Review: BlackBerry Curve 9370 for Verizon
Camera
The 9370's camera and gallery software are also carry-overs from the Bold 9900/9900 line, which carried-over the camera and gallery software from devices released in 2010. We're talking old camera software.
Leaving the side convenience key set to launch the camera is the best and fastest way to get at it. It launches in perhaps a second or so. The 9370 has a 5 megapixel camera with fixed focus and an LED flash.
The physical button can be used to take pictures, as can pressing the optical trackpad. Some basic options can be controlled from the viewfinder without calling up a separate menu. The shooting mode can be changed, which includes a wide list of options (auto, face detection, portrait, sports, etc.).
When you want to take a picture, the 9370 responds pretty quickly. It shoots and saves pictures in about a second, which is as good as you can expect from a phone.
Gallery
The BlackBerry 7 camera software puts a thumbnail of the most recent shot in the lower left corner of the viewfinder. This means you can see the picture you last shot and jump to the gallery from the camera if you so choose.
The 9370's gallery app comes across as rather ho-hum compared to some of the competition. Pictures can be viewed in a grid. From the main gallery view, pictures can be selected, moved, shared, and all that you expect. You don't get any fancy animations or cool behaviors.
Once you open a picture, you can zoom through the entire gallery by swiping across the trackpad in either direction. Editing features are limited to rotating, cropping, and zooming. Pictures can be shared via email, MMS, Bluetooth, Twitter, GoogleTalk or Facebook.
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BlackBerry Curve 9370
