Almost out of nowhere, T-Mobile has officially announced the availability of the Blackberry Curve 3G (aka Blackberry 9300), just hours after the official RIM announcement. Available in two colors, Smoky Violet (see image below) and Graphite Grey (shown above) the Curve 3G will be available in the “coming weeks” to T-Mobile stores as well as T-Mobile.com. With the usual span of Blackberry features, it looks as though this will replace the Blackberry 8520 giving T-Mobile at least one more choice on the Blackberry 3G front.
Hit the list for the full rundown on features and we’ve highlighted some of the highlights:
Key Features of the BlackBerry Curve 3G include:
- Full QWERTY keyboard and touch-sensitive optical trackpad for responsive typing and easy navigation
- Available in two color finishes – smoky violet and graphite grey
- Premium phone features including calendaring, voice-activated dialing, Visual Voicemail and Bluetooth 2.1
- Advanced media player for music, pictures and videos, with dedicated media keys and a 3.5 mm stereo headset jack, plus BlackBerry Media Sync, which makes it easy to quickly sync music from iTunes® or Windows Media Player with the smartphone
- 2-megapixel camera with zoom and video recording · Built-in GPS with location-based services by TeleNav
- Access to BlackBerry App World, featuring a broad and growing catalog of mobile applications developed specifically for BlackBerry smartphones. Categories include games, entertainment, social networking and sharing, news and weather, productivity, and much more.
- Web browser delivers a desktop-like experience, including HTML e-mail
- BlackBerry Internet Service support for access to up to 10 e-mail accounts including Yahoo!®, Windows Live Hotmail, AOL®, GmailTM and most popular ISPs; and BlackBerry Enterprise Server support, which provides advanced security and IT administration features for corporate deployments
- Six popular instant messaging clients preloaded, including AOL Instant Messenger, Google Talk, ICQ®, Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger and BlackBerry Messenger
- Fast 624 MHz processor, 256MB of internal memory and hot-swappable microSD/SDHC card slot with support for up to 32GB with a pre-installed 2GB memory card
- BlackBerry OS 5; support for BlackBerry OS 6
- Model number: BlackBerry Curve 9300
- Wi-Fi enabled (802.11 b/g/n) for data and voice
- Quad-band GSM world phone: (850/900/1800/1900 MHz)
- Tri-Band 3G UMTS/HSDPA world phone: (Band I, Band IV, Band VIII)
- Dimensions: 4.3 inches x 2.4 inches x 0.55 inches; 3.8 ounces; 2.4-inch screen, 320×240 pixels QVGA
- Rechargeable/removable 1150 mAhr battery, for up to 4.5 hours of talk time and 19 days of standby time
