Orange confirms to offer BlackBerry Curve 8520 (UK)

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Orange is going to offer the new BlackBerry Curve 8520 on both pay as you go and pay monthly tariffs from August. RIM said that it will support mobile access to both Facebook and MySpace, as well as offering the usual email and messaging services. The handset adorns a touch-sensitive optical trackpad and is the first BlackBerry smartphone to feature dedicated media keys, giving customers an easy, convenient way to control their music and videos.

More and more cell phone users are choosing to upgrade to a smartphone and the new BlackBerry Curve 8520 will undoubtedly convince many more people in the UK to make the switch. It is a great new addition to the BlackBerry Curve series and delivers all the great messaging, social networking and multimedia features that customers have come to love about BlackBerry smartphones,” said Carlo Chiarello, Vice President, Product Management, Research In Motion.