The online VZW store has been taking orders for the 8330 since Monday, but Friday, May 9th is the day it'll officially be available - to business customers. General availability is set for Monday, May 12th.
Download the spec sheet here, or view it embedded below.
Just because it fits doesn't mean it works - or does it?
Right now I have three generations of BlackBerry batteries that came with my 8703, 8830 and 8130. I also have two different chargers and spare batteries for the 8830 and 8703. Now that Verizon's selling the BlackBerry 8330 Curve, I went looking to see how to send RIM yet another $100, and was pleasantly surprised to discover that the C-S2 model batteries from the 8703 would work in the Curve. To help others in my situation I've put together a matrix of batteries and the supported models.
In a pinch you can use C-M2 and C-X2 batteries in an 8700, but the battery cover won't fit over the C-X2. C-S2 and C-X2 batteries will physically fit into the Pearl, and C-S2 will fit into the 8800, but neither will power the device and you'll receive the No Charge image.
The C-M2 is missing a notch that the C-X2 and C-S2 have and would not physically fit into my 8830.
The BlackBerry 9000 appears to use a totally different battery, but until it's available it won't be included in the matrix.
C-S2 |
C-M2 |
C-X2 |
Older Models |
| 7100g | 8100 | 8800 | 6210 |
| 7100i | 8120 | 8820 | 6220 |
| 7100r | 8130 | 8830 | 6230 |
| 7100t | 6280 | ||
| 7100v | 6510 | ||
| 7100x | 6710 | ||
| 7105t | 6720 | ||
| 7130c | 6750 | ||
| 7130e | 7210 | ||
| 7130g | 7230 | ||
| 7130v | 7250 | ||
| 8700r | 7270 | ||
| 8700c | 7280 | ||
| 8700f | 7290 | ||
| 8700g | 7510 | ||
| 8700v | 7520 | ||
| 8703e | 7730 | ||
| 8705g | 7750 | ||
| 8707g | 7780 | ||
| 8707h | |||
| 8707v | |||
| 8300 | |||
| 8310 | |||
| 8320 | |||
| 8330 |
Sprint's announced their BlackBerry Curve 8330, and it comes in a nice black finish. Other than pricing, color and fully-functional GPS it's the same as Verizon's Curve.
The BlackBerry Curve 8330 smartphone will be available later this month online at www.sprint.com, through Sprint Telesales, Sprint business sales channels and retail locations for as low as $179.99 with a two-year service agreement, a $170 instant savings credit and $100 mail-in-rebate.
High-res photos: front and side.
Working title: The BlackBerry on Acid, maaan.
There's been quite a bit of chatter about different browsers passing the acid3 test, and some who didn't. There are three tests in the Acid suite, all designed to demonstrate how well a browser handles specific standards.
Acid 1:
Developed in October 1998, focused mainly on CSS1. (Wikipedia)
Acid 2:
Released in April, 2005, primarily tests CSS 2 and HTML rendering. (Wikipedia)
Acid 3:
Released on March 3rd, 2008, the focus is on DOM Level 2, SVG, XML, data: URIs and JavaScript. (Wikipedia)
I decided to put the newest BlackBerry Browser in my possession to the test - the Verizon 8130 (Pearl 2). Running OS v4.3.0.97 with Browser v4.3.0. This version of the OS was released on January 29th, 2008 and is the newest publicly available CDMA OS.
Let's toss it a softball - the Acid 1 test
Not shabby, here's what it should look like:
Everything starts to fall apart with Acid 2. Here's the reference image:
And here's how the BB browser renders it:
What is that? It looks nothing like the reference, if anything it reminds me of Clifford.
I'm not sure if this is even worth it, especially since the Acid 3 test focuses on more Web 2.0ish aspects of a page.
Even with JavaScript enabled, the BB immediately fails the test. Let's see how it handles the reference page.
Here's what it should look like:
Nothing really. It's not going to drive me to buy an iPhone, but it doesn't allay my frustration with the piss-poor browser on the BlackBerry. I'll never be satisfied madly rolling the trackball in the Browser after seeing an iPhone user merrily flicking their way through a webpage.
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