Pictures of the CDMA BlackBerry Curve

Posted by Joe on February 11, 2008 | 83 comments | Filed under : BlackBerry Scoops

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Well, I promised them a week ago. Finally, fellow geekers, I have brought you pictures of the impending CDMA Curve. I’ll start posting them below the jump. You can find out some of the features by going back and reading last week’s post. Yes, it has GPS. No, as you’ll see, the keyboard is not like the 8830, but rather like the previous Curve model. It’s the 8330, and no I have no idea on a release date, nor which CDMA carrier will carry this first. So, take a gander for yourself:

They keys are nice and spaced out. That seemed to be one of the bigger issues last week.

And there’s your GPS…

Gotta love the warning on the back of test models. And, of course, there’s the camera.

I’ll see what information I can dig up in the next few weeks, but the general consensus I’ve been hearing is that we’re definitely not seeing this drop this month on any CDMA provider. We can start the watch in March, though there may be an announcement before then.

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1 Taylor Parks February 22, 2010 at 7:03 pm: some of the blackberries look weird i like the one with like full screen than it flips when you push it sideways lol Idk how 2 explain!!!!
2 Andri Valentino August 1, 2009 at 5:53 am: i’m interested blackberry cdma , but where i buy in indonesia ? jakarta ? jogyakarta ? surakarta ? when ? how much to price ?
3 BlackBerry News From The Wire for the week of December 22, 2008 | BB Geeks December 26, 2008 at 11:36 am: [...] insane passionate BlackBerry fans like to speculate as to the release date. We saw this with the CDMA Curve, the Bold, and the Storm most notably. Now, via TmoNews, we learn that the first rumored U.S. [...]
4 Top 5 holiday deals on BlackBerry devices | BB Geeks December 9, 2008 at 11:00 am: [...] the same for a number of people. The 8330 hit the market with much fanfare, as it was the first CDMA Curve. Along with Verizon, Sprint and Alltel also carry it. Verizon’s also gotten a little generous [...]
5 peggy o November 21, 2008 at 1:15 am: I just got a sprint Blackberry , actually I ned a T Mobile’s for international use. How can I switch this phone?
6 How to swap BlackBerry devices with someone | BB Geeks October 9, 2008 at 7:47 am: [...] had no idea the Storm was even in the works, and only had an idea that we’d soon be getting a CDMA Curve. A few months pass, and there is one model of BlackBerry on Verizon I’d rather have, and one [...]
7 Cornell July 6, 2008 at 10:36 am: Can I put the ATT 8310 body on the Sprint 8330?
I really like the red. Are these phones physically the same? Is the network the only difference?
8 Marcey May 10, 2008 at 10:12 am: I ordered mine through sprint yesterday and it will be here monday! The release date was May 9th. Its on the sprint.com website.
9 Torrey May 7, 2008 at 6:33 pm: Well May 7th is here and Sprint still hasn’t released this damn phone, I think I am going to switch to Verizon which has offically set a release date of Friday.
10 Joe May 7, 2008 at 2:28 pm: No WiFi Alex, sorry.
11 alex May 7, 2008 at 1:19 pm: does anyone know if the cdma curve will have wifi? i heard it might not, which would be a bummer.
12 DB82 April 30, 2008 at 10:26 am: Sprint pushed back to June for the 8330.
13 alltels dan April 24, 2008 at 4:43 pm: We at alltel will be recieving our BlackBerry Curves on may 1st.
14 Get a free BlackBerry Curve from AT&T | BB Geeks April 22, 2008 at 7:41 am: [...] may want to subscribe to the feed or follow us on Twitter.Okay, so it’s not cool like the new CDMA Curve. But if you sign up for AT&T service, or extend your contract with them, you can get a free [...]
15 I HATE SPRINT!!!! April 21, 2008 at 9:22 pm: ok. sprint says the release date for the curve is on April 19th now its been pushed back… does any one know when this phone is coming out i have been waiting for almost four months and this is getting really annoying.. so if any one knows please let me know… and any one who is thinking of switching to sprint….. DON’T DO IT!!!! its a horrible company
16 No ETA for Alltel Curve release | BB Geeks April 17, 2008 at 9:43 am: [...] There has actually been more than one delay in this process, and Alltel is offering no ETA on the CDMA Curve. So it looks like Alltel customers will be in limbo for the foreseeable future. Legitimate [...]
17 sose April 11, 2008 at 8:27 pm: This CDMA 8330 came out for Bell and Telus in Canada today.. I got the Bell Mobility version this morning. It’s great!!! 86MB on board and 46 MB free out of the box!
18 Jonathan Zhu April 10, 2008 at 4:30 pm: just spoke to sprint, this phone will be out for sprint on the 20th of april.
19 Sneak preview of BlackBerry Desktop Manager 4.5 | BB Geeks April 9, 2008 at 8:02 am: [...] Twitter.Ah, those kids at Boy Genius Report. They’ve always got the BlackBerry scoop (well, except this one). Up now: BlackBerry Desktop Manager 4.5. It’s expected to come out alongside the OS 4.5 [...]
20 Dharrol April 5, 2008 at 6:10 pm: Confirming with Kevin, I just spoke with a rep and he said 549 no contract, but it doesn’t have wi-fi. April 11th here we go.
21 kevin April 1, 2008 at 9:41 pm: April 11 Bell Mobility 549 no contrat
22 Live from CTIA: Sprint 8330 CDMA Curve Release | BB Geeks April 1, 2008 at 7:50 pm: [...] In all honesty, in all the excitement of seeing two brand new Curves after breaking the original CDMA Curve story a while back, I got the video and ran upstairs to get it published completely forgetting to take [...]
23 Charlie March 31, 2008 at 10:45 pm: Say the 8330 Today on the Blackberry Website, list as avaliable for verizon.
24 ocdude March 31, 2008 at 3:48 pm: Phonescoop

