8520 = Curve / 8500 ?

[cyberdyne]

Just a newbie question I can't seem to find the answer to;

How come there's a 'Curve (http://www.blackberryforums.com/general-8300-series-discussion-curve/)' forum and a separate '8500 (Gemini?) (http://www.blackberryforums.com/general-8500-series-discussion-gemini/)' forum when my phone is called a 'Curve 8520'?


(Which is it?! My BB is developing a personality complex!) lol
:)

Thanks

[NJBlackBerry]

There is an 8520 (GSM) and an 8530 (CDMA). Hence the 8500 forum.

When the 8300s came out, they were called the Curve. For whatever reason, RIM started putting a 2 after some names. Curve 2 (8520) is not a Curve (8300) and Bold "2" (9700) is not a Bold (9000). The department of name obfuscation has grown.

[cyberdyne]

I'm not going to pretend I'm not even more confused now than I was before, but thanks for trying!!
lol
;)

[jmwking]

I think what NJBlackBerry was saying is RIM is recycling phone names. Trust the model number instead.

-jk

[cyberdyne]

Cool, will do, thanks.

[Big Kal]

I just post out of the 8500 subforum, even my BB is a curve 8530.