Press Release
April 11, 2008
Bell Launches the New BlackBerry Curve 8330 Smartphone
Toronto, ON - Bell Mobility today announced the availability of the new BlackBerry® Curve™ 8330, a high speed and high powered smartphone from Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM).
"The new BlackBerry Curve 8330 smartphone offers a powerful combination of communications, multimedia and navigation capabilities," said Mark Guibert, Vice President of Corporate Marketing at Research In Motion. "Together with built-in GPS and an optimized keyboard, the BlackBerry Curve 8330 is an attractive choice for people looking for a great new phone that can take advantage of Bell's advanced mobile services."
"Bell is committed to meeting the needs of both consumer and business clients by delivering the highest-performance mobile data devices available," said Adel Bazerghi, Vice President - Products for Bell Mobility. "With its combination of speed and style, we expect the BlackBerry Curve 8330 to be a very popular addition to our BlackBerry smartphone lineup among clients of all kinds."
GPS Nav, Canada's biggest mobile music library
The BlackBerry Curve 8330 smartphone from Bell offers access to Bell's Full Track Music service of close to 2 million songs - Canada's largest mobile music library - as well as artist biographies and full album downloads. Also available is the GPS Nav service, which features turn by turn directions, as well as traffic enhancements in select cities. A broad range of ringtones and screen savers are also available.
Weighing only 117 grams, the BlackBerry Curve 8330 comes in a compact and user-friendly design with clean lines, soft edges and a liquid silver finish. Despite its small size, it features a highly tactile and ergonomic full-QWERTY keyboard. It also features built-in GPS, a 2 MP camera with video recording capability(*), 3.5 mm stereo headphone jack, high resolution display and is Bluetooth® compatible.
Additional features of the BlackBerry Curve 8330 include:
- microSD/SDHC memory card slot (8 GB memory cards are currently available), so there's plenty of storage space offered for songs, videos, pictures and voice notes
- access to Bell's high speed mobile network, the fastest and largest across North America for fast uploading, downloading and Internet browsing
- access to Windows LiveTM Messenger, a Bell exclusive
- access to Facebook(R) for BlackBerry smartphones application
- support for high speed USB, allowing users to transfer files between a computer and the smartphone at rates up to 10 MB/s
- ability to watch streaming video from Internet sites like m.youtube.com
- capability to be used as a modem
The BlackBerry Curve 8330 from Bell costs as little as $249.95 on a three-year contract. Bell offers a variety of data plans to suit every need, beginning as low as $15 per month for unlimited email and instant messaging, progressing to heavier data plans starting at 4 MB for $25 per month. For more information, please visit bell.ca/wireless.
(*) Video recording requires microSD card (sold separately).
About Bell
Bell is Canada's largest communications company, providing consumers with solutions to all their communications needs, including telephone services, wireless communications, high-speed Internet, digital television and voice over IP. Bell also offers integrated information and communications technology (ICT) services to businesses and governments, and is the Virtual Chief Information Officer (VCIO) to small and medium businesses (SMBs). Bell is proud to be a Premier National Partner and the exclusive Telecommunications Partner to the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Bell is wholly owned by BCE Inc. For information on Bell's products and services, please visit www.bell.ca. For corporate information on BCE, please visit www.bce.ca.
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