Fast on the heels of its recent Blackberry OS 6.0 and the new Blackberry Torch comes the updated Curve in the new Blackberry Curve 3G 9300. Sharing the same hardware platform, dimensions, screen size, styling and QWERTY ergonomics of the older Blackberry 8520 Curve, the new Curve gets it updates with 3G, HSDPA and GPS. Aesthetically, only a chrome trim distinguishes the new from the old.

As the name suggests, the Blackberry Curve 3G 9300 is a 3G phone on the tri band UMTS with HSDPA data speeds and a quad band GSM/GPRS/EDGE on the 2G network. It has WiFi 802.11 b/g/v with UMA (carrier based) as well as wireless and wired local data connectivity support from Bluetooth v2.1 with A2DP and microUSB 2.0, respectively. With mobile phone comparison websites you can get the best deals on offer for the newest phones.

It also gets GPS and A-GPS support with Blackberry Maps preloaded.

The landscape display is a 2.5-inch TFT LCD screen with QVGA resolution and 65k color depth. Blackberry phones have never been hailed for their imaging qualities and the new Curve 3G is no different. As a nod to the camera phone trends, it humors its markets with a rudimentary 2 megapixel shooter that is as basic as you can find in any entry level handsets.

A 256 MB Ram and 256 MB ROM should takes care of the OS files but user memory is better taken with its microSD support for up to 32 GB of external memory expandability. The Blackberry Curve 3G 9300 gets 1150 mAh li-ion battery that allows as much as 5.3 hours of talk time and 19 days on standby.

The new Blackberry Curve 3G 9300, despite being the serious businessman’s phone with secure push email from its BES, it provides excellent entertainment with a 3.5 mm headphone jack on top of its wireless stereo listening from A2DP profile support. I have found that the best place to get the new BlackBerry Curve 3G is online and that it helps to compare the various deals before buying.

It still does not have any radio like all Blackberry phones but you get competent media players for popular audio and video files. You also get 29 hours of non stop music listening from its battery when fully charged.

The new Apple iPhone 4 has made watching movies on the run easier than ever with the roll out of a new free iphone app from blockbuster. The Apple screen is second to none when it come to watching movies but this new app means you will be able to rent films straight to you phone. It’s a major plus in that you wont need to buy the film like you do with iTunes so the price to watch will come down.

So image the senerio you are away on business or have had you flight delayed and have a couple of hours to spare, there is ( as usual ) nothing on the TV and you want to watch the new latest release. Pop out your iphone and press a few buttons and have it sent to you mobile phone where ever you are. You wont be able to store the movie on your phone or rip it to your hard drive due the  copy write problems but you will have a certain amount of time ( currently 48 hours ) to watch the movie so you don’t have to watch it in one go.

I read through a respected iPhone Blog and like many others they have  thrown their weight behind this app and are promoting it well. This has come hot on the heals on the free iPhone offer from Blockbuster on late where they were giving away iphones to new subscribers. Blockbuster like many video retailers has been suffering of late due to the global recession and the free torrent download market.

Latest Figures released this week have confirmed that the demand on Smartpones and Android allied to the fading recession have seen the once fragile Mobile Phones market bounce back in positive territory. The figures show that in the first 3 months of 2010 the manufacturers have seen their sales grow by over 21% shipping almost 300 million units over the same period. The single biggest factor is said to be the consumers demand for internet enabled mobile phones with email , twitter and facebook topping the list of intended use.

The figures also highlighted where the highest growth areas were and note unsurprisingly it pointed out that the Asia was the biggest driving force with China being the main player again with its massive demand for new low cost gadget  filled mobiles and touchscreen devices.  Europe also grew this quarter once again thanks to smartphones and Blackberrys however, the United States’ markets declined slightly. The report carried on to say that if it were not for Google’s Nexus One the figures would have been much worse.

Further comments were made about the dominance of Smartphones in the current market with Research In Motion (RIM) , the manufactures of Balckberry Phones moving into the top five manufacturers ( replacing Motorola ) for the first time with sales of 10.6M handsets.