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Thanks to everybody for sending this in while I was asleep. Verizon has put up the BlackBerry Curve 8530 on their website in Black and Violet for $99 after $100 discount.
Check them out at these links:
BlackBerry Curve 8530 Black
BlackBerry Curve 8530 Smoky Violet
I just got back from Pepcom with David and we got a chance to play with the BlackBerry Curve 8530 that Verizon is releasing today. They only had the device in Urple but they told me that it will also be coming in black.
UPDATE: Adam @Crackberry was busy all night posting a review, pictures, unboxing, [...]
I just got confirmation from one of our Secret Agents that US Cellular will be joining in on the BlackBerry Curve 8530 fun. They are scheduled to release the 8530 on December 10th if all goes as planned. This joins the ranks of Verizon who is getting it on Nov 20th and Sprint who [...]
Detectivereview let us know that OS 5.0.0.348 has made its way online for the BlackBerry Curve 8520 thanks to the upstanding folk @CrackBerry. It may take a few reloads to get it working but it does in the end.
Download @ Megaupload
NOTE: Do not install this software if you do not know what you are doing. [...]
AT&T let us know that they have just announced the BlackBerry Curve 8520. They have a very vague release date of “in the coming weeks” which hopefully means before the holidays… We all knew AT&T would be getting the 8520 but I really hope it ships with OS 5.0.
The phone will cost $99.99 after [...]
Australian mobile carrier, Optus, have announced the release of the first Pre-Paid BlackBerry BIS plan in Australia.
The budget BlackBerry 8520 Curve is offered as an outright buy for $399 and pre-paid BIS plans from as low as $30. This is bound to open up BlackBerry to a much wider audience as budget minded and [...]
Review: OtterBox Defender Case for BlackBerry Curve 8520
Rating:
Cost: $49.95 (+ *shipping)
Available from: www.OtterBox.com
Once again, the folks over at OtterBox have done it. They have made give out yet another perfect score. I went over this case with a fine toothed comb and couldn’t find one fault. The design, fit, attention to detail and overall [...]
Right after Verizon’s announcement Sprint has also made theirs for the BlackBerry Curve 8530. The first question we asked them is if the 8530 will ship with OS 5.0 and they said and I quote “it should.” They also confirmed that the 8530 will be shipping with the BlackBerry App World preloaded.
You can [...]
Verizon just made the BlackBerry Curve 8530 we all knew about official. The device will be coming on Nov 20th to Verizon and will add to their BlackBerry device catalog making another splash with Wi-Fi AND GPS. The inclusion of GPS on the 8520 really makes it stand out.
The device will be available on [...]
Rogers is usually one of the first to get a new device but I guess they have been falling behind recently. They just announced the release of the BlackBerry Curve 8520 in Canada today. This is the low end BlackBerry for most people and looks like it is pretty popular. It also supports Rogers [...]
Tashanna let me know that T-Mobile UK has officially released OS 4.6.1.305 for the 8520. This looks like the latest release out there and even this version does not fix the security bug in the browser.
You can download it here at T-Mobile UK
Please confirm in the comments if this works for you. Remember to click [...]
The BlackBerry 8520 does not get as much love as other devices when it comes to OS leaks. I guess it will take awhile until RIM starts pushing it out to more carriers which is the source of many of these leaks. Thanks to ah3703 for spotting this one!
Download @ Rapidshare
Let us know what you [...]
Rogers customers can get excited about the fact that the 9700 Bold and 8520 Curve have found their way into the Rogers upgrade system. The BoyGenius claims that the 8520 will probably pop up around the beginning of October with the 9700 coming later that month.
Anybody as excited as me about the 9700 [...]
I have been a fan of OtterBox cases for quite awhile. They now have 3 main lines of cases ranging from the light silicon of the impact case to the heavy duty hard case on the defender line. They just released all three variations for the BlackBerry 8520 Curve.
You can check out the cases [...]
Hedone Design is back with their latest theme release called Digital. A mixture of colorful, swirly images and sleek bottom icons, Digital costs $6.99 and is available for a variety of BlackBerry devices. I am playing with the Bold version as I write this and this theme offers all the charm and swiftness that Hedone [...]
Not that this is a huge surprise but BerryScoop spotted the BlackBerry 8530 Curve in Verizon’s inventory system. The SKU’s are for mockups and not the real devices but they are showing up in black and lavender so the colors are out even though the prices are not yet leaked.
So I guess Verizon users [...]
The original OS for the BlackBerry 8520 Curve is pretty stable on T-Mobile but Bla1ze managed to spot OS 4.6.1.286 online. The cool part is that there is a change log!
Fixed issues:
If you tried to compose an SMS text message you might not have been able to use the contact look-up feature as expected.
If [...]
Last night, I bumped into my good friend and total geek Ronen, who offered to let me play with the newest phone out there, the 8520. This is the one with the new trackball, and he asked me to send in my first impressions. I may not get into the technical side of things, [...]
N8D let me know in the comments that he followed up on his BlackBerry 8520 disassembly video with another useful video. In his latest he compares the form factors of the BlackBerry 8520 vs 8900 vs 9000 vs 9530 vs 9630 vs 8330. Its a pretty good overview if you just want to see how [...]
N8D let me know that he has disassembled the BlackBerry 8520 Curve on video along with pictures. The video is very useful for those of you who want to see naked Curves.
Since there is no need to replace the dirty trackballs anymore I am not sure how often I would use such a [...]
