Sprint's now officially holding up the tail end of the BlackBerry train in the States (though hopefully not for long) now that T-Mobile has announced that the thoroughly modern Curve 8900 is hitting the lineup. Like the 8320 before it, the 8900 does WiFi for UMA-based HotSpot calling service and a 3.5mm headphone jack, but the similarities end there; besides arguably becoming the hottest BlackBerry in RIM's stable, the 8900 features a 3.2-megapixel cam with image stabilization and a glorious 480 x 360 display that'll put anything shy of a Storm to shame. Look for it next month -- T-Mobile hasn't committed to a date, though we have no reason to doubt the 11th rumor at this point.

 

BlackBerry Curve 8900 caught on the lam in some T-Mobile store


The good news: odds are decent your local T-Mobile store has a Curve 8900 locked away somewhere. The bad news: you can't have it. Word on the street is that T-Mob staff are under strict orders to keep the 8900 out of shopping bags until February 11, the last rumored launch date we'd heard, so keep saving your pennies... to, you know, bribe a store this week.

 

does anyone know if the BOLD will be coming to verizon

 

It will be, the question is just when.

Sprint is supposed to be getting it sometime in Q1, so Verizon should have it sometime in Q1 or Q2, hopefully Q1.

 

thnx for the info JL

 

Psht. Canada has had the Bold since August, and the Curve since late november....Americans and their ancient cell phone tech

I kid. we get BB's fastest usually because we are in bed with the (Canadian) RIM. You guys get the majority of releases first, which is usually 6 months after the rest of the world has had it.

 

^True dat

 

I'm gonna wait a little longer for the upgrade, just ordered my White Curve housing from Japan! Should be here within the next couple of days, i'll post pics when its modded up

 

this is good news.... I think I'll be picking one of these up

 

that is nice..... but what to do with my hacked iphone?