Vodafone gets the BlackBerry Curve 8520

Contract offered for entry-level smartphone


11 August 2009 15:12 GMT / By Duncan Geere

We had a feeling that RIM's BlackBerry Curve 8520 was going to be a popular handset after more than 30,000 of you checked out our gallery of exclusive photos of the device.

Well now Vodafone has joined Orange in offering the handset on a contract. The network says that it'll be free on a two-year, £25 / month contract, or will also be available to "Corporate and Public Sector customers" for £185.

As previously reported, the 8520 ditches the trackball in favour of an optical scroll pad, and adds dedicated media keys and a 3.5mm headphone jack. It has built-in Wi-Fi, the iconic BlackBerry QWERTY keyboard, and support for up to 16GB of MicroSD storage.
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