Researh In Motion has just introduced one of the newest smartphone BlackBerry Curve 9220. With a selling price of USD 1.999 million, - the phone is intended as a successor to the Curve 8520 Gemini and released to the younger generation. BlackBerry Curve 9220 to rely on OS 7.1, 512 MB RAM, 2 MP camera, specifically the fuel and the only BlackBerry smartphone is equipped with a radio feature.
The main specifications of the BlackBerry Curve 9220
BlackBerry OS 7.1
512 MB RAM
A 2.44-inch, 320 x 240 pixels
2 MP camera
Special key fuel
FM Radio
Battery 1450mAh
The sales package
BlackBerry Curve 9220
JS1 Battery 1450mAh
Charger Adapter
MicroUSB data cable
Warranty card and manual
2.Desain and Body
Curve 9220 has a slightly similar design Curve 8520 Gemini. Sebsar phone has dimensions of 109 x 60 x 12.7 mm and weighs only 102 grams. Difference in thickness by about 1mm and the Curve 8520 a bit lighter.
Front view of 9220 Curve glance looks similar to the Gemini. At the center of the BlackBerry logo are earpiece and LED notification light there. Screen size of 2.44 inches with 320 x 240 pixel resolution looks forward to complete the Curve 9220. Striking differences appear in the navigation buttons separate, different from the Gemini looks together. Optical Trackpad hallmark of BlackBerry right in the middle between the other navigation buttons. Sett and a full QWERTY keyboard that looks a bit wider than the Gemini, is maximized for keperlian convenient and quick typing.
Looks back of the phone has a rounded design. Whole body is dominated by a black plastic material. The rear look is minimalist, there is only the BlackBerry logo on the lid of the battery, a 2 MP camera on the top left corner and carvings Curve at the top center. Curve camera and engravings lay in a list / black rubber frame which connects to the rubber list on the left, right and bottom of the phone.
On the left side of the phone there is a microUSB port and a dedicated key fuel. On the right side of the phone there are volume up, volume down and the little button that serves as the play / pause. In addition there is a shortcut button for the camera.
On the upper side there is a button lock Hannya phone in the middle and a 3.5 mm audio port. On the down side there is a speaker phone for the exit out of multimedia sound.
The use of glossy plastic body, make the phone easy to look dull because of attachment of fingerprints or oil, and if not carefully slip sometimes occur when handling this phone for a little slippery.
3.Interface
BlackBerry Curve 9220 OS 7.1 has been used inter-face does not look different from the OS 7.0. Interface displayed on a screen of 2.44 inches with a resolution of 320 x 240 pixels. Although the displays were bright enough but not too sharp. On the home page screen there is important information such as battery status, network, signal strength, time and date.
There are some short cuts through the home screen which is also owned all the other BlackBerry 7. You can access the network settings, clock settings and other options by clicking on the screen at the top of the information contained hours, dates and so on. Also in the top left corner there is a small icon shaped speakers that can go directly to the profile settings. Whereas in the right corner there is a small icon shaped magnifying glass that can be used to access the universal search feature. Between these two there is a small icon bar you can open the notification.
7 OS interface is divided into several pages which are divided into five, namely:
All: contains all the applications on the smartphone
Favorites: shows your favorite applications that you have previously marked
Media: multimedia menu contains a menu-like camera, pictures, videos, music, and other
Downloads: contains third-party applications that you downloaded
Frequent: contains the applications that you open most often
4.Input Text
Curve 9220 full QWERTY keyboard count as the only means of text input. The keyboard has the typical arrangement, the wider, more cushioned and comfortable, so that typing becomes more rapid and accurate.
5.Contacts
The contacts menu on the Curve 9220 looks the same as other 7 BlackBery OS. Simply displayed in a list sorted by abjadnya. Contact details can be added quite a lot like Title, Company, Email, PIN, Birthday, Website, Notes, etc.. Favorite contacts you can add a custom ring tones of your choice, so you can distinguish between incoming calls only through ring tones only.
6.Messaging
Messaging capabilities Curve 9220 is complete, and the ability to push email from BlackBerry is still the main security features are very useful for most users. E-mail addresses from various domains can be set to dipush to the BlackBerry.
BlackBerry Messenger is also a key to the success of the BlackBerry that makes the BlackBerry still survive to this day. You can add thousands of contact / PIN, send images / files / voice messaging, group chat melaukan, broadcast messages, put a picture of the profile, status and other updates via BBM. Delivery and reception of messages quickly, and does not require a login / logout, which means you will always be connected with your friends anytime and anywhere as long as BIS connection is available.
Besides the two main features above there are several other features of the Messaging category, such as SMS menu that comes with emoticons and sending messages via PIN Message.
Slight deficiencies are a BlackBerry user interface is very simple, compared to other OS.
7.Camera
BlackBerry Curve 9220 comes with a resolution of 2 MP camera, but unfortunately not equipped with auto focus and LED flash support. For the smartphone for less than 2 million, the features and capabilities of the camera is still very minimal and well below its competitors, especially from the Android platform.
