The Blackberry Curve 8520 is a Blackberry cell phone introduced in the summer of 2009. It is an update to the popular Blackberry Curve line of consumer-oriented smart phones. This line has been popular over the years, creating the colloquial term Blackberry to mean any telephone that can get emails.

The 8520 in particular is unique in that it has a chrome-like case,

• Blackberry App World Compatiblehttp://na.blackberry.com/eng/devices/blackberrycurve8500/curve_features.jsp

• Features Blackberry OS and proprietary Trackpad Interfacehttp://na.blackberry.com/eng/devices/blackberrycurve8500/curve_features.jsp

• Macintosh Compatible Out of the Boxhttp://na.blackberry.com/eng/services/desktop/mac.jsp

• Flickr and Facebook Integrationhttp://na.blackberry.com/eng/devices/blackberrycurve8500/curve_features.jsp