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Rogers just announced that they’re now selling the Motorola Flipout, an Android handset with a funky form factor, and the BlackBerry Curve 9300, which is little more than a 3G version of their 8520. Rogers joins Bell in offering the BlackBerry 9300, which has Wi-Fi, GPS, a QVGA screen, optical trackpad, and 256 MB of RAM, while the Motorola Flipout is a first for North America. It was announced back in June, and will come with Android 2.1, enhanced Motoblur with resizaeable widgets, 2.8″ QVGA display, Wi-Fi, GPS, 3G, and a 3 megapixel camera.
I’m still hella unimpressed with the BlackBerry 9300, but on Rogers it at least sort of makes sense, since unlike Bell, they never had the 8530 for 3G access in a cheap BlackBerry. The Flipout’s design is certainly eye-catching, but perhaps a little too kooky for some people. The form factor’s been played with by Nokia before, which I don’t think did so well. Maybe Android will get people to deal with the unconventional twisty style.
You can pick up the Motorola Flipout for $29.99 on a three year contract ($374.99 without), and BlackBerry Curve 9300 for $79.99 on contract ($399.99 off).
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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.
