The Cream of the New Cell Phone Crop
Sleek sliders, colorful clamshells, and the fastest Internet tablet yet: There was something for everyone at 2008 CTIA, the largest North American wireless telecom show.
Yardena Arar, PC World
RIM Introduces an EVDO BlackBerry Curve
Speaking of BlackBerries, here's the new BlackBerry 8330, a Curve that supports EVDO mobile broadband. The day before CTIA opened, Verizon Wireless announced it will offer the 8330 next month (this is the model shown) for $320, with a $50 mail-in rebate available as well as an additional $100 off if you sign up for a qualifying voice and data plan when you buy. The next day, Sprint announced that it will offer the phone later this month for $280 with a two-year contract; an additional $100 mail-in rebate will bring the cost down to $180. Sounds like a price war to me. (The 8330 also supports GPS, but not Wi-Fi.)
