Cracking open the BlackBerry Curve

ZDNet.co.uk's sister site, TechRepublic, runs a regular series called "Cracking Open", in which it takes a look inside a variety of gadgets. ZDNet.co.uk is publishing this excerpt.

In the wake of the recent BlackBerry outage, the second such interruption of service in a year, John Lee cracks open the BlackBerry to see what makes it tick.

BlackBerry's latest model is the BlackBerry Curve 8310. Not only is it a mobile phone and an email and text-messaging workhorse, it also features a media player, web browser, integrated GPS, and a two-megapixel camera in an amazingly small and trim package. The size and feel of the Curve seems just right for a device that houses so many features.