The internet as we know it has been in existence since the early 1980 and whilst it gained popularity during the nineties its only really took off when broadband technology superseded the existing dial up connection via standard telephone lines. This existing system was painfully slow and made downloading any thing other than small files massively time consuming.

This old technology also meant that the phone line was busy if the user was surfing online so consumers were forced into purchasing a second line. Modern broadband connections can carry vastly more data and massively faster speeds which has lead to an explosion in the volume of downloaded movies, music and other larger files.

With this speed of data transfer many new products are finding a route to market via a broadband connection like movies on demand, online shopping and real time music channels. Because its basically free on most broadband packages to have as much data as you want other business have also sprung up offering VoIP ( voice over internet protocol ) which allows the user to make calls free calling from pc to mobile or land line phones any where in the world.

As the internet improves and speeds up the technology will allow for more and more data and voip will eventually move to an image based calling system were the two ( or more ) callers anywhere in the world will be able see each others faces as if they were chatting in the same room.

A lot has happened since dial up , at that time it took 10-14 seconds to load a page of text and a five minute song would take about 13 minutes compared to 5 or so seconds on an current average 8mb broadband line today. There is no real limit to where broadband speed will go to and 100mb fibre optic lines are already in existence.

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.

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.