BlackBerry Curve 8310

The BlackBerry® 8700g at Centennial Wireless

Overview

Featuring a metallic finish, clean lines and soft edges, the BlackBerry® Curve™ 8310 smartphone is the smallest and lightest BlackBerry® smartphone ever to come with a full QWERTY keyboard.

It’s packed with incredible features*, including a camera, media player, built-in GPS, expandable memory, Voice Dialing, BlackBerry® Maps and trackball navigation. Plus, you get all the core functionality you’ve come to expect in a BlackBerry smartphone—email and text messaging, instant messaging, web browser and advanced phone functionality.

The BlackBerry Curve—it’s your connection to everything that matters.

Features Available

Stay in Touch

  • Wireless email: Send, receive, forward and reply to messages, and view attachments in popular file formats.
  • Advanced phone features: Speakerphone and Voice Activated Dialing, user-definable convenience keys and dedicated Send, End and Mute keys
  • Instant Messaging: Connect with your IM contacts using popular applications like Yahoo!® Messenger and Google Talk™
  • SMS and MMS*: Send text messages and images in an instant.

Enjoy Life

  • Media player: Listen to your favorite songs and watch video clips**.
  • Camera: Capture the moment in perfect clarity with 2.0MP, built-in zoom and flash.
  • 3.5mm stereo headset capable

Find the Info You Need

  • Browser: Navigate and browse websites with a roll and click of the trackball.
  • Organizer: Synch and store your calendar data, address book and more.
  • Corporate data access* : Access your vital corporate databases and applications from anywhere.
  • BlackBerry® Maps: Get directions and view maps while on the road.
  • Global Positioning System (GPS): View your geographic location and pair with BlackBerry® Maps and other location-based applications to aid navigation.

Maximize Convenience

  • Tethered modem capability: Use your smartphone as a wireless modem for your laptop or PC*.
  • 64 MB of built-in memory and an expandable microSD memory slot1.
  • Bluetooth® capability for hands-free dialogue.
  • Full QWERTY keyboard layout for fast text and email composition.
  • High-resolution, light-sensing screen
  • Rated for hearing aids (PDF): M3, T3

Enterprise friendly

The BlackBerryCurve 8310 smartphone works with your organization's BlackBerry® Enterprise Solution to provide corporate-strength functionality, including enhanced security features and easier access to company information.

Unlike traditional mobile phones, the BlackBerry Curve smartphone can be centrally managed and supported by IT departments. Remote address book look-up, single mailbox integration and push delivery of data from corporate applications are just a few of the features available

Getting Started

Resource

BlackBerry® 8310 smartphone demo

Setting up your smartphone

Whether you’re using BlackBerry® Enterprise Server or BlackBerry® Internet Service, setting up your BlackBerry® smartphone is simple and can be done completely over-the-air.

Not sure whether to set up your smartphone for BlackBerry Enterprise Server or BlackBerry Internet Service? Follow these guidelines:

BlackBerry Internet Service

Use this option if one or more of the following apply:

  • You purchased your smartphone in a store
  • You want to set up a new email account for use with your smartphone
  • You want to send and receive email messages on your smartphone from one or more existing email accounts

BlackBerry Enterprise Server

Use this option if one or more of the following apply:

  • You want to receive messages from your corporate Microsoft® Outlook®, IBM® Lotus® Notes® or Novell® GroupWise® email account
  • A system administrator is managing BlackBerry Enterprise Server within your company
  • A system administrator has confirmed that you are permitted to use the BlackBerry Enterprise Server
  • You subscribe to a wireless service that supports account setup using the BlackBerry Enterprise Server

For instructions on setting up your email with BlackBerry Enterprise Server or BlackBerry Internet Service, please see a Blue Shirt Advisor!

Before setting up your email with BlackBerry Enterprise Server, you will need to contact your IT department to request:

  • That an account be set up for you on your organization’s BlackBerry Enterprise Server
  • Your enterprise activation password

Specifications

Memory

  • Expandable memory – support for microSD card
  • 64 MB (Flash memory)

Modem

  • RIM® wireless modem
  • Tethered modem capability 1

Email Integrations

  • Works with BlackBerry® Enterprise Server for Microsoft® Exchange
  • Works with BlackBerry® Enterprise Server for IBM® Lotus® Domino®
  • Works with BlackBerry® Enterprise Server for Novell® GroupWise®
  • Integrates with an existing enterprise email account
  • Integrates with existing personal email account
  • Integrates with optional new device account

Accessories Included

  • USB cable
  • Wall charger

Device Security

  • Password protection and keyboard lock
  • Support for AES or Triple DES encryption when integrated with BlackBerry® Enterprise Server 2
  • Pending approval (FIPS validation)
  • Optional support for S/MIME

Wireless Network

  • North America: 850 MHz GSM/GPRS networks
  • North America: 1900MHz GSM®/GPRS networks
  • Europe/Asia Pacific: 1800MHz GSM/GPRS networks
  • Europe/Asia Pacific: 900MHz GSM/GPRS networks
  • EDGE networks

Features Available

  • Wireless email
  • Organizer
  • Browser
  • Phone
  • Camera
  • BlackBerry® Maps
  • Media player
  • Corporate data access 1
  • SMS
  • MMS 1
  • GPS 1

Size and Weight

  • 4.2"/107mm (Length)
  • 2.4"/60mm (Width)
  • 0.6"/15.5mm (Depth)
  • 3.9 oz/111g (Weight)

Data Input/Navigation

  • Trackball
  • QWERTY (Keyboard)
  • Keyboard backlighting

Voice Input/Output

  • 3.5mm stereo headset capable
  • Headset jack
  • Integrated earpiece/ microphone
  • Built-in speakerphone
  • Mono/stereo headset, hands-free and serial port profiles supported (Bluetooth® technology)
  • M3, T3 (Rating for hearing aids)

Display

  • Font size (user selectable)
  • Color display
  • Backlighting
  • Light sensing screen

Notification

  • Polyphonic ringtones
  • MP3 ringtones
  • Vibrate mode
  • LED indicator

Battery Type

  • 1100 mAhr (Removable/ rechargeable lithium cell)

Approximate Battery Life

  • Up to 408 hours or 17 days (Standby time)
  • Up to 240 minutes or 4 hours (Talk time)

*Check with service provider for availability, roaming arrangements and service plans. Certain features outlined herein require a minimum version of BlackBerry software. Support for Triple DES encryption is available for BlackBerry Enterprise Server for Microsoft Exchange and BlackBerry Enterprise Server for IBM Lotus Domino only.
**The BlackBerry Curve smartphone accepts microSD cards; the amount of storage is determined by card capacity


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