Sprint Curve(8330) Coming Soon

**kboogie** · 04-10-2008, 08:15 PM

thanks to both tritan and pmjohnson99 for your input. I think it would be totally foolish to wait after presenting these dates formally. Secondly, they would risk their credibility and potentially miss out on the "tweeners." You know, the people up for opting out of their contracts from competitors as well as themselves. It's a good opportunity to capture additional market share. Lastly, I think the new CEO has the Sprint ship moving a better direction. Any thoughts?

**King21** · 04-10-2008, 08:34 PM

Originally Posted by kboogie

thanks to both tritan and pmjohnson99 for your input. I think it would be totally foolish to wait after presenting these dates formally. Secondly, they would risk their credibility and potentially miss out on the "tweeners." You know, the people up for opting out of their contracts from competitors as well as themselves. It's a good opportunity to capture additional market share. Lastly, I think the new CEO has the Sprint ship moving a better direction. Any thoughts?

I agree completely, this phone is not getting delayed, and Hesse is doing a fantastic job, just wait until 4th q earnings then we'll really tell. If he has stopped the bleeding by then, Sprint should be good to go.

**blusonic** · 04-10-2008, 08:44 PM

My info is an internal, weekly launch calendar that was released last night. There is no actual mention of a delay, just that they quietly removed it from the launch calendar for April. All of the codes for the other April 17th phones are clearly outlined, and there are no codes for the Curve...

Maybe it's not delayed, but it is no longer on the launch calendar with the other devices being released on April 17th (Katana LX and Sierra 597U EV-DO Card).

I wouldn't expect anyone to notice it missing except hardcore people like me who are anxiously waiting, you know what I mean? It's not something that they would broadcast to all employees saying "Hey! The Curve is delayed!" It was quietly removed from the launch calendar.

I was the guy claiming it'd be a soft launch of April 17th and official launch of April 20th, and I swore that'd be the date. And now that SAME SOURCE where I received this information initially before April 17th/20th was common knowledge, says that it's no longer releasing this month at all.

Take it as you will, I want this thing just as badly as everyone else and I'm PO'ed, but there's really no reason to be since there was never an official announcements, just an internal blurb mentioning the "Curve 8830 Titanium" releasing.

**kboogie** · 04-10-2008, 08:57 PM

Thanks Phobium for the info. I have been talking with a person I know who is an owner of one of the Sprint franchise stores and he is calling me tomorrow because he receives his new phone release materials and information. I really hope the Sprint Curve will be included.

**tritan** · 04-10-2008, 08:59 PM

Originally Posted by kboogie

Thanks Phobium for the info. I have been talking with a person I know who is an owner of one of the Sprint franchise stores and he is calling me tomorrow because he receives his new phone release materials and information. I really hope the Sprint Curve will be included.

Please post asayhear.

**kboogie** · 04-10-2008, 09:02 PM

I will definitely do that, stay tuned...

**tomvb2000** · 04-10-2008, 09:25 PM

Originally Posted by CodyBB

what? how do you figure 67 minutes?

It was "67 minutes" (in my time zone) until "1 day less to wait" from King21's post above mine. Dumb joke I admit.

**Hi-Definition** · 04-10-2008, 10:32 PM

you guys don't think the color scheme for sprint's curve is Fugly? i mean honestly, come on!

Sprint's Curve on left.....

**tomvb2000** · 04-10-2008, 11:16 PM

Seems no worse than the AT&T Titanium which isn't all bad and better than the boring 8300 silver. I would've liked charcoal or black, but I can live with Titanium.

What's so ugly about it?

**TipTop** · 04-10-2008, 11:38 PM

Originally Posted by hydroblack

you guys don't think the color scheme for sprint's curve is Fugly? i mean honestly, come on!

Sprint's Curve on left.....

The one on the left is Verizon's Curve.

**BioGenecide** · 04-10-2008, 11:54 PM

Originally Posted by TipTop

The one on the left is Verizon's Curve.

That's what I thought. . .Only color schemes I've seen for sprint's curve is the charcoal or that dark army green I've seen on some threads/sites.

