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Sprint has finally released the new BlackBerry Curve 8350i for its PTT-based iDEN network. The phone is currently available at the Sprint's web store for just $149 after a mail-in rebate with a 2-year contract. The carrier's retail stores should start selling it from January 11.

Features include:

• BlackBerry Device Software v4.6;
• Integrated GPS for step-by-step directions, navigation and local search;
• 2Mpix digital camera with digital zoom, flash and video recording;
• DataViz Documents To Go;
• Speakerphone;
• Expandable memory of up to 16GB through its microSD/SDHC memory card slot;
• Bluetooth 2.

Following Rogers, AT&T has announced the upcoming release of the Wi-Fi-enabled BlackBerry Curve 8320 on its network. The phone will be available for $149.99 on a 2-year contract, including free access to any of AT&T’s 17,000 nationwide Wi-Fi hotspots, if you choose an unlimited plan.

Unfortunately, those interested in the offer will be able to pick up the phone only in January.

The waiting was unbearable for some, but now it's finally here: the BlackBerry Curve 8900 is now available from Rogers Wireless. The phone will cost $179.99 on a 3-year agreement with a minimum monthly rate plan of $45.

Key features include:

• 2.4" 480 x 360 display;
• 512MHz processor;
• Quad-band EDGE;
• Wi-Fi;
• 3.2Mpix

According to users at Howard Forums, it appears that Verizon customers owning a BlackBery Pearl 8130 or Curve 8330 can unlock the GPS function on their handsets by upgrading their firmware to version 4.5.0.97. Unfortunately, it looks like BlackBerry Maps is the only application that's able to utilize the internal GPS, Google Maps don't work.

Because the OS version isn't officially supported by Verizon, it might be an intentional concession, or if it was a mistake.

The so-last-year BlackBerry Curve 8330 is now available to Virgin Mobile Canada users. We'll I guess it's better late than never, but just looks at those ridiculous prices:

• $50 with a 3-year contract;
• $330 with 2-year contract;
• $380 for a 1-year contract

Will you by one?

There are reports stating that T-Mobile Germany has started selling the BlackBerry Curve 8900 in the land of Bavaria. This is nice and all, but it doesn't do us any good, as Germans use a QWERTZ keyboard layout, which is irritating. North Americans will have to wait a few more weeks before the handset if released on the other side of the Atlantic. Stay tuned.

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Just to let you know, Virgin Mobile has released the BlackBerry Curve 8330 in Canada. If you're interested, here's the available pricing for the handset:

• $49.99 on a 3-year contract;
• $329.99 on a  2-year plan;
• $379.99 on a 1-year plan;
• $429.99 for 30 days

A day after the release of the BlackBerry Curve 8900 in Germany, RIM has announced the handset for the U.S. market. It will be available stateside in Q1 of 2009, hopefully at the same a price as in Germany - $6 a piece with a 2-year contract.

Features of the BlackBerry Curve 8900 include:

• 480 x 360 resolution display;
• 512MHz processor;
• 3.

Today T-Mobile Germany has officially launched the BlackBerry Curve 8900, the successor to the 8300 series. It will be available in Germany in "mid-November" (in 2-3 days max) for €4.95 with a 2-year contract.

The phone's features include:

• 480 x 360 display;
• EDGE data;
• 3.2Mpix cam with autofocus;
• Wi-F

T-Mobile has released the OS 4.5 update for its BlackBerry Curve 8320.

The update fixes a number of bugs and adds HTML email support, attachment downloading and editing, video recording capabilitiy, and more.

To download the update go to T-Mobile BlackBerry upgrade website, find the 8320 model and press "get software" button.