Affordable BlackBerry Curve 8520 incoming

Of course everything comes at a price, and its wallet-friendly price tag has meant a drop in features – most notably is that the 8520 comes sans 3G.

It is however, compatible with Mac OS X straight from the box, meaning you can sync up your contacts, calendars and notes with your computer thanks to the new Mac version of BlackBerry’s Desktop Software.

The phone also features a trackpad in place of a trackball, dedicated media keys on its top edge, Wi-fi and Bluetooth compatibility, and a rather low-end 2 megapixel camera, although it does have video capabilities.

We’ve heard Vodafone will be getting the handset in August on a £25 a month tariff, so if you’re a business-type on a budget you might want to hold out buying a new phone until then.

Dan Grabham Editor-in-Chief

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

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Computing, mobile, audio, smart home