Verizon Parades Spring Lineup
Today, 2:00 AM by Rich Brome

Verizon Wireless today revealed its spring lineup of smartphones and messaging phones:

BlackBerry Curve 8330: Features a 2 megapixel camera, 3.5mm headphone jack, support for memory cards up to 8 GB, stereo Bluetooth, EVDO, and streaming video playback (supports YouTube.) Available in May.
LG enV2: A slimmer version of the enV, with larger external keys and a larger internal display. Key features include a 2 megapixel camera, slot for memory cards up to 8 GB, stereo Bluetooth, and text-to-speech. Available in April.
XV6900: Verizon’s version of the HTC Touch. Available in April.
Motrola Q9c: Similar to the Q9m, but with more business-friendly styling, plus support for location-based services. Available in April.
Samsung Alias: Tweaked version of U740, with silver color and improved keyboard.
25 A Canadian Guy March 20, 2008 at 2:53 pm: Today Telus Employees, at their downtown Oakville location confirmed they will be releasing a CDMA version of the Blackberry Curve, the 8330. The employee said they were told it should be released in early April and will cost around $549 with no contract.
For Canadian GSM users Rogers of course has their version of the curve.
All of this leaving Bell customers currently out of luck, as Bell has yet to release any information on a curve of their own.

If you have any more questions, Telus employees are very helpful, feel free to visit a Telus store where they would be more then happy to answer all of your questions.
26 DN March 15, 2008 at 10:37 pm: Oh come on with this thing already! Sprint is killing me with the busted-ass phones they have. Tried to switch to AT&T late last year to have a phone that I’m not embarrassed to carry. Too bad the phone service is pure garbage, so here I wait for my damn crackberry.
27 Jovz March 12, 2008 at 8:43 am: Guys,

Do blackberry has a software patch or upgrade to make 8320 become 8330? May be its only a software upgrade. Phone looks the same, yet only additional GPS. Or may be a dip switch you need to turn on inside the phone to become 8330 or GPS capable?

