BlackBerry
Curve 8900

The BlackBerry 8900 Curve was primarily aimed at business users and was purchased by many existing BlackBerry users looking for an upgrade. It was initially announced with T-Mobile in Germany. It was later launched in many other markets including the UK and USA. It was launched shortly after the ill-fated BlackBerry Storm, and was a welcome return to the traditional BlackBerry physical keyboard. It featured the same 3.2-megapixel camera as the Storm and also had a built-in media player and a 3.5mm jack allowing users to listen to music using their own headphones. The device had built-in GPS and offered the Blackberry Maps service which offered turn-by-turn directions. A notable omission from the device was support for 3G technology. Although the device supported Wi-Fi, the company’s reticence to support this new standard was one of the contributors to its eventual downfall, although at the time few users were too troubled that 3G was not supported. Wi-Fi and GPS had not previously been offered in BlackBerry Curve devices so this was considered to be a major boost to the specs. The device in the Mobile Phone Museum collection is a T-Mobile-branded variant.