T-Mobile White BlackBerry Curve 8520 Spotted [First BlackBerry to Replace the Trackball With an Optical, Touch-sensitive Trackpad]

Already announced for a T-Mobile release, the new Blackberry Curve 8520 (also known as BlackBerry Gemini) has been spotted with a white coating on a recent leaked press material. Stylish and sleek, the new T-Mobile Curve 8520 is an entry-level, full QWERTY smartphone with rubberized grip on the edges and buttons and dedicated media controls on the top edge.

But more than being just a common spec-ed BlackBerry, Curve 8520 is expected to be the company’s first to ditch the famous trackball if favor to an optical, touch-sensitive trackpad. A hard thing to let go, but I’m sure many will appreciate the change and those looking to improve productivity will look at it with different eyes.

There’s no word on a release date so far, but rumors have it that BlackBerry Curve 8520 should arrive in T-Mobile’s courtyard sometime in August, in white (with silver or blue accents) and probably black.

[via Crackberry and TMONews]