Verizon announces the BlackBerry 8330 Curve

Posted March 31, 2008 at 09:36 AM by Arnold Zafra

Section: Communications, Cellphones, Smartphones, Mobile

Verizon Wireless has finally announced the availability of RIM’s BlackBerry Curve 8330. Sporting a new liquid-silver colored finish with chrome highlights, the BlackBerry 8330’s capabilities will be enhanced by Verizon Wireless’ high-speed EV-DO network. The 8330 will also have Verizon’s location-based services that will give customers mapping, audible turn-by-turn navigation and access to information on more than 14 million points of interest.

All the goodness and eye candy that previous BlackBerry Curve owners enjoyed in other Curve models will be in the 8330. Measuring 4.2 x 2.4 x 0.6-inches and weighing only 4 ounces, the BlackBerry 8330 will be easy to handle and use. Boasting of a noise cancellation technology that offsets background noise, and speaker independent voice recognition for voice activated dialing, the Curve also sports a large 320 x 240 display, with light sensing technology that automatically adjusts brightness depending on whether the user is outdoors, indoors or in a dark lit environment.

Beginning in May, Verizon subscribers will be able to grab the Curve for $269.99 after rebates and a two-year agreement. In addition, users would also get a 2.0-megapixel camera with support for video recording, easy access to Facebook, an advanced media player and enhanced desktop media manager for easy file management between your PC and the Curve, microSD/SDHC memory card slot for storage expansion, 3GPP streaming protocol over EV-DO through rich HTML, and of course all the Blackberry Internet Service – 10 supported POP3 and IMAP corporate email accounts.

Read [Market Wire]