14 DAY TRIAL // After almost a month from its announcement, Blackberry 9330 is finally hitting the shelves through Verizon Wireless carrier. The smartphone was officially announced in mid-September and was slated for release in the “coming weeks.”
After almost four weeks the smartphone can be bought from the carrier's website, but only in Fuchsia. So, those that can't stand the color should stop thinking about Curve 9330, at least until Verizon introduces more colors.
Blackberry Curve 3G 9330 comes with a 2.5-inch TFT LCD display with 65k colors support (240x320 pixels resolution).
The smartphone runs on the Blackberry OS 5 platform, which seem to be upgradable, but there's no info as to whether or not the carrier will release a software update to Blackberry 6.
Curve 3G 9330 sports a low-budget 2.0-megapixel camera with 5x digital zoom and video capture capabilities. It measures 109 x 60 x 13.9 mm and weighs 104g (including battery).
It is dual–band 800/1900 MHz CDMA/EVDO Rev. 0 compatible and Wi–Fi-ready (802.11 b/g).
Other key features of the smartphone include: GPS with A-GPS support, 512MB Flash Memory, 512MB RAM memory, microSD card slot for memory expansion (up to 32GB), Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP support, full QWERTY keyboard, 3.5 mm audio jack.
Besides the well-known Blackberry push technology, the smartphone also includes VZ Navigator, Visual Voice Mail, V CAST Music w/Rhapsody and V CAST Video on Demand, Mobile Broadband Connect and support for social networking apps like Facebook, MySpace, and Flickr.
The phone's 1150 mAh Li-Ion battery is rated by the carrier for up to 4 hours and 30 minutes of talk time or 252 hours of standby.
Those that plan to buy Blackberry Curve 3G 9330 in Fuchsia will be happy to find that they can benefit from the “Buy One, Get One Free” promotion, so they can actually get two devices at the price of one.
Blackberry Curve 3G 9330 can be bought for as low as 29.99$ with a 2-year contract and 100$ online discount. The full retail price of the smartphone is 364,99$.
