BlackBerry Curve now available through Sprint

Late's better than never -- usually, anyway -- and a rumored release date finally stuck long enough for the BlackBerry Curve 8330 to make an appearance on Sprint's online store. In fact, as "mid-May" goes, May 9 is actually on the early side of things if you want to get technical about it, so we guess some kudos are actually due here. Sprint's asking $179.99 on contract with rebates for the pleasure of indulging in its latest mobile productivity tool, which you'll ironically be using to respond to emails during meetings that you're supposed to be listening in on. Funny how the world works, isn't it?

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

[(Unverified) Posted May 9th 2008 2:03AM]

FIRST! haha.........well seriously though...ABOUT TIME!!!! soo much for being first to launch it in april.

[(Unverified) Posted May 9th 2008 4:08AM]

Too bad no GSM (unless I don't know about it). I guess I'll wait for the 9000.

[Poot Posted May 10th 2008 12:57AM]

what? the curve has been out on GSM carriers for almost a year now.

and if you mean like the 8800, that doesn't operate on US GSM bands anyways.

[(Unverified) Posted May 9th 2008 9:17AM]

So....wasnt it going to be that cool blacl/grey color? WT heck?

[(Unverified) Posted May 9th 2008 10:49AM]

No, Sprint.

[(Unverified) Posted May 9th 2008 9:37AM]

Yeah, seriously. Where'd this current artwork come from and where's the totally awesome black (that every other carrier should offter) that we saw in previous pictures?