AT&T Hits Market with BlackBerry Curve 8320

AT&T Inc. announced the immediate availability of the BlackBerry Curve 8320 smartphone with built-in Wi-Fi(R), which gives AT&T customers with unlimited corporate or personal BlackBerry service plans free and seamless access to thousands of AT&T Wi-Fi Hot Spots in the U.S.
Available in sapphire blue, the BlackBerry Curve 8320 smartphone makes it easy to connect to home or campus Wi-Fi networks and to automatically connect to any of the more than 17,000 AT&T Hot Spots nationwide. These include Starbucks, Barnes & Noble and thousands more restaurants, airports, hotels and other convenient locations across the U.S. Those customers who subscribe to unlimited corporate or personal BlackBerry service plans can access these AT&T Hot Spots at no charge.
The BlackBerry Curve 8320 smartphone – with 802.11 b/g – provides broader data coverage, and customers also can carry on a telephone conversation on the cellular network while simultaneously accessing data via Wi-Fi.
The BlackBerry Curve 8320 smartphone also gives AT&T customers the ability to access Wi-Fi hotspots worldwide(1). These global Wi-Fi capabilities complement AT&T’s industry-leading wide area wireless international coverage with the ability to perform data functions in more than 150 countries and make or receive a phone call in more than 200 countries.
The BlackBerry Curve 8320 smartphone retains the features that have made it one of the most popular smartphones in the world. It combines the renowned BlackBerry e-mail and messaging capabilities with a full QWERTY keyboard, built-in spell checker, premium phone features and comprehensive organizer, and it sports a large, ultra-bright, 320-by-240 display that supports more than 65,000 colors and comes with light-sensing technology that automatically adjusts backlighting for optimal viewing. In addition, it features Bluetooth support, a 2 megapixel camera with zoom, flash and video recording(2), advanced media player with desktop media management software and expandable memory of up to 16GB via its microSD/SDHC memory card slot.
The BlackBerry Curve 8320 smartphone with built-in Wi-Fi is now available and through AT&T’s direct business-to-business sales organizations for as low as $149.99 with a two-year contract and mail-in rebate.