading the contents of the screen under various lighting conditions, and both text and images were sharp and vibrant."...
Asia.cnet.com
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"In addition, you can customize the screen with various themes and wallpaper, as well as adjust the font size, family, and style."...
Asia.cnet.com
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"you will immediately recognize how good the Curve's display looks as soon as you watch a video."...
Brighthand.com
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"One notable improvement to the video player is the support for full-screen mode, so you can take advantage of the entire screen's real estate."...
Review.zdnet.com
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keypad
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"The keys are evenly spaced and very readable regardless of the keyboard backlight status or the light levels in the room."...
Mobileburn.com
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"The Curve's speakerphone, activated by a handy hardware button, delivered loud and clear conversations."...
Computershopper.com
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"The buttons for the keyboard have positive resistance."...
Brighthand.com
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"The multipurpose Mute/Standby/Music key is located on the top of the 8300."...
Mobileburn.com
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keyboard
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"the BlackBerry Curve 8300 smartphone is the smallest and lightest BlackBerry smartphone ever to come with a full QWERTY keyboard."...
Reviews.digitaltrends.com
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"the BlackBerry Curve's full QWERTY keyboard offers a better typing experience"...
Asia.cnet.com
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"offers a fantastic keyboard with a large and readable display."...
Mobileburn.com
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"the highlight of the Curve is its impressive keyboard."...
Mobileburn.com
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"Entering text on the keyboard is quite comfortable and speedy for anyone familiar with BlackBerry keyboards."...
Brighthand.com
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camera
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"the two megapixel camera in the Curve is more useful than many others."...
Brighthand.com
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"but the two megapixel camera in the Curve is more useful than many others."...
Brighthand.com
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"The device's camera still doesn't have video-recording capabilities, and call quality sounded a bit hollow."...
Review.zdnet.com
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"The device's camera still doesn't have video-recording capabilities, and call quality sounded a bit hollow"...
Cnet
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performance
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"the processor keeps the operating system moving quickly and applications run without much (if any) lag."...
Brighthand.com
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"a 312MHz processor might sound slow by notebook standards, the processor keeps the operating system moving quickly and applications run without much (if any) lag."...
Brighthand.com
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appearance
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"The silver-and-black color scheme is standard but attractive nonetheless."...
Asia.cnet.com
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"The 8300 is surprisingly light for a smartphone with its range of capabilities."...
Brighthand.com
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"The overall design of the 8300 is simple yet stylish, with only two connectors and logically placed buttons."...
Brighthand.com
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"The overall design of the BlackBerry Curve 8300 is perfectly suited to its messaging focus."...
Mobileburn.com
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sound quality
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"The included stereo earphones provide clean, distortion-free sound"...
Brighthand.com
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"Sound is decent through the mono speaker and very good with the included 3.5mm stereo headset with inline mic."...
Mobiletechreview.com
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"There's a new spell-checker for e-mail and memos, and audio technology that automatically adjusts call volume in noisy environments."...
Review.zdnet.com
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"don't come with particularly good internal speakers, and working out where on your ear to place the phone for best audio quality can be tricky"...
Cnet.com.au
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casing
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"The entire case feels surprisingly durable despite its plastic construction."...
Brighthand.com
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music player
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"Music playback through the device's speakers was impressive for a cell phone, with fairly full sound and decent balance"...
Review.zdnet.com
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"music sounded fine on the device using the included headphones that come with the Curve (RIM has added a standard 3.5mm jack, enabling you to use your own 'phones)."...
Computershopper.com
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call quality
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"The range was quite good, and we got about 20 feet before voice quality degraded."...
Mobiletechreview.com
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"We tested the device in New York City and upstate New York and found that call quality was very good and coverage was not a problem."...
Computershopper.com
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6.
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"call quality was just OK."...
Cnet
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image
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"You can also pick from superfine, fine and good photo quality options"...
Cooltechzone.com
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4.
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"The photos were lackluster at best with faded colors with a cloudy hue."...
Cooltechzone.com
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5.
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"The images I captured with the camera were adequate but (like most pictures taken with camera phones) a tad fuzzy."...
PCWorld
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video player
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"Video playback is smooth and sound is in sync with video even at QVGA resolution"...
Mobiletechreview.com
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"The media player included with this device is robust and easy to use."...
Brighthand.com
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