Research In Motion’s BlackBerry Curve 8900, also known as the BlackBerry Javelin, is expected to hit United States markets in February, according to TmoNews.
The latter, an unofficial T-Mobile news blog, has reported that RIM’s updated BlackBerry Curve could be made available to U.S. consumers on February 18.
The gadget, which has been called the BlackBerry Bold 9000’s kid brother, is already available in Canada and was approved for the U.S. by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) back in November.
The BlackBerry Curve 8900 features Edge support with built-in Wi-Fi and GPS, a 512MHz next-generation processer, a full QWERTY keyboard and a 2.4-inch, 480 x 360 high-resolution display. Moreover, it is the BlackBerry line’s thinnest smartphone to come fitted with a full QWERTY keyboard, being only a little thicker than half an inch.
Even though the Curve does not offer 3G support, it comes with a 3.2-megapixel camera and a BlackBerry Operating System, version 4.6. Furthermore, the device also features tools that have already become trademarks for RIM’s BlackBerrys, such as e-mail, messaging, calendaring and document viewing and editing, along with multimedia features like a media player.
Research In Motion launched a string of smartphones the second half of 2008, including BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 for T-Mobile, which was the company’s first flip-phone, BlackBerry Bold 9000 for AT&T and the BlackBerry Storm for Verizon Wireless, RIM’s first touch-screen gadget. The latter, upon its release, went head-to-head with T-Mobile’s G1, the first phone to run the open-source Android operating system and Apple Incorporated’s iPhone 3G.
