Curve 8520 will it bridge to Playbook

I was intending to buy a Playbook but am not sure if my Curve 8520 is able to "Bridge" and would like confirmation or otherwise please. Thanks in anticipation. BryanH

Its on the supported list:
http://appworld.blackberry.com/webstore/content/19435
Your phone has to have 5.0.0 or higher insalled. if you need to upgrade the software on your phone, go here:
http://us.blackberry.com/support/installpc.jsp
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Hello, I am desperately hoping someone can assist me with the problem I am experiencing with my Curve 8520.
I have spent ages online looking at other forums and trying to see if people have had the same issue as me and to see if anyone had worked out what the problem was and could resolve it. It appears as though I'm the only one having this exact issue!
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Hello Hasanm52,
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Seems OS is corrupt, so you have to arrange a USB cable to connect your devci with the pc.
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I have a BlackBerry Curve 8520 and a BlackBerry Playbook.
Short context: Destroyed phone but salvaged the SIM.
Curve was synched to Playbook.
Playbook contains thesis information that I NEED to recover: Specifically, “tasks” and “memo” items.
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Ver. 7.* of software will let me specify “organiser” function to isolate the files I need.
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Welcome to the BlackBerry Support Community Forums.
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