RIM and Vodafone have announced that the BlackBerry Curve is headed to Germany. But unlike current models, the Curve 8310 will come with built-in GPS navigation. Aside from this additional capability, the Curve 8310 is identical to the BlackBerry Curve 8300 announced earlier this year. The BlackBerry Curve 8310 features integrated GPS functionality that works with pre-installed Vodafone Navigator software so mobile users can easily know exactly where they’re going. The software displays the user’s precise location on a local map and also integrates directly with their address book. Thanks to Vodafone Navigator on the BlackBerry Curve 8310 smartphone, Vodafone customers can avoid traffic problems caused by bad weather, traffic jams or road closures as known problems are automatically taken into account when the route is planned. The Vodafone Navigator is an off-board navigation system, which downloads route planning information from an up-to-date central server.
The BlackBerry Curve comes with quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE, a 320×240 display, 64MB of internal ROM a microSD slot, a 2MP camera with 5x digital zoom and built-in flash, a trackball navigation system, Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP/AVRCP and the Roxio Media Manager for BlackBerry.
The BlackBerry Curve 8310 is available from Vodafone in Germany for €99,90 with a Vodafone Business Kombipaket Zuhause 240 service plan.