RIM Introduces BlackBerry Curve 8530 at Verizon Wireless

Posted by Sierra Monica B. in Technology on 11 6th, 2009 | no responses

On November 20, Verizon Wireless will launch the BlackBerry Curve 8530 smartphone model having the following key features: high-speed 3G connectivity for on-the-phone Internet access, built-in Wi-Fi module for connecting to the Internet in hot spots, a touch-sensitive trackpad for easy navigation through the menus, and dedicated media keys to simplify navigation even more.

RIM’s new smartphone is a slim business handset coming in Smoky Violet and Black with tactile full QWERTY keyboard for intensive texting while on the go, 256 MB of flash memory, a 528-MHz processor, voice-activated dialing, Bluetooth 2.1, GPS functionality with support for image geo-tagging and for the VZ Navigator service from Verizon Wireless, and a built-in 2MP camera with zoom and video recording capability. In addition, it comes with advanced media player controls for pictures, music and videos, a 3.5-mm stereo headphone jack, the BlackBerry Media Synch for synchronizing audio files between the handset and the computer, and the BlackBerry App World access with third-party applications categorized on games, social networking, news, weather, productivity and others.
BlackBerry Curve 8530 also provides Instant Messaging, email, access to popular social sites, ten supported e-mail accounts, and up to 32GB of storage via a microSD memory card.

You can purchase the handset in November fro $99.99 with a $100 mail-in rebate and a 2-year agreement.