BlackBerry Curve 8530 Now Available from Verizon

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Exactly as expected, the BlackBerry Curve 8530 is now available from Verizon Wireless. The phone costs $99.99 after $100 online discount and with a new 2-year contract. In case you want to choose a 1-year agreement instead, you’ll end up paying $169.99 for the phone, after a similar $100 online discount. Naturally, the phone is available off contract too but it will cost you $359.99.

Now that the phone is official, let’s take a look at its official specs and features:

• 2.5-inch TFT LCD display
• 320 x 240 resolution
• Full backlit QWERTY keyboard
• 2.0-megapixel camera with 5x digital zoom and video capture
• 3.5-mm headset jack
• Dual-band 800/1900MHz CDMA/EV-DO Rev 0 support
• 256MB Flash Memory, 128MB of RAM
• Bluetooth and Wi-FI support
• AGPS
• BlackBerry OS 5.0
• BlackBerry Internet Service
• BlackBerry Enterprise Service
• BlackBerry Media Player
• 1150mAh battery

The Curve 8530 comes with all the regular Verizon services: VZ Navigator, Visual Voice Mail, V CAST with Rhapsody, and V CAST Video on Demand. Support for the BlackBerry App World is also included which means you’ll be able to get all the extra app you’d want on a BlackBerry phone.

In case you don’t want to purchase the BlackBerry Curve 8530 from Verizon then you should be waiting for Sprint to launch it. We can expect Sprint to offer the smartphone for similar prices in the near future. All you have to do is control that urge of buying the Curve right now.

And while we’re talking about new BlackBerry phones we also have to remind you about that T-Mobile’s Complete pre-pay plan that has been announced a few days ago. T-Mobile will be more than happy to offer you a BlackBerry 8520 on a pre-pay deal. Sure it’s not a brand new Curve but it’s still a great deal you should be aware of before jumping on a new 2-year agreement with Sprint or Verizon.