BlackBerry
Curve 8520

When it was launched, the BlackBerry Curve 8520 was described by the company as an “approachable new smartphone offering email, messaging, social networking, music and entertainment for people on the go." It was initially announced with T-Mobile USA but went on to be a worldwide success. It offered a range of services including access to email, messaging (instant messaging, SMS and MMS) and support for popular social networking sites at the time including Facebook and MySpace. Photos and videos could be captured on the phone’s two-megapixel camera. As with most BlackBerry devices, it featured a tactile full-qwerty keyboard as well as a touch-sensitive optical trackpad, which made scrolling and selection easier. Notably, there were dedicated media keys, integrated along the top of the handset offering a convenient way to control music and videos. The phone supported second-generation GSM services with quad-band support (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) allowing it to be used around the work. It also had built-in Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g)