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The following are unofficial releases, so think twice before installing the update on your device. If you feel confident, choose and download the version you need by hitting one the links below:

OS 5.0.0.348 for the BlackBerry Bold 9000
OS 5.0.0.348 for the BlackBerry Curve 8900

Sprint has confirmed that it will also offer the BlackBerry Curve 8530. Exact pricing and availability wasn't announced.

Verizon Wireless has recently announced the BlackBerry Curve 8530. It's a CDMA variant of the T-Mobile's 8520, which will be available for purchase starting November 20 for $99 after a $100 rebate with new agreement. Some of its features include:

• 3G support;
• GPS;
• Wi-Fi;
• Bluetooth 2.1;
• dedicated multimedia keys:
• microSD cards up to 32GB;
• 3.

There's a leaked OS 5.0.0.314 update currently available to BlackBerry Bold 9000 and Curve 8900 users. It's not an official release, so you all know the drill. Do you?

Download links:

• OS 5.0.0.314 for the Bold 9000
• OS 5.0.0.314 for the Curve 8900

BlackBerry Curve 8330 and 8330m owners at Sprint can now get the official OS 4.5.0.175 update for their handsets. The file can be downloaded here. If you’re on another carrier, you’ll need to delete the vendor.xml file (located in c:program files > common files > research in motion > apploader) to install.

Be sure to take all the necesary precautions.

A couple of pictures of the BlackBerry Curve 8520 for Rogers.

The BlackBerry Curve 8520 is now available at T-Mobile’s site. You can either buy the handset for $130 directly from T-Mobile or for just $49 from Walmart, coupled with Tmo’s insanely competitive $10 BIS plan in both cases. Note that if you purchase it from the carrier, you'll get it delivered to you.

According to the recent report at BerryReview, Vodafone UK will soon be getting the BlackBerry 8520 Curve. The price for the phone is set at £165, which boils down to free after plans are taken into account. The same tipster also confirmed the upcoming October launch of the Storm 2 on Vodafone, and that the carrier has dropped the prices on the original Storm (from £400 to £387), and the Bold  (from £407 to £380).

The BlackBerry Curve 8520 has appeared on T-Mobile’s website. It's currently listed as “coming soon”, and will be available starting August 5th though the exact price remains a mistery. It doesn't really matter however, as the new low-end Curve will be available for just $48.88 from Walmart, and since there are lots of Walmart locations spread across the country providing easy access, there's no reason for you not to consider buying a 8520.

T-Mobile has announced the release date for the upcoming BlackBerry Gemini, also known as the Curve 8520. The handset will be available August 5th, and will be the first handset in the Curve family to have a touch-sensitive trackpad instead of the usual trackball. Other than that, the specs aren’t very impressive: there's no flash on the camera, the screen resolution is the same as of the original Curve, plus of all data networks only EDGE is supported.