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I just got Rogers’ monthly UR magazine in the mail with something unfamiliar on the cover: a BlackBerry Curve 8520 in lavender. The new paint job was spotted briefly in late September, but it looks like we’re getting closer to an official release. Rogers just came out with the new, slim, trackpad-bearing Curve a few weeks ago, and have even chopped the price to $49.99, although it’s currently only available in classic black. The lavendar version will be available “soon“, and should appeal to the ladies out there looking for something a little more colourful. For a budget BlackBerry, I was pretty happy with the 8520, and if you need mobile e-mail and not necessarily all of the bells and whistles while still staying stylish, it’s definitely the way to go.
Oh, another cool thing I spotted was an upcoming iPhone application called Rogers My Account, that will let you keep tabs on data and voice usage and even pay your balance from your handset.
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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.
