The Blackberry 8520 offers comprehensive functionality that is incorporated into a handset that is both stylish and user-friendly. This particular model is now available in a purple colour variation, which provides another choice option for this particular range. The phone measures 109 mm x 60 mm wide whilst being 13 mm thick, and weighs 106 g in weight.

Connectivity is an integral feature of the Blackberry range of mobile phones, and in this handset, is well defined. This phone provides GPRS and EDGE, both of which are class 10 in combination with microUSB and blue tooth connections. Internet access is provided by the Wi Fi connection, which means that the handset can be utilised in a wide array of places wherever available hotspots are located.

The phone utilises a 512 MHz processor in combination with its own proprietary Blackberry operating system. The 256 MB of internal memory is sufficient for most requirements however for those who require further memory capacity, the available built in microSD card slot offers the opportunity to increase memory up to 32 GB.

The Blackberry 8520 Purple comes with an impressive 2.4 inch TFT display screen that displays 65,000 colours within a screen that is 320 x 240 pixels in size. The display screen offers an excellent clarity of image with a depth of colour reproduction that is exceptional. A full QWERTY keyboard is provided, which sits comfortably underneath the display screen and offers simple and effective data and text entry. The inclusion of a touch sensitive optical track pad offers the means to navigate around the functionality with ease.

The MP4/MP3 media player is an impressive element of this particular handset and offers media playing capabilities whilst supporting the majority of file formats including MP3, MP4, WMA and WMV. The phones snapshot style 2.0 megapixel camera not only takes photographic imagery but also provides the means to take video as an alternative. Video recording is at QVGA quality.

The Purple Blackberry 8520 is an impressively colourful rendition of this particularly popular handset. The brand is well known as an expressive and useful mobile phone, and this particular variant adds another dimension to this particular range.

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