Previous the Curve series is a device that
has a QWERTY keyboard, but different to this one, the BlackBerry Curve 9380
Orlando. That is a smartphone from the curve series, which using the full
touchscreen without a qwerty keyboard. At first glance, the Orlando is more similar to the Torch series,
rather similar to the BlackBerry Monza. Besides relying on the touch screen
with size of 3.2 inches 360x480 pixels resolution, the Orlando also features optick trackpad for
navigation menu.
Design
The
BlackBerry Orlando entire body
is made of black plastic
material. On the trackpad
panel flanked touch
call and menu
panel on the left, and end call/power panel and back panel on the
right. At the back there is a camera and LED flash at the top and the speaker,
at the bottom., Just like the Curve 9360,
the battery cover has a BlackBerry logo
and is made of glossy
plastic.
On
the left
side there is a micro USB hole
and the right side there are volume buttons,
mute button (located
between the volume), and the camera button which can change its function.
The top there is a 3.5mm headset holes and
lock button.
The BlackBerry Curve 9380 has dimensions of 109 x 60 x 11.2 mm and weighs approximately 98
grams, making the handset is light and thin so it
is easy to carry anywhere.
Operating
System and Interface
The BlackBerry Curve 9380 run on BlackBerry
OS 7 platform, and
the interface
is divided into several tabs that can slide
to the left or to right, that is 5 panel, consisting of :
• All: contains all the applications on your BlackBerry
• Favorites: shows
the applications that you have marked as favorites
• Media: display
the contents of folders such as Music, Pictures, Videos, Video Camera,
Podcast, Music Store
• Downloads: contains
the application you've downloaded
• Frequent: contains the applications that you frequently use
Camera
The BlackBerry Curve 9380 equipped with 5
MP camera with LED flash. This camera has a kind of focus,
the EDoF (Extended Depth of Field) or Full Focus, so the results are good for taking pictures with
long-distance. Menu This camera has features such as Geotagging, LED Flash,
and Scene Modes(Auto,
Face Detection, Potrait, Sports, Landscape, Party, Close-Up, Snow, Beach, Night,
and Text). And for video recording the device
capable of recording video up to VGA resolution (640x480).
To
access the camera, in addition through the access menu,
users can also press the convenience key on
the right phone. And to take pictures, you just
press return. which also functions as a camera shutter when the camera
mode is active.
Performance
The BlackBerry Curve 9380 powered by 806
MHz processor whose performance also supported by 512 MB DDR SRAM. The processor performance will be felt when they are used to multitasking, speed
of response on each applications will show
the quality of the processor.
The
battery is claimed
to be able to
:
Talk
time: up
to 5.5 hours (GSM), up to 5.8
hours (UMTS)
Standby time: up to 15 days
Music playback: up to 30 days
Video playback: up
to 5.5 hours
Connectivity
Although
the price is cheaper than the Monza and Monaco , the Orlando
already support NFC technology, and also offer other connectivity such as GPS,
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth v2.1 with A2DP, microUSB v2.0, microSD up to
32GB.
Multimedia
Curve 9380 is able to play a better file format because it
supports formats such as DivX, XviD, WMV,
MP4 and H.264/MPEG-4
video up to 720p
resolution. Album Art is also available, as
well as with a equalizer preset and single
track repeat. Player
can also be minimized to play in the
background.
To
store your
files such as songs, videos,
etc, RIM provides
512 MB of storage,
which can still be expanded via microSD with capacities
up to 32GB.