Device Arena

Sprint announced today it will add the new BlackBerry Curve 8530 smartphone to the wireless industry’s best lineup of devices. Beginning today, customers can visit http://www.sprint.com/blackberrycurve8530 to pre-register for this next generation of the popular BlackBerry wireless device on America’s most dependable 3G network1 with the affordability of Sprint’s Everything Data plans featuring Any Mobile, AnytimeSM. Pricing and availability will be announced at a later date.

BlackBerry Curve 8530 smartphone makes it even easier 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™. BlackBerry Curve 8530 will be available in three color options – Black, Royal Purple and Red.

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AT&T, the choice for twice as many smartphone customers than any other carrier and the first U.S. carrier to offer BlackBerry® service, announced today that the BlackBerry® Bold™ 9700 smartphone from Research In Motion (RIM) will be available for AT&T consumer and business customers in the coming weeks. The new BlackBerry Bold 9700 builds on the success of the original Bold model, introduced nearly one year ago, also on AT&T’s nation’s fastest 3G network. AT&T is the only U.S. carrier to offer the original BlackBerry Bold and will be among the first to offer the new BlackBerry Bold 9700. Customers can learn more about the new BlackBerry Bold 9700 by visiting www.att.com/BlackBerryBold9700.

The device is a beautiful combination of black and chrome accents that house a brilliant high-resolution display in a compact and lightweight package. The BlackBerry Bold 9700 features a 624 MHz processor with 256 MB of Flash memory, 3.2 megapixel camera and A-GPS to provide a faster location fix in support of AT&T Navigator with real-time traffic data. The new BlackBerry Bold 9700 smartphone also features an innovative touch-sensitive trackpad instead of the previous trackball for quick and easy access to email, messages, apps and more. It will also come preloaded with AT&T Visual Voicemail at no extra cost.

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Form Factor: Sleek design with trackball navigation, 35-key backlit QWERTY keypad and yellow accents on trackball and PTT button

Color: Available in Black or Red

Memory: 128 MB RAM, expandable memory via microSD memory card slot

Network: iDEN (800/900 MHz)

Data: iDEN (800/900 MHz); Wi-Fi ® (802.11b/g)

GPS: Built-in capabilities (assisted and autonomous)

SIM Interface Battery Specifications: Removable/Rechargeable 1400 mAH Li-ion battery

Display: High-resolution 320×240, 65K color TFT LCD display

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AT&T today announced the early summer availability of the BlackBerry® Curve™ 8900 smartphone. AT&T consumer, small business and enterprise customers will enjoy new features and enhanced performance, including both Wi-Fi® and GPS, a fast next generation processor, rich multimedia capabilities and ample memory for applications offered from AT&T. With the BlackBerry Curve 8900 from AT&T, users can get a faster, richer experience surfing the Internet and accessing their social networking or line-of-business applications via AT&T‘s wireless and Wi-Fi networks.

The BlackBerry Curve 8900 smartphone sports a slim, refined design and is the thinnest, full-QWERTY BlackBerry® smartphone yet. It features a striking high-resolution display (480×360), delivering smooth video playback and crisp images. In addition to its industry leading email and messaging, and premium phone features, the BlackBerry Curve 8900 packs a wealth of multimedia capabilities.

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In addition to selecting the next president of the United States, Americans can make another choice on Election Day — to buy the sleek and stylish BlackBerry^® Bold™ smartphone, which AT&T announced is available beginning today in the U.S. only from AT&T.

Operating on the nation’s fastest 3G network, the BlackBerry Bold smartphone features a powerful combination of global 3G capabilities in conjunction with the industry’s leading international wireless coverage, built-in aGPS, Wi-Fi^® and a multitude of choices in the form of tens of thousands of services and applications courtesy of AT&T’s extensive ecosystem of consumer and business applications developers.

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