T-Mobile and Research in Motion have unveiled the BlackBerry Curve 8520, a Wi-Fi-enabled smartphone with the same newer form factor as the excellent BlackBerry Curve 8900.
The Curve 8520 will come in black or frost colors, and will also work with T-Mobile’s Unlimited HotSpot Calling plan. It also offers unlimited nationwide calling to five people with T-Mobile’s usual myFaves service.
The handset features a 512 MHz CPU, 256MB of Flash memory, a 2-megapixel digital camera with video recording, Bluetooth 2.0, and built-in access to BlackBerry App World. T-Mobile said in a statement that the handset will also be Mac-compatible out of the box, meaning that it may be the first model to come with BlackBerry’s new Desktop Software for Mac.
The BlackBerry Curve 8520 will be available on August 5th for $129 with a two-year contract and after rebates–interestingly, about a month ahead of RIM’s original September target for the new Mac software.
Update 7/28/09: A RIM spokesperson contacted me to let me know that the Curve 8520 will also be available from Wal-Mart for $48.88 with a two-year agreement or qualified upgrade.
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