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“In the coming weeks” seems to be a popular phrase when talking about the availability of this phone coming days, and T-Mobile USA is consistent with the trend today in talking about the newly announced 3G BlackBerry Curve from RIM. Beyond saying that it will be available in the “smoky violet” and “graphite gray, T-Mobile is not really any hints about the prices or the retail date – for all we know, could be in August or September – so 8520, that’s just going to have to last you a few days. EDGE data slower than ever now feel, huh?

The car left the gate on Thursday and here is the horse: the official 3G BlackBerry Curve (model 9300) Announcement just landed in our inbox. So besides the sports (800/850) / 1900/2100MHz 900/1700/2100MHz or HSDPA, quad-band GSM, WiFi, and GPS, we know that if you buy these five BlackBerry device today you can upgrade to the BlackBerry 6 “in the coming months.” Assuming that your carrier may have to get things done, of course.

We had wondered what had happened to low-end of Kyocera Zio Android after announcing in March at CTIA … and behold, here it is. Cricket today announced that the phone is indeed in the pipe for 2010 – a little later than previous rumors that we would see in July – marking just their second smartphone after their branded version of the BlackBerry Curve 8530, which ships later this week. Prices for the Zio has not yet announced, but the Curve 8530 will run $ 279.99 after rebate – pricey, yes, until you realize that you get, without a pesky contract. Cricket’s thrilled to trumpet its unlimited BlackBerry plan only $ 60 per month in total, which means that voice, text does run, and the data are all from the meter. Not bad – but given the positioning of Cricket as a regional brand value, we would expect no less.