Sprint and Research In Motion have announced the upcoming availability of BlackBerry Curve 3G (model 9330), a new addition to the popular BlackBerry Curve family of smartphones. The new model offers Sprint customers a powerful, feature-rich handset at an easily affordable price.
The new BlackBerry Curve 3G smartphone features a sleek and professional look with its slim and lightweight form factor, textured battery door and a new chrome-like finish in Graphite Gray or Royal Purple. BlackBerry Curve 3G has 512MB Flash memory as well as a MicroSD/SDHC slot that supports up to 32GB memory cards for media storage.
This new smartphone ships with BlackBerry 5 out of the box and is BlackBerry 6 ready. BlackBerry 6 is a new operating system for BlackBerry smartphones that will be available to Sprint BlackBerry Curve 3G customers in 2011. It retains the trusted features that distinguish the BlackBerry brand while delivering a fresh and engaging experience that is both powerful and easy to use. Key enhancements will include a new intuitive user interface, new Social Feeds application, WebKit browser and universal search.
BlackBerry Curve 3G offers many popular features including:
- Convenient trackpad interface with full QWERTY keyboard
- 2.0 MP camera with support for video recording
- Dedicated media keys to play, pause and skip songs
- Wi-Fi: 802-11 B/G and GPS
- Visual Voicemail
- 512MB Flash memory plus a MicroSD/SDHC slot for up to 32GB of media storage, 2GB card included
The BlackBerry Curve 3G smartphone will support a variety of multimedia applications, including Sprint Music Store, Sprint TV and Pandora. It also boasts dedicated applications for a smoothly integrated social networking experience with Facebook, MySpace and Flickr.
BlackBerry Curve 3G will be available beginning Sunday, Sept. 26, through Sprint’s direct ship sales channels including Business Sales, Telesales (1-800-SPRINT1) and Web sales for $49.99 with a new two-year service agreement, after a $100 mail-in rebate (taxes and surcharges excluded). It will then be available in all remaining Sprint sales channels beginning Sunday, Oct. 10. BlackBerry Curve 3G requires activation on an Everything Data plan or a Business Advantage Messaging and Data plan. Additional plan options are available for business customers.
