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Boost Mobile adds BlackBerry Curve 8530 to lineup

by Adam Zeis on 6 Oct 2010 10:38 AM
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Boost Mobile Curve 8530

Starting October 14th, Boost Mobile will be adding the Curve 8530 to its current lineup of BlackBerry Smartphones. The $249 device can be paired with a $60 unlimited plan that includes email, voice, text and web. The Curve 8530 features an optical trackpad, media buttons, full QWERTY keyboard, Bluetooth, GPS and more. With its no-contract plans, Boost rings in at one of the lowest priced as far as BlackBerry data plans go and could make a great alternative for those looking to stay free from a carrier contract. Head to boostmobile.com for more information.

Filed Under: News & Rumors, Devices; Tags: BlackBerry Curve 8530, Boost Mobile
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Posted by SniperFery Wednesday, Oct 06, 2010 595 days ago

well could it be a sign that the 8500's Curve 2 won't be getting the EOL'ed and possibl OS6 or OS5 above OS'es??

 
 
Posted by Ebscer Wednesday, Oct 06, 2010 595 days ago

no

 
 
Posted by Sam K Wednesday, Oct 06, 2010 595 days ago

This seems to be a better option than the MetroPCS Blackberry Curve 8530 even though they both cost $60/month because Boost operates on the Sprint network which should have better coverage than the MetroPCS network. MetroPCS also charges $30 more for the 8530 in my area (NY).

 
 
Posted by MoonHowler2009 Wednesday, Oct 06, 2010 595 days ago

It would indeed. I used Metro PCS and their coverage is fringe, even in the metro areas. Never again.

 
 
Posted by ath20wj Wednesday, Oct 06, 2010 595 days ago

Really? I live in a suburb of a suburb of Atlanta, in the woods, and I have overall pretty good service. Never a missed called or anything. RARELY a text message might not send, but as soon as i hit "resend" it goes out. T Mobile however... ugggggghhh so horrile. They could have a $29.99 a month plan, I still wouldnt get it.

 
 
Posted by ath20wj Wednesday, Oct 06, 2010 595 days ago

Really? I live in a suburb of a suburb of Atlanta, in the woods, and I have overall pretty good service. Never a missed called or anything. RARELY a text message might not send, but as soon as i hit "resend" it goes out. T Mobile however... ugggggghhh so horrile. They could have a $29.99 a month plan, I still wouldnt get it.

 
 
Posted by MoonHowler2009 Wednesday, Oct 13, 2010 588 days ago

I had frequent red Xs when I tried to send text messages. I would literally be praying each time I would send a text.

The outages were mostly data stuff (web, IM, email, etc.). The data service would simply cut off and I would have to battery pull to regain it. It got to the point where this was happening several times a day, even in areas with ample coverage.

 
 
Posted by ath20wj Wednesday, Oct 06, 2010 595 days ago

Really? I live in a suburb of a suburb of Atlanta, in the woods, and I have overall pretty good service. Never a missed called or anything. RARELY a text message might not send, but as soon as i hit "resend" it goes out. T Mobile however... ugggggghhh so horrile. They could have a $29.99 a month plan, I still wouldnt get it.

 
 
Posted by ath20wj Wednesday, Oct 06, 2010 595 days ago

sorry for the triple post :/

 
 
Posted by 504mami Wednesday, Oct 06, 2010 595 days ago

Also, this phones picture quality also sucks, i"d stick with the 8330, much better bb compared to this one especially!!...I don't quite understand, they upgraded to a newer version BlackBery Company!!...then makes this model less efficient than a model that came out a year prior...then it cost more than the 8330 $100.bucks more,

 
 
Posted by jfriend33 Wednesday, Oct 06, 2010 595 days ago

boost website says the phone is going to cost $299 not $249....

 
 
Posted by yamezsr Saturday, Oct 09, 2010 593 days ago

Just got mines, paid $249 for it $260 something with tax

 
 
Posted by MoonHowler2009 Wednesday, Oct 06, 2010 595 days ago

About time Boost came out with a beefier BlackBerry. I like my 8330, but 96 MB RAM is just too little. The addition of wifi would be a huge plus for me too, as I often go to Borders where they have free wifi!

But to have to wait a week for it to come out is going to be torture!!!

 
 
Posted by yamezsr Saturday, Oct 09, 2010 593 days ago

Its out now buddy! Got mines and loving it! Its killing the 8330 in every feature except the camera. Its fast as hell and comes with a 2gig sd card I have 130 mp3's on it and still have over a gigs worth of space!

 
 
Posted by proud2bitalian1 Thursday, Oct 07, 2010 594 days ago

I wonder if nextel will be getting a better blackberry then 8350I soon

 
 
Posted by yamezsr Saturday, Oct 09, 2010 593 days ago

Got mines Thursday! set me back a bit but worth every penny. Had to be one of the first with it. I love it hands down. The only issue I have with it is there is no camera flash

 
 
Posted by Boost Mobile 8530 Saturday, Apr 30, 2011 389 days ago

I had the 8330 but now have the 8553, I was moer then happy to give up the camera flash for more RAM, trackpad & WiFi

Sent from my BlackBerry® by Boost Mobile

 
 
Posted by ktx99 Saturday, Dec 04, 2010 536 days ago

So I guess if I had bad coverage with Virgin mobile in the past, I’ll have the same coverage problems with Boost since they use the Sprint network?

I hated VM. Even in my house I had some lousy signal, dropped calls and text delays. I have been looking at Boost for a while because of the 8530 price but I don’t want to end up like VM back to square one.

 
 
Posted by HappySurfer Wednesday, Feb 02, 2011 477 days ago

I am still trying to figure out where the catch is. According to Virgin Mobile I can get 300 minutes talktime and unlimited everything else for $35 a month on a Blackberry 8530. This would cost me $60 -$70 a month on any of the big three. I really dont feel like dropping $200 on a curve to find out im going to get screwed in the fine print.

 
 
Posted by BBtourch11 Thursday, Jul 28, 2011 300 days ago

do most blackberries from boost mobile have the chip?