3G-Enabled BlackBerry Curve 8530 Coming To Sprint

We're not exactly sure when it happened, but we're pretty confident that it happened. What's "it?" The fall of the BlackBerry.Remember just a year ago, it seemed like RIM had all the buzz it couldhandle. People were upgrading from normal phones to BlackBerry handsetsen masse, and the touch screen Storm seemed poised to rival evenApple's iPhone. Of course, the Storm didn't exactly do as well as thecompany would have liked, and it seems that they've been losing steamever since. In fact, when's the last time RIMupgrading the BlackBerry OS? We've seen Android hit 2.0, iPhone OS hit3.0 and Windows Mobile hit 6.5. All while BB OS lags behind.

Thatsaid, the loyal BB users are mighty loyal, and if you're looking for anew low-end device on Sprint, the BlackBerry Curve 8530 might be theone you're looking for. It's a 3G-enabled phone, and it'll be offeredon Sprint's Everything Data plans featuring Any Mobile, Anytime. It'llalso support the BlackBerry App World, and will come preloaded withseveral multimedia applications including BlackBerry Media Sync, SprintMusic Store, Sprint TV and Pandora. Of course, you'll also get accessto Facebook, MySpace and Flickr.


Sprint will release pricing and an exact ship date soon, so you'llhave plenty of time to decide between black, purple and red hues.