Blackberry Curve 8520 is a feature rich mobile phone offered by BlackBerry. It is a member of the BlackBerry Curve smartphone family. It is available in many colour choices. The 2.64 inches TFT screen comes with 320 x 240 pixels resolution and can display 65K colors. It measures 6cm wide by 10.9cm tall by 1.39cm deep & it weighs 106 grams including battery.

It has got a full QWERTY keyboard complete with a backlight situated beneath the screen & navigation controls. Blackberry Curve 8520 offers various unique features such as: Touch-sensitive optical trackpad, Trackball, Sleep Mode, Security Password Protection and Keyboard Lock. Wi-Fi technology which allows connecting to the Internet via a nearby wireless LAN or via a hotspot while other connectivity features include HSCSD, GPRS, EDGE, Bluetooth and USB technologies.

Blackberry Curve 8520 is provided with 256 megabytes Flash Memory as well as microSD (TransFlash) card slot can accept up to 32GB memory card. A fully charged battery has capacity to render 4.5 hours talk time and 408 hours standby time. The presented communication features are SMS, MMS, Wireless Email with Attachments and Instant Messaging. Furthermore, the smartphone comprises document viewer and BlackBerry Maps™. By using 2MP camera, users can click pictures and record videos.

Blackberry Curve 8520 is preloaded with HTML browser for accessing internet and music player that supports many file formats while MPEG4, WMV, H263 & H264 are accessible through video player. Media Keys, MP3 & MIDI Ringtones and Polyphonic Ringtones and downloadable games are other entertainment features.