BlackBerry Curve 8520 to Launch for T-Mobile on August 5
Mon Jul 27, 2009 7:29 am
T-Mobile, the fourth-largest U.S. carrier, will launch the BlackBerry Curve 8520 -- a new smartphone with a QWERTY keyboard, optical trackpad and dedicated media keys -- on August 5.
The Bellevue, Wash.-based company said the Curve 8520 is the first BlackBerry smartphone to offer dedicated media keys to control music and videos.
It also has an innovative touch-sensitive optical trackpad, which makes scrolling and selection smooth and easy.
Users can access email, messaging and social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace.
It also features music, games and other mobile apps for entertainment on the go.
Customers can use Wi-Fi for fast Web browsing and T-Mobile's unlimited hotspot calling.
The handset can connect to BlackBerry App World for applications such as games, entertainment, social networking and sharing, news and weather.
"People increasingly expect a rich, diverse experience with their phones because they're using them in new and different ways," said Travis Warren, T-Mobile's director of product marketing. "Adding the BlackBerry Curve 8520 to the T-Mobile line-up gives our customers a phone capable of helping bring balance to the chaotic demands of a busy professional and personal life."
The BlackBerry Curve 8520 will be available on August 5 at T-Mobile and Wal-Mart stores.
