The Blackberry 8520 is now available in a new effervescent purple colour variation that adds a little something extra to the range. Blackberry is a well known brand that has become renowned for offering innovative handsets. This particular unit measures 109 mm x 60 mm wide whilst measuring 13 mm thick, in which, is encompassed an impressive level of technology.

For those who know Blackberry, will know that connectivity is one of the central tenements of any handset and this one is no different with GPRS and EDGE, being provided as class 10 versions, in conjunction with microUSB and blue tooth connections. The Bluetooth connection is version 2.0 and includes A2DP. Internet access is provided by the Wi Fi connection and provides an effective means of surfing the web and accessing e-mails, by virtue of the numerous hotspots located around the country.

The functionality is ably supported by virtue of a 512 MHz processor and the Blackberry operating system which provides a suitable platform for the effective use of functionality enclosed therein. The unit provides 256 MB of internal memory, with the option to increase the memory capacity by making use of the included microSD card slot, which provides the means to utilise cards to increase capacity up to 32 GB.

The Blackberry 8520 Purple provides an impressive 2.4 inch TFT display screen in conjunction with a responsive and useful full QWERTY keyboard. The display screen offers 65,000 colour display capability which ensures that imagery displayed is vibrant and colourful. The benefits of a full QWERTY keyboard are well documented, and in this case is one of the key elements of this particular handset. The phone also provides a touch sensitive optical track pad as further means of navigation.

For entertainment purposes the unit provides a MP4/MP3 media player which is able to play the majority of audio and video files including MP3, MP4, WMA and WMV. The handset also provides a 2.0 megapixel camera that takes snapshot imagery, suitable for displaying on the screen, as well as doubling up as a video capture device that can record QVGA quality video.

The Purple Blackberry 8520 is an impressive colour variant, which offers the usual expected features and functions that a Blackberry provides. Effective connectivity allowing interactive communication capabilities whilst out and about as well as providing the tools required to work while on the move, are the mainstay features of a Blackberry handset, and this handset provides them all.

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