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T-Mobile announces the WiFi-enabled BlackBerry Pearl, Verizon finally gets the Curve

With the recent announcement of the AT&T WiFi-enabled BlackBerry Pearl we all knew it was just a matter of time before T-Mobile was going to announce one with support for the HotSpot @Home service. Today, T-Mobile announced that the BlackBerry Pearl 8120 will be available on 14 April. Like the AT&T model, the 8120 features a 2 megapixel camera with video recording capability, support for the HotSpot @Home service and T-Mobile myFaves, Bluetooth with A2DP support, and enhanced SureType keyboard with word completion, easier editing of misspelled words, and built-in spell checker.
Written by Matthew Miller, Contributing Writer

With the recent announcement of the AT&T WiFi-enabled BlackBerry Pearl we all knew it was just a matter of time before T-Mobile was going to announce one with support for the HotSpot @Home service. Today, T-Mobile announced that the BlackBerry Pearl 8120 will be available on 14 April. Like the AT&T model, the 8120 features a 2 megapixel camera with video recording capability, support for the HotSpot @Home service and T-Mobile myFaves, Bluetooth with A2DP support, and enhanced SureType keyboard with word completion, easier editing of misspelled words, and built-in spell checker. Check out the Pearl site to enter a contest to win a Pearl as part of the notification process. There was no pricing information in the press release or on the website.

In other BlackBerry news, Verizon Wireless finally joins the Curve community with the announcement of the BlackBerry Curve 8330. The Verizon Curve supports their high speed EV-DO data network and is available for US$269.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate with a new two-year customer agreement. An additional US$100 credit toward the purchase of the handset is available for customers who sign up for qualifying voice and data plans at the time of purchase.

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