What's better than a brand-new BlackBerry Curve? How about a FREE BlackBerry Curve? That's right, RIM is going to give away 5 free BlackBerry Curve handsets - "2 Limited Edition Pinstack Curves and 3 Limited Edition BlackBerryHomePage Curves, complete with Certificate of Authenticities and custom cases!" Come May 13, the same day that the WES Symposium kicks [...]

Wait, since when does Verizon Wireless actually release a new handset ahead of schedule? Perhaps the No. 2 wireless carrier in the US realized that Verizon customers already have to wait long enough for the hot new handsets to filter down to the CDMA ecosystem - they might as well launch the BlackBerry Curve 8330 [...]

Our friends to the North will be happy to hear that Telus has followed through on rumors that they'll be launching a Canadian-flavored BlackBerry Curve 8330. The sleek, yet full-featured BlackBerry Curve 8330 offers BlackBerry fans a good dose of EVDO data, GPS, Bluetooth, and 2 megapixel camera. That is, when it finally launches on [...]

Update: Sprint's version of the BlackBerry Curve 8330 will reportedly rock a full 80MB of onboard storage, lightening the load on the microSD card slightly. The BlackBerry Curve 8330 on Sprint should also change things up a bit with the introduction of black keys. And, it looks like Telus is set to get the BlackBerry Curve [...]

There doesn’t seem to be any shortage of official consumer-electronics rank-lists that are putting the iPhone near, or at the top, of the page this holiday shopping season. Time Magazine named the iPhone the “ Invention of the Year ” and the No. 1 gadget in their “ Top 10 Gadgets ” list. The iPhone has taken the top-spot in usability studies. It’s the most popular Google search term .  And now, Consumer Reports has just released their latest issue that puts the iPhone ahead of rival BlackBerry. Consumer Reports scored the Apple iPhone at 64, compared to the RIM BlackBerry Curve’s 61 points. Notably, the iPhone’s longer talktime (8.25 on the iPhone, 6.25 on the BlackBerry Curve), superior UI, ease of use, and simple computer synchronization gave it the edge against the BlackBerry curve. The BlackBerry’s push-email prowess was even unseated by Consumer Reports - citing the iPhone’s strong email client as a winner over the BlackBerry Curve. RIM is something of an industry incumbent when it comes to smartphones, they’ve been doing the whole “email” and “smartphone” thing for quite some time. So, it’s surprising (and refreshing) to see that the newcomer Apple has unseated the traditionally stronger RIM with their first-ever phone-offering. The iPhone is definitely a strong contender in multiple markets, we can’t wait for the next-gen iPhone to take it to the next level. [Via: Electronista ] ---Related Articles at IntoMobile:RIM to launch iPhone-fighting BlackBerry 9000/9xxx early next yearAnother RIM BlackBerry outage?Apple and AT&T stores may meet Apple iPhone demandRogers to carry BlackBerry Curve in CanadaRIM BlackBerry Pearl 8120 will not have GPS; to launch on AT&T before T-Mobile