It definitely feels great when a new member gets totted up to the family. Now, BlackBerry seems to be going through the exact phase. Well, Sprint and RIM have just announced the upcoming availability of a new addition to the popular BlackBerry Curve portfolio of smartphones, the BlackBerry Curve 3G (9330). The new toddler offers Sprint customers a powerful, feature-rich mobile device with a pocket-hugging price tag hooked to it.
Enshrouded in a sleek, professional look, the super-trendy device sports a lightweight form factor and outshines with its textured battery door and a new chrome-like finish in graphite gray or royal purple. With a purpose to stockpile users’ vast data, 512MB flash memory with a microSD/SDHC slot that supports up to 32GB comes planked in.
“The BlackBerry Curve series continues to be a tremendous success,†remarked David Owens, vice president of Marketing for Sprint. “We are excited to offer this new model and then bring the new BlackBerry 6 operating system to it in 2011. BlackBerry Curve 3G offers the same value and form factor our customers have come to expect but it also provides key enhancements to stay productive and entertained with email messaging and the latest multimedia and social media features.â€
The new smartphone ships with BlackBerry 5 out-of-the-box and is BlackBerry 6 ready. For those unaware, the latter is a new operating system that serves users with an engrossing user experience. An enhanced intuitive user interface, new Social Feeds applications, WebKit browser and universal search are some of the enticing enhancements that will be thrown by the system.
“The new BlackBerry Curve 3G is an extremely attractive, approachable and affordable handset that provides a perfect choice for Sprint customers who are looking for a user-friendly 3G smartphone to help them make the most of their day,†commented David J. Smith, vice president of Product Management, Research In Motion.
For photography admirers, a decent 2 megapixel camera with support for video recording is included. In addition to dedicated media keys to play, pause and skip songs, the attractive Curve 3G boasts of its visual voicemail feature, Wi-Fi, convenient trackpad interface with full QWERTY keyboard, and GPS. Apart from this, the handset will lend support to a variety of multimedia applications, including Sprint Music Store, Sprint TV and Pandora.
Dedicated applications for a smoothly integrated social networking experience with Facebook, MySpace and Flickr are further accommodated in the device.
The exquisite BlackBerry Curve 3G will be hitting Sprint stores beginning September 26 for $49.99 (approx Rs. 2,282) with a new two-year service agreement, after a $100 (approx Rs. 4,565) mail-in rebate (excluding taxes and surcharges). Users can pick it up from Sprint’s direct ship sales channels including Business Sales, Telesales and Web sales. It will also be made available in all remaining Sprint sales channels starting October 10, 2010.
