NewsSprint Adding the BlackBerry Curve 8530 to Lineup (Updated)
Today Sprint announced that they will be adding the BlackBerry Curve 8530 to their smartphone lineup.
The Curve 8530 features BlackBerry OS 5.0, a landscape HVGA resolution display, dedicated media player keys, 3.5mm headphone jack, optical directional pad, Bluetooth with stereo audio support, redesigned QWERTY keyboard and Wi-Fi radio. It also includes preloaded applications including BlackBerry Media Sync, Sprint Music Store and Sprint TV access as well as a 2.0 megapixel camera with video recorder. The BlackBerry Curve 8530 will be available in three color options – Black, Royal Purple and Red at a later date with pricing and availability yet to be disclosed.
Update: In order to clarify reader questions about availability, the Sprint variant of the 8530 is not yet available in any Sprint sales channel despite reader comments to the contrary. PhoneNews.com has independently confirmed with Telesales that the device is not yet available for order and when pressed further, did not have a timetable for availability.
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Wonder how this differs from the current 8330 and the Nextel 8350i Blackberry?
The only difference is appearance and the addition of WiFi
Typo in story…
“Curve 8530 will be available in three color options “
No mention of GPS?
Sprint’s phones are almost mandatory to have nav, the current Curve has it so there’s no reason this won’t
It will have Nav!
Around the same time the tour2 should be coming out…its basically the same tour but adds wi-fi and optical trackpad!
Every blackberry phone out with sprint and most other companies always have GPS.
Will this Curve be supporting EVDO r0 or rA?
yes blackberry came out with another same look phone from 20 years ago.. Blackberry= Terrible company, bad marketing and will die a sdlow death. Google 1st Blackberry and surprise..very similiar to the new ones..lol
@wtf
Blackberry is the #1 phone used by businesses and last time I checked they were doing pretty good in the smartphone market. Their phones might all look the same but they have been doing pretty well for themselves. If they have bad marketing then I really want to see what good marketing is.
Blackberry’s still have a lot of room for improvement in apps and interface…BUT…when it comes to email and messaging, BB is KING!
Apparently the Tmobile version of this phone doesn’t have GPS so i’m not sure it will have it. Also no flash, and no metalic tabs on the back so it wont work with a desktop charger.
FYI It will have GPS. Also it is available for order via telesales on Sunday November 15th. It will have blackberry OS 5.0. Which includeds threaded sms.