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The BlackBerry 8520 Curve (previously code-named Gemini) now has a tentative carrier and release date: T-Mobile, Q4. For those who didn’t catch the leak earlier this week, the BlackBerry 8520 features a lot of style changes to the old Curve series, as well as an interesting new input mechanism that will likely replace the trackballs we’ve all been using since the Pearl launched two years ago. The central touchpad will likely feel a lot like an optical input, like that on the Samsung Saga, but despite the fanciness, the 8520 will apparently be targeted to those on a budget and launched in emerging markets. We’ll have to wait on a pricetag to see just how “budget” they’re thinking. With no flash on the 2 megapixel camera, and otherwise ho-hum specs, it shouldn’t be hard to keep the cost down.
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Simon Sage
Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
