Cingular and Research in Motion today announced the availability of the BlackBerry 7130c. We knew that the BlackBerry 7130c was coming but we thought that it would be a bit closer to the Cingular launch parties that start next week.
Cingular has also announced their new BlackBerry Personal Plan that offers unlimited BlackBerry Internet Service access for $29.99 per month. The BlackBerry Personal Plan doesn’t , however, allow access to BlackBerry Enterprise Service. Subscribers will only be able to get their Internet email with the new plan.
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One problem with Cingular is that they are so late to the game in rolling out their 3G services. Verizon has had theirs up now for about 2 years, and Sprint for about 1 year…but Cingular is still pushing phones with the noticeably slower EDGE data service.
If Cingular doesn’t do some sort of major nationwide 3G rollout this year, they will be at a huge disadvantage.