Blackberry Curve 8900 Review

The Curve 8900 (sometimes referred to by its code name "Javelin" or Curve II) adds nothing groundbreaking but tweaks just the right things to make the BlackBerry Curve once again seem cool and competitive. It's currently offered by T-Mobile in the US, but rumor has it that the phone will eventually make its way to AT&T. And history tells us that the Curve II is likely to make it to Verizon and Sprint some time in the distant future since those carriers have offered their own variant of every BlackBerry released in the past several years. The Curve 8900 features BlackBerry OS 4.6, a 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus lens, GPS and WiFi with UMA calling (T-Mobile's @Home WiFi calling service). It's the thinnest BlackBerry by a slim margin and is significantly more compact than the capacious Bold. It has the Bold and Storm's black and chrome modern design that looks great and much less plasticky than the original Curve. Though it is made of plastic, the BlackBerry 8900 doesn't look like cheesy piece, rather quite the opposite. Though it doesn't look as chic as the Bold and lacks the leather-textured back, it costs less too.