Orange Introduces PAYG Blackberry Curve With Free Internet

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Orange has launched another pay as you go RIM handset, the Blackberry Curve 8900 for £250 a few months after the Pearl 8120, an older and more mature product, debuted.

Earlier this year, Orange offered the Indigo Blackberry Pearl 8120 for £145 and at that time, we noted that there were no restrictions regarding using the internet access without having to topped up.

Those who purchased the device will get six-month free web browsing and will be able to subscribe to a monthly subscription service after that. At a cost of only £5 per month, the Blackberry Internet Service will provide you with the necessary dose of email and internet access.

The Curve itself is a sumptuous handset. It comes with a full QWERTY keyboard, built in GPS, WiFi, a 3.2-megapixel camera and up to 16GB expandable memory. The 2.4-inch inch screen can display 480x360 pixels (which is better than the iPhone and should give you a much sharper image).

It is worth noting that the unlocked/SIM free version of the phone costs as much as £326. T-Mobile also launched the Pearl 8110 with a one year prepaid data and email package for only £179. The phone is an entry level one but ends up offering more internet for 50 percent less outlay.

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Our Comments

It is a shame that this phone is not 3G compatible, otherwise, it would have been a worthy competitor to the Nokia E71. The offer for free internet ends on the 30th of June 2009, so you better be quick.

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Désiré Athow
Désiré Athow

Désiré has been musing and writing about technology during a career spanning four decades. He dabbled in website building and web hosting when DHTML and frames were en vogue and started writing about the impact of technology on society just before the start of the Y2K hysteria at the turn of the last millennium. Following an eight-year stint at ITProPortal.com where he discovered the joys of global tech-fests, Désiré now heads up TechRadar Pro. Previously he was a freelance technology journalist at Incisive Media, Breakthrough Publishing and Vnunet, and Business Magazine. He also launched and hosted the first Tech Radio Show on Radio Plus.