Cricket today announced the immediate availability of the BlackBerry Curve 8530 Smartphone from Research In Motion (RIM). This popular BlackBerry model, featuring RIM’s signature email and keyboard combination, as well as full H L Web browsing and access to BlackBerry App World, is the first Smartphone to join the diverse handset line-up at Cricket and will come with a low-priced 3G BlackBerry plan.
“By offering industry-leading Smartphones, like the BlackBerry Curve 8530, Cricket is delivering the products people want at the prices they can afford”
Starting today, Cricket branded retail stores, dealers nationwide and www.mycricket.com will offer the BlackBerry Curve 8530 for $299.99. The device will be accompanied by Cricket’s true rate $60 BlackBerry Plan, offering unlimited nationwide talk, text, email, web browsing, picture mail, and international text capabilities on Cricket’s all-3G network, and the convenience and ease of a flat-rate monthly service plan that includes all taxes and fees, except applicable sales tax.
The BlackBerry Curve 8530 Smartphone comes equipped with advanced features including the industry’s leading email and messaging solution, a comfortable full-QWERTY keyboard, high-resolution 320 x 240 pixel color display, BlackBerry Messenger, and access to thousands of applications via BlackBerry App World. It also features a powerful media player with dedicated media keys integrated into the top of the handset, a 2 MP camera with video recording*, built-in GPS and Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g) as well as Bluetooth support, plus, of course, unlimited talk, text, video and picture messaging capabilities offered on Cricket’s BlackBerry service plan.
