Listen up, cell phone junkies: CTIA Wireless, the big North American wireless telecom show, starts in Las Vegas tomorrow--and in the first of several pre-show handset announcements, Research in Motion today revealed that its eagerly anticipated BlackBerry Curve 8330 for CDMA networks will be available on Verizon Wireless in May.
Verizon's BlackBerry Curve 8330 will have a silver finish. Here's an image I cropped from a PDF fact sheet:
The BlackBerry Curve 8330 will offer something the GSM models on AT&T Wireless (the BlackBerry Curve 8300 and 8310) and T-Mobile (the Curve 8320) don't, too: true 3G data support. While the AT&T and T-Mobile Curves support only EDGE data speeds (which perform more or less like dialup), the 8330 supports EVDO mobile broadband.
The GPS-equipped 8330 will also support Verizon's VZ Navigator navigation service. Other features include a 2-megapixel camera and the cool Roxio-developed media management software I admired on the BlackBerry Pearl 8120.
I'll be posting additional handset announcements as news embargoes lift later today and tomorrow.
