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You read the title correctly… Slacker, you know, the company that makes the really cool internet radio app for the BlackBerry, is offering free BlackBerry Curve 83xx devices on all 4 major U.S. carriers. What is better more is that, less signing up to a new 2-year activation with whichever carrier you decide to go with, there are no strings attached.
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Contrary to the what the hype machine that we call Apple might have you believe, the BlackBerry Curve, not the iPhone, was the number one selling smartphone in Q2 2009.
According to an IDC report, not only did RIM capture the top spot with the BlackBerry Curve, it holds the number 3, 5, and 6 spots as well. 4 Devices out of the top six is impressive no matter how you look at it.
The top ten devices according to the IDC report were as follows:
1. BlackBerry Curve
2. iPhone 3G S
3. BlackBerry Pearl
4. iPhone 3G
5. BlackBerry Bold
6. BlackBerry Storm
7. HTC T-Mobile G1
8. Palm Pre
9. HTC Touch Pro
10. HTC Touch Diamond
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You may have known that Sprint was about to launch the BlackBerry Tour, but, that isn’t the only new BlackBerry coming out of Sprint.
In addition to the BlackBerry Tour, Sprint is also launching an Inferno BlackBerry Curve 8330, and a Red BlackBerry Curve 8350i.
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Contrary to popular belief the iPhone is not the most sold smartphone in the United States. That title goes to the BlackBerry Curve who has pretty much maintained it’s seat on top of the smartphone hill of dominance since the quarter that the iPhone was introduced.
Based on U.S. consumer sales of smartphone handsets in NPD’s “Smartphone Market Update” report, the first-quarter 2009 ranking of the top-five best- selling smartphones is as follows:
1. RIM BlackBerry Curve (all 83XX models)
2. Apple iPhone 3G (all models)
3. RIM BlackBerry Storm
4. RIM BlackBerry Pearl (all models, except flip)
5. T-Mobile G1
What is more impressive than the BlackBerry Curve holding the number 1 spot is that the BlackBerry Storm and BlackBerry Pearl hold the number 3 and 4 spots respectively giving RIM 3 of the top 4 selling smartphones. No matter how you look at it, RIM is selling a lot more BlackBerrys than is Apple iPhones. No wonder Apple is looking to bring the iPhone to Verizon.
[Via Silicon Alley Insider]
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We’ve been hearing about the upcoming Nextel BlackBerry Curve 8350i due out towards the end of the year for some time now and here are some of the first in-hand shots of the device that we’ve seen.
[Via InfoSync]
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Remember a little over a month ago John Mayer was able to get his hands on a BlackBerry Bold?
Well, it would appear that he has switched back to a BlackBerry Curve.
I wonder what made him change?
[Via Celebrity BlackBerry Sightings]
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We’ve just picked up from BBSync that Rogers has recently introduced a pink BlackBerry Curve 8310.
The price of the pink BlackBerry Curve could be as low as $199.99 with three-year plan. With the popularity of the pink BlackBerry Pearl, we are sure that it won’t be long before the pink BlackBerry Curve starts showing up on carriers south of the border.
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I don’t imagine that Research in Motion or Verizon are too happy that news about the upcoming touchscreen only BlackBerry Thunder has been leaked out.
Verizon has just released the BlackBerry Curve 8330, one of the most highly anticipated BlackBerrys ever, and less than a week week later very credible leaks about arguably the most consumer oriented BlackBerry device to date, intended, in my opinion, to compete directly against the iPhone, come out stating that the BlackBerry Thunder may be just a few months away.
How will the leaked news about the BlackBerry Thunder affect sales of the Verizon BlackBerry Curve?
Don’t get me wrong… I think that the sales of the Verizon BlackBerry Curve will do incredibly well. I can’t help but wonder, however, if there there will be a noticeable percentage of BlackBerry toting Verizon subscribers that will wait until the BlackBerry Thunder comes out instead of moving to a BlackBerry Curve now.
Verizon subscribers have waited for over a year to get the BlackBerry Curve. I’d be willing to bet that quite a few would be willing to wait a few more months for the BlackBerry Thunder.
Which one do you want?
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Just to be clear and to cut down on confusion up front, the Verizon BlackBerry Curve does not have a touch screen. It just appears that the copywriters over in the Verizon marketing department aren’t aware of this fact.
Credit on this find goes to CrackBerry.com reader Will who found this gem right on Verizon’s site. As I write this post the discrepancy is still live, however, we did a full screen grab after the jump assuming that Verizon will eventually correct their mistake.
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