T-Mo drops the Curve in "Sunset"

John Biggs

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Monday, August 4th, 2008

To you and me, this is red. To T-Mobile this is “sunset.” Regardless, everyone’s favorite BlackBerry and the one I recommend the most when folks ask me which BB to get is now in bright, shiny red. Standard goodies: HotSpot@Home, Wi-Fi, 2 megapixel camera, redness. $149 with two year contract.

The BlackBerry Curve 8320 in Sunset is enabled for Unlimited HotSpot Calling from T-Mobile (previously called T-Mobile HotSpot @Home) offering great mobile coverage and unlimited calling over any accessible Wi-Fi network and at all T-Mobile HotSpot locations across the country. When leaving home or a T-Mobile HotSpot, calls are seamlessly transferred onto T-Mobile’s wireless network, and the same is true for transferring calls from T-Mobile’s network onto Wi-Fi.
The BlackBerry Curve 8320 in Sunset includes a 2 megapixel camera, music and video multimedia player, a microSD expandable memory slot that supports up to 4GB of memory and stereo Bluetooth® as well as HTML Web browsing at Wi-Fi speeds, personal and corporate email and built-in spell check.
It will be available at select T-Mobile retail stores and online at www.t-mobile.com for $149.99 with a two-year service agreement.
The BlackBerry Curve 8320 in Sunset also includes the following features:
• Wi-Fi-enabled BlackBerry for data and voice; supports T-Mobile Unlimited HotSpot Calling
• Full-QWERTY BlackBerry with a four-way trackball for easy and efficient navigation
• 2 megapixel camera
• Music and video multimedia player
• microSD slot supporting up to 4 GB of optional removable memory
• Instant-messaging clients: AOL Instant Messenger, Google Talk, Windows Live Messenger and Yahoo! Messenger
• Built-in spell check in e-mail and memos
• HTML Web browsing
• T-Mobile myFaves-enabled
• Stereo Bluetooth® capability
• Voice-activated dialing
• 3.5 mm headset jack
• Hands-free speaker
• Dimensions: 4.2 x 2.4 x 0.6 inches; 3.9 ounces
• 2.5” display, 320×240 pixels, QVGA display with more than 65,000 colors
• Quad-band world phone 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
• GSM, GPRS, EDGE, Wi-Fi

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