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Following Rogers’ announcement, Bell has announced that they’ll be offering the BlackBerry Curve 3G 9300 on Thursday. That falls nicely in line with what we had heard a few weeks ago. The BlackBerry 9300 differs slightly from the the existing 8530 on Bell by offering 3G with better world-roaming, and including OS 6 compatibility. All of the rest, like QVGA display, 2 megapixel camera without flash, Wi-Fi, and GPS is just about identical.
The new BlackBerry operating system (complete with Webkit browser, updated user interface, might make it worth upgrading, especially if Bell intends to keep the price point low. With Bell and Rogers going public, one can only expect Telus to announce their own version sometime soon. In the U.S., the only confirmed carrier so far is T-Mobile, but there are rumours that Verizon might pick it up too, but it’ll be seeing some stiff competition from AT&T’s Torch 9800.
[RT @julieatbell]
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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.
