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Vodafone and Optus have announced the light, affordable BlackBerry 8520 Curve to Australia and New Zealand today. To sum up our review, the BlackBerry 8520 cuts out a lot of the higher-end features, like a decent camera with flash, GPS, and a high-res screen in favour of keeping the price point down. Even with a few features cut, the new design and especially the optical trackpad make the 8520 a sleek, functional little smartphone. You can grab the Optus version here for $AUD 379.99 or Vodafone here for $AUD 399.99.
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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.