Scenes that can be selected is very limited unlike the Bold 9790 or Bold 9900. Scenes that can be selected only Auto and Night. Curve 9220 camera features a 4x Digital Zoom, and does not have effect, in contrast to its predecessor Gemini who has a choice of two effects: Black and White and Sephia.
Video Recorder
Video recorder on the Curve 9220 is very simple, without any features. On the settings you can adjust video size, there are 2 options to choose the size of the VGA 640 x 480 pixels or 176 x 144 MMS pixel mode. Video recordings of Mp4 format and automatically stored in external memory card.
8.Gallery
Curve 9220 photo gallery with 7 other BlackBerry devices. Front view gallery divided into several categories folder which you can choose, for example camera pictures, picture library and wallpaper. . Gallery on the Curve 9220 are separated from each other between file photo, music and video. In the gallery there is also a shortcut to get to the camera application.
Through this menu we can make pictures that we choose as wallpaper or as a contact photo in our phonebook. There are also properties menu to see the detail information of an image. You can also enjoy the photo gallery slideshow feature.
9.Music
Initial view is very simple music player. The songs are categorized according to several categories, such as:
All Songs
Artists
Albums
Genres
Playlists
Information displayed is quite clearly a song and its album art, song title information, singer, music genre and track length information. While on page Now Playing Album Art displayed a fairly large, song title, singer name, album name, track length and information.
Music player on the Curve 9220 headset features mendunkung Equalizer, EQ options are available pretty much the same as the BlackBerry Bold 9790, namely:
Bass Boost
Lower Bass
Dance
Hip Hop
Jazz
Lounge
Loud
R & B
Rock
Treble Boost
Lower Treble
Vocal Boost
Although it only has one speaker at the bottom, the Curve 9220 is able to produce a loud enough voice (powerful) and is quite clear. Composition of the resulting sound is very balanced, not too sharp, shrill sound.
Video Player
Considering this is not a multimedia smartphone, the Curve 9220 video player has a relatively mediocre ability. Format that can be played only mp4 and 3gp only. Plus the small screen and low resolution is not supported in the comfort of watching the video. Video player feature only as a supplement only.
10.Browser
Because the Curve 9220 are already using OS 7.1, features of the browser on the Curve 9220 has the same capabilities with BlackBerry OS 7 browser other devices. When compared to its predecessor (Gemini), the browser get a significant increase in terms of appearance, performance and speed. BlackBerry Browser is equipped with Flash Player. Utilize pointer navigation trackpad. BlackBerry Curve 9220's browser is capable of opening more than 30 web pages simultaneously.
11.Connectivity
GSM 850/900/1800/1900
Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g / n
Bluetooth v2.1 with A2DP
MicroUSB 2.0
MicroSD up to 32 GB
12.Aplikasi BlackBerry Curve 9220
BlackBerry Messenger
BlackBerry App World
Facebook for BlackBerry
Twitter for BlackBerry
Yahoo Messenger
Windows Live Messenger
Google Talk
BlackBerry Maps
Social Feeds
Documents to go
13.FM Radio
FM Radio is one of the features built into the BlackBerry Curve 9220. There has been no previous BlackBerry devices equipped with FM Radio. It looks simple enough and there are only a few frequency bar navigation buttons like play / stop, favorites, and headset / loudspeaker.
14.Battery Hold
BlackBerry Curve 9220 Li-Ion battery has a capacity of 1450mAh, the largest among the ranks of the BlackBerry OS 7 others. And also no support for 3G connectivity then this smartphone has a battery life very good. During the three-day review process (on average 5 hour / day) to connect to WiFi and a pretty intense with the use of a battery that was originally in the position of 65% fell to 10% only. If the normal use of the BIS to connect to the network, we believe that this phone can last around 20-24h which means enough for all day use. As a comparison BlackBerry BIS Bellagio with a 3G connection can only survive 12 hours for normal daily use.
Security is relative ** batteries and depending on the activity of the use, condition the signal operator, room temperature and others.
15.Conclusion
BlackBerry Curve 9220 BlackBerry Gemini directed as a successor, but unfortunately there is no significant improvement in addition to the use of OS 7.1, 512 MB RAM and a large capacity battery. In the design of the Curve 9220 has a design that is lighter and slimmer than the BlackBerry Gemini. Keypad is more comfortable and wide enough to help when typing. Multimedia is very minimal and poor camera features a pretty fatal flaws. The absence of 3G connectivity on the smartphone for $ 200dollars is really very unfortunate, given the same price mobile phone users can get a more complete other rivals.
Pros:
The design is lighter and slimmer
Excellent durability
The browser is quite fast and capable of opening multiple tabs
Speaker sound quality is good enough
Embedded FM Radio
Disadvantages:
Over price
There is no 3G connectivity
Poor camera with no autofocus feature and without the support LED Flash
Multimedia is very simple
