BlackBerry Curve 8530 Coming To Verizon Wireless Starting November 20
RIM and Verizon Wireless have announced the upcoming availability of BlackBerry Curve 8530 smartphone, which combines full QWERTY keyboard, touch-sensitive trackpad, Wi-Fi, 3G connectivity and external multimedia buttons in a single device, running new BlackBerry OS 5.0 that brings a variety of improvements. Main Features Of BlackBerry Curve 8530 (Verizon Wireless):
2.4-inch TFT screen with 320 x 240 pixels resolution 2 megapixel camera with zoom and video recording 256 MB of flash memory and 528 MHz processor 3G-enabled (EV-DO), Bluetooth version 2.1 and Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g) Built-in GPS with support for location-based applications, including geotagging pictures and Verizon Wireless’ VZ Navigator service Advanced media player for music, pictures and videos, plus dedicated media keys and standard 3.5 mm stereo headset jack BlackBerry Media Sync makes it easy to quickly sync music from your computer to the smartphone Access to e-mail and messaging (IM, SMS, MMS), as well as popular social networking sites including Facebook and MySpace Dedicated media keys smoothly integrated along the top of the handset, providing users an easy, convenient way to control their music and videos Support for BlackBerry services with access to up to 10 supported e-mail accounts, including most popular ISP e-mail accounts like Yahoo!, Windows Live Hotmail, AOL and Gmail Support BlackBerry Enterprise Server, and BlackBerry App World for instant access to thousands of applications microSD/SDHC memory card memory slot for expandable memory Available in Black and Smoky Violet color options
BlackBerry Curve 8530 smartphone which measures 109 x 60 x 14 mm and weighs 105g is slated to be available through Verizon Wireless starting November 20 for $99.99, after a $100 mail-in rebate with a new 2-year service contract. In addition to Verizon Wireless, Sprint is also scheduled to debut BlackBerry Curve 8530 soon, but no words on its price and availability yet.