ATT to Sell BlackBerry Curve 8900 This Summer
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AT&T has announced that the next-generation BlackBerry Curve 8900 will be available to subscribers and new customers sometime this “early summer.”
Like the first version that T-Mobile released several months ago, AT&T’s Curve 8900 will include Wi-Fi, GPS, a high-resolution 480-by-360-pixel LCD screen, and a 3.2 megapixel camera. In addition, the AT&T model will work in almost 20,000 company hotspots across the country, although it will most likely lack the ability to make free Wi-Fi calls.
Unfortunately, it also looks as if the Curve 8900 will still be a 2G phone even on AT&T. The carrier said in a statement that the handset will be a quad-band EDGE (850/1900/1700/1800 MHz) world phone, but made no mention of 3G HSDPA data access. That made some sense for T-Mobile, which is still working to get its 3G data network up and running even in major cities. But on AT&T it’s a big disappointment.
On the plus side, the GPS chipset will work with the optional AT&T Navigator service. No word yet on pricing.
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