Send me your comments.
28 Telus gets BlackBerry Curve 8330 | BB Geeks March 11, 2008 at 8:23 am: [...] feed or follow us on Twitter.Well, imagine that. It’s been a little under a month since we showed you pictures of the CDMA Curve. And, of course, we’ve gotten plenty of questions about which providers will be carrying it, [...]
29 Teresa March 10, 2008 at 5:44 pm: My boyfriend works for Sprint and he found the skew for the BB Curve. Will probably be released in early April along with other phones that are coming out. I cant wait!
30 allan March 10, 2008 at 3:19 pm: friend at sprint said he heard the end of the month. i still doubt it though.
31 Joe March 10, 2008 at 2:31 pm: I have no word on when Verizon will release the Curve. I’ve been asking, but no answers have come yet. And I have no word on it being a World Edition, but there is no indication whatsoever that it will be.
32 LoveHateVerizon March 9, 2008 at 2:58 pm: Ok, so it’s March now. Does anyone at BBGeeks know when Verizon will release the Curve? Any updates? Also, will it be a World Edition, or no? Someone mentioned they were advised it would not. I loathe their current world edition model – how can they label it a smartphone when it doesn’t have a camera? It’s large and feels like an old scientific calculator. I hope one day they would come out with a model that has the camera on the face of the phone to have Skype or iChat. Really need that camera!
33 alltel pearl owner March 7, 2008 at 9:40 pm: Notice the camera configuration. It looks more like the AT&T version vs. the CDMA versions like Alltel and Verizon
34 Joe March 5, 2008 at 11:33 am: In the new Verizon brochures there is a picture of someone holding a phone that looks a lot like the curve that is pictured above…..so it looks like its coming for sure but no timeline.
35 Chris March 4, 2008 at 2:20 pm: I will definately be getting this phone when it reaches Telus Mobility in Canada. I Can’t wait for it.
36 PhxZooGeek March 3, 2008 at 11:30 am: 1 week, and no updates??? Can someone please feed my need for CURVE juice?
I’ve been on the phone with Sprint Customer Service and they’re including BIS (Blackbery Internet Service) with their $99.99 Simply Everything plan. This means that we don’t have to pay an extra $34 to have a blackberry! Can someone PLEASE update this post?
37 liquidplatinum February 25, 2008 at 9:08 pm: There is a huge thread on Howard Forums concerning the VZW Curve.

http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=1273487
38 liquidplatinum February 25, 2008 at 9:05 pm: boslady,

Because I’m familiar with the device. I know people that are testing it and I know RIM reps that have told me that it isn’t a World Edition. However, there is a VZW BlackBerry that is a World Edition device that will supposedly be available late this year.
39 Traci Kessler February 24, 2008 at 10:56 pm: I want the Blackberry Curve really bad. I, too, went to ATT today and almost changed carrier from Verizon to AT&T. Please don’t let this be a rumor. I have the BB 8830 and love it. But, I hate that a co-worker (AT&T customer) has out done me yet again.
40 rfenik February 20, 2008 at 12:16 pm: You can activate GPS function on any 8xxx Blackberry phone without built-in GPS receiver. You just need bluetooth or usb gps receiver.
They go for around $100.
see here:
http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/12/18/003017/
41 Mahchu February 19, 2008 at 2:00 pm: Ubong and Cameron make great points, but from the pictures on Crackberry.com(that link to these pictures as well and seem to be the same device) you can clearly see sprints telenav icon on the device menu. It has also been pointed out that sprint would have close to no reason to offer a wifi device over a gps device since they operate no sort of wifi hotspots as T-Mobile has. These points would lead most to believe that the CDMA 8330 will either have only gps, but we can always hope for wifi.
42 Caseus February 17, 2008 at 6:14 pm: i went to ebay and typed in blackberry 8330 and i saw a blackberry i’ve never seen before here is the picture
43 Cameron February 14, 2008 at 6:07 pm: Ubong is correct. Having GPS in the menu means nothing. That menu spot is standard, and (this is a guess) could be there to manage any bluetooth GPS devices the BB might link to. I have a Curve from T-Mo, which has the GPS in the advanced menu, but the phone does not have GPS. Thanks all.
44 boslady February 14, 2008 at 3:26 pm: liquidplatinum,

how do you know it won’t be global?
45 jbyrd711 February 14, 2008 at 2:03 pm: GPS menu means nothing, if/when VZW picks up this device, you can count on paying for VZNAV. VZW Pearl also has this menu
46 Primeras imágenes de la versión CDMA de la BlackBerry Curve | Movilae February 14, 2008 at 11:23 am: [...] BBGeeks Blackberry Curve, blackberry curve cdma, estados unidos, rim var uri [...]
47 Are competitors catching up to RIM? | BB Geeks February 14, 2008 at 10:47 am: [...] and more of my friends carrying. Then, later this year we’re going to be introduced to the CDMA Curve, which crosses the barrier into consumer phone a bit further than the 88xx [...]
48 liquidplatinum February 13, 2008 at 3:06 am: pooeater (lol),

