The Cream of the New Cell Phone Crop

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.)