BlackBerry Curve 8330 is now available for Sprint – For $179.99

May 09, 2008 | ghengis | Comments 0

After announcing on April, Sprint now offers to its subscribers the BlackBerry Curve 8330 smartphone, the latest from RIM’s Curve family for Sprint line up. The handset is available as of today, the 9th of May, from Sprint’s website as well as via its retail stores across the US. Also offered (in the US) by Verizon and Alltel, BlackBerry Curve 8330 is not too different from the previous Curve devices released by RIM. The Sprint-exclusive features of 8330 include:

Sprint Navigation (based on the built-in GPS of the handset) with real-time traffic alerts, turn-by-turn driving directions, 3D maps and more than 10 million interest points
Sprint TV, for the latest video news and weather forecasts, locally or nationally and Sprint Music Store, which allows users to quickly download music.

Curve 8330’s “regular” retail price is said to be $599, but Sprint offers the smartphone for just $179.99, after a $100 mail-in rebate with a 2 years service agreement. Also the price includes a 1GB memory card, a wired stereo headset and a USB cable, so it all seems a good deal for users who need a new business-oriented handset.