Available Dec. 18, will feature trackpad navigation and Wi-Fi
BlackBerry® Curve™ 8530 comes with a thin QWERTY keyboard, trackpad navigation and dedicated media keys for easy operation. It also offers a 2 megapixel camera with video capture and 5x zoom, Wi-Fi, Stereo Bluetooth® and GPS capabilities.
BlackBerry App World:
AP Mobile, Weatherbug, Movies by Flixster, Earthcomber are just a few of the many apps you will find in BlackBerry App World to help you do more with your BlackBerry. Sprint’s is the first U.S. carrier to offer BlackBerry App World™ preloaded on BlackBerry Curve 8530 for instant access to thousands of applications. Sprint has employed an open Internet approach, and the Sprint Application Developer Program has been providing tools for third-party developers, since Sprint first launched the Wireless Web on its phones in 2001.
Music and Social Networking:
BlackBerry Curve 8530 makes it easy to enjoy music on-the-go with dedicated keys to skip to the next song on a playlist, pause or play. It comes preloaded with several multimedia applications including BlackBerry Media Sync, Sprint Music Store™, Sprint TV® and Pandora™. It also boasts dedicated applications for a smoothly integrated social networking experience with Facebook®, MySpace™ and Flickr™.
Pricing/Availability:
The new BlackBerry® Curve™ 8530 in Black will be available from Sprint through direct ship sales channels, including Sprint stores, online at www.sprint.com, telesales at 1-800-SPRINT1 and Sprint Business Sales, beginning Dec. 18, for $49.99 with a two-year service agreement, after a $50 instant rebate and $100 mail-in rebate.
Royal Purple and Red versions of BlackBerry Curve 8530 will be available in early 2010.
Quotes – Kevin Packingham, senior vice president of Product Development, Sprint:
“BlackBerry Curve 8330 has been an important part Sprint’s device lineup, and BlackBerry Curve 8530 continues that legacy with the addition of important features like Wi-Fi, App World and dedicated media keys that make it a powerful entertainment and productivity tool.”
“This is a device that can really do it all; it offers robust business tools like email, calendar and contact synchronization BlackBerry is known for, as well as the latest multimedia and social media features.”
“BlackBerry Curve 8530’s data capabilities demand a dependable 3G network like Sprint offers, and combined with our affordable rate plans, this device is an unsurpassed value for personal entertainment and productivity centric customers.”
Related Information:
· Follow us on Twitter @sprint to keep up with news about the Blackberry 8530
· Browse apps at Blackberry App World http://na.blackberry.com/eng/services/appworld/?