The Verizon version will not be a global device.
49 Smart Phones » Blog Archive » BlackBerry 8330 to have GPS February 13, 2008 at 2:51 am: [...] 8330 to have GPS It looks like those rumors of a CDMA Curve coming in the near future were well-founded. A nice little surprise at our first look with the BlackBerry 8330 reveals that this version of the [...]
50 Ubong February 13, 2008 at 12:41 am: Hello people I have something I would like to comment on that caught my attention. When I heard about the Curve 8330 I was very excited. I had first read about it on another site..I believe it was endagdet where it stated that the phone would not have gps (which didn’t make me to happy). Of course I always look into info on more than one site just to make that other related sites have similar info. And I read it some where else that it wouldn’t have gps and of course I was bummed about this. I came here and to my delightment It stated the phone would have gps and also had a picture to confirm, and that practically confirmed it for me. But today I was talking to my girl whom has a curve for tmobile and she brought to my attention that her phone has gps but she didn’t know how to use it (of course we all know the curve for tmobile doesn’t have stand alone gps well unless they intentionally disabled itwhich I doubt). I asked her what mad her think her phone had gps and explained to her that my phone (sprint 8830) and her phone Curve 8320 are different phones and she said no that’s not why she thinks so. She explained to me that when she goes to advance settings on her phone she sees a gps option. And that’s what had me thinking. I was looking at her phone today and she was right there is a gps option but when you click on it, it says “none” and “device 8830″ as the selectable options which obviously means there is no gps. Now is it a fact that this phone will have gps based on hardware specs released by RIM. Because if its based on the picture up there with the gps option being showed that doesn’t really mean anything considering that once you click on the option there might really be no option to enable gps just like on the tmobile curve. What do you guys think.
51 MobiShark Blackberry Blog - BB Geeks - announces the new CDMA BlackBerry Curve February 12, 2008 at 8:53 pm: [...] have not only announced the new CDMA Blackberry Curve, but they have released cool pics of this CDMA Curve. The device has some really cool features. Constantly, we see that RIM has it’s customers [...]
52 A life in the River - February 11, 2008 | Athow.com: Internet, Media and Technology at its fullest February 12, 2008 at 6:33 pm: [...] 12:45 PM Joe / BB Geeks: Pictures of the CDMA BlackBerry Curve [...]
53 klee February 12, 2008 at 11:35 am: full function gps? looks like sprint to me.
54 miss.curve February 12, 2008 at 11:22 am: I hear that the release date is around 04/13/2007 but just hoping it going to be late march. oh man I already bought a pink case for this cuve but they change led light on me.
55 adam3313 February 12, 2008 at 5:45 am: i love this phone

but i still miss the WI-FI…
56 CDMA BlackBerry Curve Pictures Popping Up All Over The Internet | RIMarkable | The official, unofficial BlackBerry Weblog February 12, 2008 at 2:58 am: [...] From what we can tell, the CDMA BlackBerry Curve pretty much looks like any other BlackBerry Curve. If you want to see more actual pictures, however, check it out here, and here… [...]
57 CDMA BlackBerry Curve 8330-Cell phone reviews, news, tips & blog - MyCellPhoneBlog.com February 11, 2008 at 11:40 pm: [...] source [...]
58 poo_eater February 11, 2008 at 11:25 pm: any idea if this will support sim cards when traveling internationally?
59 liquidplatinum February 11, 2008 at 8:25 pm: Deb,

No touchscreen. Cosmetically it will be the same as the GSM Curves.
60 liquidplatinum February 11, 2008 at 8:21 pm: No, it will not have wifi.

I don’t know if the one in the pictures is the Sprint or Verizon version but I know for sure that that particular color scheme is the one that Verizon is picking up.
61 The BlackBerry Beat mobile edition February 11, 2008 at 6:54 pm: [...] Geeks has managed to obtain access to either a forthcoming CDMA-capable BlackBerry 8330, or to photos of [...]
62 inc February 11, 2008 at 6:50 pm: HEy

great find

will it have WIFI?
63 Barry February 11, 2008 at 6:28 pm: SWEET,can’t wait
64 deb February 11, 2008 at 5:50 pm: Infrared and a touch screen yet? Or will I be stuck with the Treo still?
65 DavidB February 11, 2008 at 5:32 pm: GPS in the menu means nothing. No doubt the GPS will be disabled on VZW except if used with their extra cost VZNavigator service (just like all othe 7xxx and 8xxx bb’s have been on VZW).

