BlackBerry Curve 9310 Smartphone Announced

Verizon Wireless and RIM announced the BlackBerry Curve 9310 smartphone, a stylish new smartphone for socially-connected customers. It includes all the core BlackBerry messaging and social-centric applications that let customers easily connect to the people and things that matter most to them. Running on BlackBerry 7.1, the Curve 9310 also features the iconic BlackBerry keyboard for quick and easy typing and a dedicated BBM key for instant access to RIM's popular mobile social network.

Facebook and Twitter apps allow customers to easily interact with their social network in real time, and, with the new Social Feeds 2.0 app, they can post updates to multiple social networks simultaneously and capture updates from news sources (RSS feeds), social apps and instant messaging apps, all in one consolidated view.

Features

• 3.2-megapixel camera — easily share pictures and video with friends through text, BBM, Facebook and Twitter
• VZ Navigator capabilities for customers to receive audible turn-by-turn directions to millions of points of interest and share directions with others
• On-device Parental Controls — customers can grant as little or as much access to the Internet, social networking and messaging as they see appropriate. Create a select list of contacts for both incoming and outgoing calls
• microSD card slot with support for up to 32 GB

Pricing and Availability
The new BlackBerry Curve 9310 smartphone will be available for $49.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate with a new two-year customer agreement. The phone will be available in other markets as the 9220 and 9320. See specifications, more BlackBerry phones or other smartphones.