Telus goes live with Motorola Q9c and BlackBerry Curve 8330

Our friends to the North will be happy to hear that Telus has followed through on rumors that they'll be launching a Canadian-flavored BlackBerry Curve 8330. The sleek, yet full-featured BlackBerry Curve 8330 offers BlackBerry fans a good dose of EVDO data, GPS, Bluetooth, and 2 megapixel camera. That is, when it finally launches on Telus's network - no word on exactly when that will be.

And, in a more solid launch, Telus has announced that the Motorola Q9c is ready to pull duty as the CDMA carrier's slim Windows Mobile 6.0 Standard handset.

Moto Q9c fans in Canada can expect a 1.3 megapixel camera, EVDO data, and Bluetooth - all powered by Windows Mobile 6.0 Standard. The Motorola Q9c is available on Telus for about $150 CDN after 3-year contract(!).

Head on over to Telus for more details.
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BlackBerry Curve 8330 CDMA has GPS

Verizon Wireless customer who’ve been waiting anxiously for the CDMA version of the BlackBerry Curve can breathe a sigh of relief: BBGeeks have photos of the 8330 that show it is physically almost identical to the 8310 GSM version currently on sale, keeping the same lauded QWERTY keyboard.

The photo below also confirms that the CDMA Curve will have GPS functionality, although it is unclear as to what use different carriers might make of that. Speculation is that an announcement regarding the handset may come next month.

[via PhoneMag]

BlackBerry Curve 8320 with WiFi set to hit T-Mobile on September 24th

You gotta love the Boy Genius. He’s always good for the inside line on leaked information. The latest BGR nugget is the BlackBerry Curve 8320, with the built-in WiFi radio - trick.

Apparently, there’s this leaked T-Mo document that indicates a September 24 launch date for the WiFi-enabled Curve - perhaps alongside that new T-Mobile HotSpot @Home router that we spied a little while ago.

The BlackBerry Curve 8320 will be rocking the same 2 megapixel camera, quad-band (850/900/1800/1900Mhz) GSM radio with EDGE, Bluetooth, microSD card slot, QWERTY-keyboard, and myFaves support of it’s younger sibling, the BlackBerry Curve 8300 - but now it’ll be sporting that snazzy WiFi connectivity.

With a WiFi BlackBerry Curve and the new T-Mobile @Home wireless package, you may never need to deal with a telco ever again. Of course, that’s all assuming the T-Mo @Home service actually gets picked up by enough people to stick around.

We’ll keep an ear to the ground for all you CrackBerry addicts out there.

[Via: Boy Genius]