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Anyone holding out for the Sprint-branded 8330 Curve can let out a sigh of relief today as it is now available. The Curve, originally announced back in early April is coming off a delay due to ”additional testing” being required. Well it looks like the testing has been completed to their satisfaction. The 8330 Curve will retail for $179.99, which comes after a $320 instant savings, $100 mail-in-rebate, and of course with a two-year agreement.

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The release had been confirmed for May 9, however Verizon must have been feeling a little generous since they have added the BlackBerry Curve 8330 a few days ahead of schedule.

The Curve is retailing for $219.99, which comes after a $100 online discount, along with a two-year agreement. The Curve was also scheduled to arrive on retail locations as of May 12, no confirmation yet on if Verizon released it in stores early also. Now lets just hope Sprint will finally launch their Curve.

Product [Verizon]

While Sprint has already officially announced the BlackBerry Curve back in early-April, which according to the press release had an anticipated release of “later this month.” Well later this month has already passed and now the official word from Sprint is that it will be available sometime in mid-May. Lets hope the date, or at least rough time frame that was given this time holds true. The official reason for delay was that Sprint needed to “conduct additional testing to ensure a high-quality user experience for all functionality of the [phone], including exclusive Sprint services like Sprint TV and Sprint Music Store.” Guess it still had some bugs.

Via [Engadget Mobile]

Following the footsteps of Verizon and Sprint, Alltel has become the latest to add the BlackBerry 8330 Curve to their lineup. The newly released Curve will retain the now familiar features which include a 2-megapixel camera with video recording, full QWERTY keyboard, voice dialing, Bluetooth 2.0, a 3.5mm headphone jack, microSD card slot for additional storage as well as email and web browsing. The 8330 Curve will also take advantage of Alltel’s EVDO network and GPS based service such as Alltel Navigation.

Alltel’s titanium-colored BlackBerry 8330 Curve is currently available for pre-order and will be officially available online and in-stores on May 1, 2008. The Curve will retail for $229.99, which comes after a mix of online and mail-in-rebates along with a 2-year agreement. Also as a special offer for those who pre-order, Alltel is going to include both a free Bluetooth headset and also a car charger.

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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.

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The BlackBerry 8330 Curve will soon have a CDMA version on the market. The overall design is similar to the current GSM model with a keyboard a little closer to the current 8310 from AT&T. The new CDMA BlackBerry 8330 will feature GPS! No word on which carrier this will hit first, but it is not expected to be available this month, meaning we can relax till at least March. Sadly no mention was made of pricing.

Keep reading for more pictures (courtesy of BB Geeks)…

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