Hard to distinguish a lot of difference between this and the 9xxx pictures we saw last month.
66 josh February 11, 2008 at 5:04 pm: my friend who works for a sprint corp store. he went to a wireless event last monday. this is what he said the guy sprint sent to talk said.
67 CTB February 11, 2008 at 4:55 pm: Thanks Josh. Where is this info from?
68 josh February 11, 2008 at 4:09 pm: sprint curve- April 17th is the tentative launch but they are pushing for late March.

3rd quarter will be the release of the q chat curve with 3 Meg camera also.
69 BB World » Anche il CURVE abbraccia il CDMA February 11, 2008 at 3:35 pm: [...] dei ragazzi di BBGEEKS, che pubblicano in questo pomeriggio le foto del primo BlackBerry CURVE che supporta la rete CDMA. [...]
70 Paul February 11, 2008 at 3:32 pm: If it goes to Verizon, it will be at least 6 more months, so they can disable everything in it first, then come up with their programs and features to charge you for (GPS is a definite extra charge).
71 pamela February 11, 2008 at 2:37 pm: from this picture it looks like this one is going to sprint, just because from all the colors of their other devices in the past. Verizon will probably get one that’s all silver or all light gray.
72 CTB February 11, 2008 at 2:24 pm: Someone must have a projected release date? The span of March to mid-June is too vague. What about the person who had this test model? Is it reasonable to think the testing could take from now until June (5 months) before it drops? Seems like a long time.
73 BlackBerry Curve 8330 CDMA photos: has GPS - PHONE Magazine February 11, 2008 at 1:51 pm: [...] been waiting anxiously for the CDMA version of the BlackBerry Curve can breathe a sigh of relief: BBGeeks have photos of the 8330 that show it is physically almost identical to the 8310 GSM version [...]
74 Tommy February 11, 2008 at 1:22 pm: What os is it running?
75 Sneak peak at the CDMA BlackBerry Curve 8330 : BlackBerry Sync | get in sync with the latest BlackBerry news February 11, 2008 at 12:58 pm: [...] [Source] [...]
76 CrunchGear » Archive » CDMA BlackBerry Curve emerges February 11, 2008 at 12:27 pm: [...] Pictures of the CDMA BlackBerry Curve [BB Geeks] tr { border: 0px } td { cellborder: 10px; padding:5px; } table { border: 1px solid silver; margin-left: 20px; width: 540px; padding: 5px; } [...]
77 Pictures of the CDMA Curve... YES - BlackBerryForums.com : Your Number One BlackBerry Community February 11, 2008 at 12:16 pm: [...] Pictures of the CDMA Curve… YES – Today, 12:16 PM Pictures of the CDMA BlackBerry Curve | BB Geeks [...]
78 BlackBerry 8330 to have GPS | BlackBerry Cool February 11, 2008 at 11:24 am: [...] looks like those rumors of a CDMA Curve coming in the near future were well-founded. A nice little surprise at our first look with the BlackBerry 8330 reveals that this version of the [...]
79 8330 for Sprint - BlackBerryForums.com : Your Number One BlackBerry Community February 11, 2008 at 11:04 am: [...] 11:04 AM Here’s a good link with pictures: Pictures of the CDMA BlackBerry Curve | BB Geeks –>>Click here for FAQ answers to many BB Questions || Click Here for Stinsonddog’s [...]
80 Ben P February 11, 2008 at 11:03 am: thankfully my new-every-2 is comming up March 5…
81 boslady February 11, 2008 at 10:39 am: WOW… thanks so much for the pictures!

Do you think it will be global as well if it goes to Verizon?

I’m not so good on the specs, so perhaps you’ve included this info in the pictures and I just don’t know how to interpret it.
82 chelsey February 11, 2008 at 10:20 am: …and p.s. the pictures look great, everything I think everyone wanted to see.
83 chelsey February 11, 2008 at 10:19 am: I went to AT&T just yesterday and almost switched carriers because I just wanted the curve so bad and I had not heard anything new for CDMA in quite a few days. I’m glad I waited. I’ll be really excited though if you get anything some what solid on a release date that is not just another rumor. Oh dear Joe thank you.

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