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8500 Series smartphones
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Overview of specifications

BlackBerry ®
Curve ™ 8530 smartphone
256 MB of memory installed
Wi-Fi
GPS
3G
2.0 MP
Video

BlackBerry ®
Curve ™ 8520 smartphone
256 MB of memory installed
Wi-Fi
2.0 MP
Video

Size & weight
8530, 8520
High 4:29 inches / 109 mm
2:36 inch width / 60 mm
0:55-inch thick / 13.9 mm
Weight 3.7 oz / 105 gr
Available colors
8530

8520

Screen
8530, 8520

Color display with 320 × 240 pixels resolution
high
The screen is sensitive to light
Font size is user selectable
Transmissive TFT LCD

Battery & battery life
8530

Lithium-ion batteries in 1150 mahr a removable / rechargeable
Talk time: Up to 4.5 hours (estimate)
Standby time: Up to 10.5 days / 252 hours (approximate)
8520
Lithium-ion batteries in 1150 mahr a removable / rechargeable
Talk time: Up to 4.5 hours (estimate)
Standby time: Up to 10.5 days / 252 hours (approximate)

Memory

8530, 8520
256 MB of memory installed
Additional memory with support for microSD card

Ring tones & notices
8530, 8520

Polyphonic ringtones / MIDI
MP3 ringtones
Vibrate mode
LED Indicators

Typing & Navigation
8530, 8520

35 keys on a QWERTY keyboard with backlight
Field of optical touch on the front
ESC button to the right of the field of touch
Menu button on the left touch field
Special buttons: Send, Power, Disconnect, Switch Sound, VAD (Can be user customized), Camera (Can be user customized), Volume / Zoom 2X
Media Keys: Forward, Back, Play

Modem
8530, 8520

RIM ® wireless modem
Tether modem capability

Camera &
video recording
8530, 8520

Camera 2.0 MP
5X digital zoom
The focus remains
Video recording

Media player
8530, 8520

Video formats: MPEG4, H.263, H.264, WMV9
Audio formats: MP3, AMR-NB, AMR-WB, EVRC QCELP, AAC-LC, AAC +, eAAC +, WMA9, Windows Media 10 Standard / Professional

Wi-Fi
8530, 8520

802.11 b / g
WPA / WPA2 Personal and Enterprise
Cisco Certified CCX
Wi-Fi ® access to BlackBerry ® Enterprise Server
Wi-Fi access to BlackBerry ® Internet Bundle
Supports UMA (depending on the operator)

Network operators
8530

Dual Band CDMA: 800/1900 MHz
Two mode CDMA: CDMA 2000 1X to EVDO

8520

Quad-band: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz GSM / GPRS
Quad-band: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz EDGE Network

Audio & Voice
8530

Value M4, T4 for hearing aids (only the band mobile)
Learn more about value for hearing aids (PDF, in English)

8530, 8520

3.5 mm headset socket
Internal Speakerphone

8530

Bluetooth ® v2.1

8520

Bluetooth v2.0

8530, 8520

HSP (Headset Profile)
HFP (Handsfree Profile)
Address Book Integration using the OBEX (Object Push)
PBAP (Phone book access profile)
SPP (serial port profile)
SSP (Secure Simple Pairing)
Audio stereo (A2DP/AVCRP)
DUN (Dial-up networking)

Security
8530, 8520

Protection of passwords with keyboard locking
Sleep mode
AES or Triple DES encryption with BlackBerry Enterprise Server
Optional Support for S / MIME
FIPS Validation

User manual

User Guide BlackBerry Curve 8530
User Guide BlackBerry Curve 8520

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Source: Id.Blackberry.com