Stop the press Blackberry have today announced the new arrival of little BlackBerry curve 9360, which will complete the BlackBerry 7 photo album. And can play happy families with the new Torch and Bold models which were announced earlier in the month. Alongside the Curve 9350 and 9370 variants in other territories.

You will love BlackBerrys new curve 9360 it is so much slimmer and has Curves to die for not literally but you get my meaning. To look at its not that much different from previous models but the Curve 9360 just some how feels better.

The BlackBerry Curve 9360 has a supper curvaceous back making this supper sexy light weight phone fit like a glove. Measuring 109 x 60 x 11mm, making the new Bold 9900 feel a bit like holding a brick in comparison.
Of course the big difference between the Bold and the Curve is the screen and keyboard. The 2.44-inch 480×360 pixel display is vibrant and sharp, but sadly lacks the touch functions you’ll find on higher models.

Staying on the keyboard layout of former Curves, the 9360 offers the same great experience we have had in the past. Although you can quickly bash a load of text together the small keys can be a little uncomfortable and found the bigger models did not leave you with sore thumbs.

Look Around the back and you’ll find a 5-megapixel camera put unfortunately it doesn’t appear to be autofocus, so like its bigger brother, so your picks probably won’t be as sharp as some affordable smartphone rivals. So let’s talk Video, it’s not the best and tops out at 640 x 480, distinctly standard definition, but the price plays a big part in this so if you won’t great HD than you need to splash the cash. But if you want a cheaper smart little handset this is the one for you.

The BlackBerry Curve 9360 certainly doesn’t feel like a cheap phone. The build quality isn’t the premium metals that you’ll find on the Bold, but it feels solid in the hand. The glossy plastic back cover was quickly smeared with fingerprints, but we can live with that you just have to wipe it no big deal.

On the hardware front you don’t lose out either: although it a little bit slower 800MHz processor, you still get Wi-Fi, GPS, and NFC.

BlackBerry 7 finds its way into the Curve 9360 too, so there is consistency across RIM’s BlackBerry portfolio when it comes to the OS. This is the first time we’ve used BB7 without a touchscreen and so you’ll be back to that menu key and optical navigation controller in the center. It’s not as fast as the Bold to navigate but it works. In the short time we had hold of the handset everything worked great and opened and closed quickly, but as we didn’t have the phone long we can’t give a full account of the performance as soon as we can we will give the curve 9360 a full assessment, and report back so watch this space.

We can tell this handset is going to be a BIG hit and sell like hot cakes,
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