They claimed the same thing with the Pearl. I hope they aren't lying this time around.

Hope your right but from what I have heard that wasn't to all markets until 20th.

After reading this I called Sprint and spoke to a retention rep, the official release date is April 20th. Don't know how reliable the rep you spoke with is but, for now I'm going to have to say they're BS'ing you.

they will have the phone in a few days before the 20th and if the rep really wants the sale they will break the rules and sell it to you...i have seen this happen so many times

I thought B2B was the 16th and the consumers are the 20th? Well regardless, Telus beat everyone to the punchline!


Cant wait!

so are you in line for one. My PM's and emails are going unanswered Abarrera. I knew you would come back to BB.

BlackBerry Curve 8330 Red Reviews, Features, Photos,

Look at his article. They are claiming a red curve coming and verizon pink model.

BlackBerry Curve 8330 Pink Reviews, Features, Photos,

ive been answering your emails and your pm's...very busy here in Texas with everything going on in the news!

This is right from what ive seen direct ship the 16th everybodyelse the 20th

Rimarkable is reporting delays till May. I can't see it with all the confirms on the web but I guess we will see. Anybody confirm this?

Just to clarify for everyone because there are multiple responses on this topic.

NO! Sprint does NOT support Picture Mail on any Blackberry, or MMS. Not on the Pearl, Not on the Curve when it comes out.

You can send a picture to a Blackberry Messenger contact, you can send a picture via email, but that is it. You could theoretically send an email to the (depending on the carrier protocol), but that is as close to MMS you can get.

that sucks...sprint needs to fix it

not all carriers or phones support MMS. sprint doesnt support mms period. there picture mail is basically webhosting of your picture and sending a link to the recipient. i believe a third party application could be created to do this, no?

i believe the windows mobile guys have an application that can do it.

Sprints implementation of MMS or picturemail is horrid.
you would think they would fix it, but this is sprint we talk about.

its amusing because they say it works.
http://www.sprint.com/cdma/assets/pd...ry/8130_ug.pdf


they really should remove that from their site, given its a generic pdf

The Blackberry Curve will be soft launching on the 17th. Soft launch means that we will getting stock of them but we will not have a Demo one up yet. You will need to ask the representative to see one.

The Blackberry Curve will launch on the 17th its a Soft Launch which means they will not have a Demo on the floor but they will be in stock.

the Blackberry Curve will be the first device to support MMS there is a software update that will be coming out soon on sprint.com/downloads that will get the Blackberry Pearl to be able to access and sync up with Picture Mail.

Dear ERDude,

Thank you for emailing Sprint. I apologize for the inconvenience that
has been caused to you.

I would like to mention that we are launching Blackberry 8330 (Curve)
handset on April 20, 2008. You can keep this email as a confirmation in
this regard.

If you wish to purchase this handset, please write back to us on or
after April 20, 2008. We will send the handset to you.

If you have another account related questions, please reply back to us.
We will be glad to assist you.

Thank you again for contacting Sprint. We appreciate your business.

Sincerely,
Barby V.
Sprint


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Name: ERDude
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Original Question: Blackberry 8330 Curve
Question: Blackberry Curve (8330) - What is the release date of this
phone. I have been promised a new phone by retentions, and was told
this the Blackberry Curve (8330) would be available April 20th. Today
I'm hearing rumors that the release date is June 1.

Which is it April 20th or June 1? I can't wait until June 1 for a new
phone; however you're current line up of phones is unacceptable.
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There is a post at Crackberry on the curve being green .Infoworld is reporting it looks different then Titanium. You decided.







Getting close now !! Nice pics.

"The version we saw came in an appealing green color, ironically like the green Palm Treo 755p on Verizon Wireless (Sprint got a blue one)."

Maybe this is why the people at Sprint couldn't find the titanium color we've all been asking about. They switched up the color to baby puke green. Ok it's not that bad but, the titanium looks much hotter.

I just called the Sprint Store in my area So I could find out if the Curve was coming out on the 20th as told. They said sprint has pushed it back to June now. So if you were waiting for the curve, we have to wait longer...

Think I'll go take T-mo for a 30 day test drive.

As more and more people buy smartphones, I can't imagine Sprint turning around their business because of their incredibly delayed phone introduction. It wasn't such a big deal before, but the technology difference is now incredibly noticable because of the capabilities of new smartphones.

If the launch date is June, I will just wait for the rumored 3G iphone later this year. If the curve came out this week, I was going to give Sprint a final try by purchasing the curve on ebay without a contract.

My local stored stated they(curve)are on time and would be able to order them next week so i guess we will see. If there was a delay that big I would expect an article on BGR this week on it. They are always in the know with bb.

Wirelessly posted (8330 Sprint)

No!

No MMS, not here, not there, no MMS anywhwere.
Not in a house, not with a mouse.
Not on a boat, not with a goat.

No MMS, green eggs, or ham.

You will not get them. Sam I Am

lol

Ok, I just spit my drink all over my laptop reading this one....


Wirelessly posted (8330 Sprint) <~~~~ I just noticed that. :-O

please do not post the same thing multiple times. you have posted that post in another thread a few seconds ago.

All the q-chat phones are pushed back to June so cross your fingers the curve is on time. Crackberry addicts are saying the curve will release next week but will be for select market roll outs due to demand.

Tritan: I spoke Sprint Corporate Hdq. (703-433-4000) today to resolve some issues and asked about the Curve. I was given the tentative release date for the Curve is June 1, 2008.

why do you keep posting the phone number to Sprint Hq in Reston? That is the third time today. Once is enough.

What's the problem with posting verifiable information, such as a phone number in my case to validate the information I've posted?

Relax a little bit.

its fine to post business phone numbers, but you posted it 3 times. notice i said once is enough.

Hmmmm . Intresting.

If this is truely the case and I am sure we will start to see news release of a push back. I will take a closer look at the new WM treo coming in June if this is truely the case as the only reason I was going berry is availibility. I think it is going to be another losing battle for Sprint as this will ensure people waiting for next week will look else where especially with verizon getting it faster and the new treo around the corner.

Yeah I settled for the 8130 with the slight hope that the 8330 will release within 30 days

is it possible to buy a spring 8330 out of contract and use it on the verizon wireless network?

I was going to do this a month ago and I am glad I didn't know. I told myself " what if they delay this device". looks Like I was right.

welcome to the forums. No it is not at this time. The carriers are not required to unlock devices, nor accept unlocked devices yet.

Basically I had no choice as the Treo 650 required resetting after every call. Now its just a wait and see game, everyone I spoke to yesterday told me that the sCurve will be out Sunday.