Curious, Why no Wi-Fi? its the one upgrade that will probably be on every pda/smartphone by the end of the year? it's already on the 8320, so is it marketing to make more money later?

**cody** · 04-11-2008, 08:22 AM

Originally Posted by hydroblack

you guys don't think the color scheme for sprint's curve is Fugly? i mean honestly, come on!

Sprint's Curve on left.....

Originally Posted by TipTop

The one on the left is Verizon's Curve.

neither one is the sprint curve in this picture. if you zoom in you will see what looks to be at&t at the bottom of the right one. also the keys are the wrong color for the sprint curve.

when you zoom in you will see verizon on the bottom of the left one.

oh, and when you zoom in on the one on the right you can see the at&t in the top middle of the screen.

**Hi-Definition** · 04-11-2008, 08:33 AM

holy crap batman...you guys are freaks!!!

honestly, i posted that picture thinking it truly was sprint's curve (looks like it to me); but yet some of you guys did some chemical analysis testing on the picture, zoomed in, cropped it, chopped it, litmus-tested it, gave it a lie detector test....and concluded it's verizon's curve on the left.

man some of you guys should consider working for the cis in your city's police dept.; or for the cia or something.

respect...because some of your truly are addicted to the....**heavenly harping music playing in the background**... CrackBerry!

**John Yester** · 04-11-2008, 08:37 AM

lol well when it looks nothing like the Sprint edition, I and all will call you out on it...

CIA lol cools....

**BioGenecide** · 04-11-2008, 09:09 AM

Originally Posted by hydroblack

holy crap batman...you guys are freaks!!!

honestly, i posted that picture thinking it truly. . .

LOL. . .I don't even own one yet, and I knew.
any comments on the "no wi-fi" feature comming to the new 8330? lol

**Hi-Definition** · 04-11-2008, 11:21 AM

bio...whatever...just by looking at it w/o analyzing it further (which i didnt do)...like from first glimpse; it looks like sprint's curve.

Originally Posted by lembowski

My roommate is a National Account Coordinator for a company with 2000+ accounts and he received his 8330 today from his sales rep.

He told me he is loving it soo far, I'll take a look at it tonight. He has an order in for 200 pieces and his rep told him today they will ship on the 17th. So I assume the 17th is still on.......who knows

i dish out a whatever to lembowski too...isn't it funny that he says his roommate has the curve...but yet he can't even post pictures to prove that he's got it right NOW. he'll probably post pics on the day of release or soon thereafter...well what's the fun in that? by then...probably half the ppl in this thread will be posting on crackberry through their brand spanking-new curve from sprint.

**cody** · 04-11-2008, 11:39 AM

Originally Posted by hydroblack

holy crap batman...you guys are freaks!!!

honestly, i posted that picture thinking it truly was sprint's curve (looks like it to me); but yet some of you guys did some chemical analysis testing on the picture, zoomed in, cropped it, chopped it, litmus-tested it, gave it a lie detector test....and concluded it's verizon's curve on the left.

man some of you guys should consider working for the cis in your city's police dept.; or for the cia or something.

respect...because some of your truly are addicted to the....**heavenly harping music playing in the background**... CrackBerry!

if you mean csi... that's where i learn all my stuff. i love those shows.

no, to be honest with you, and being an x treo user, i have always like the black keys vs the white keys. when i saw that pic i thought... wait a minute.

**cody** · 04-11-2008, 11:43 AM

if you really want good pics of all the cdma version... there was always this .... BlackBerry Curve 8330 - Six Carriers with Fool’s Gold | The Boy Genius Report

**Hi-Definition** · 04-11-2008, 11:58 AM

yeah i meant csi; typo.

anyway; i posted that original picture sincerely thinking it's sprint's version because this whole time i thought it looked like verizon's version...but obviously not. so my bad. and actually now that i think about it; the verizon color scheme isn't as FUGLY as i thought...the black buttons on silver/gray background contrast looks sharp.

it's obvious here...

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