AT&T and Research In Motion announces the availability of the BlackBerry Curve 8320 smartphone with built-in Wi-Fi. All the AT&T users with unlimited corporate or personal BlackBerry service plans can access thousands of AT&T Wi-Fi Hot Spots in the US for free. Sporting in sapphire blue, the BlackBerry Curve 8320 smartphone has bundled up numerous functions for the AT&T users.
It lets you easily connect to home or campus Wi-Fi networks as well as automatically connect to more than 17,000 AT&T Hot Spots nationwide including Starbucks, Barnes & Noble and thousands more restaurants, airports, hotels. Enjoy a telephone conversation on the cellular network while simultaneously accessing data through Wi-Fi.
The smartphone’s enhanced HTML browser supports desktop-style Web browsing experience while its small trackball acts like a computer mouse allowing easier navigation. Using the preloaded DataViz Documents To Go software suite, you can download and edit Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint files.
It retains all the features which have made this smartphone so popular including BlackBerry e-mail and messaging capabilities with a full QWERTY keyboard, built-in spell checker, 320 x 240 display with 65,000 colors and light-sensing technology that automatically adjusts backlighting.
The BlackBerry Curve 8320 smartphone also packs in Bluetooth 2.0, a 2 megapixel camera with zoom, flash and video recording, advanced media player with desktop media management software and expandable memory up to 16 GB with microSD/SDHC card slot.
Additionally, it includes AT&T Music subscription services, integrated Push To Talk and access to AT&T Navigator and Yellowpages mobile services if used with a separate Bluetooth-enabled GPS receiver.
The BlackBerry Curve 8320 smartphone is available at AT&T website and through AT&T’s direct business-to-business sales organizations for $149.99 with a two-year contract and mail-in rebate. It will be available at select AT&T retail stores and national retailers in early 2009.
