BlackBerry Curve 8530

BlackBerry Curve 8530 features RIM’s signature email and keyboard combination, as well as full HTML 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.

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.

“By offering industry-leading Smartphones, like the BlackBerry Curve 8530, Cricket is delivering the products people want at the prices they can afford,” stated Al Moschner, Cricket’s chief operating officer. “Add that to our new all-inclusive, true rate BlackBerry Plan that offers 3G service at nearly half the cost of other 3G Smartphone plans in the market, and Cricket is solidifying its position as the cost-conscious provider, respecting the budgets and real-life needs of our customers every step of the way.”

The sleek BlackBerry Curve 8530 Smartphone comes equipped with numerous 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.