Verizone Wireless: BlackBerry 8530 Curve 2 at the end of the month and HTC Droid Eris official

U.S. operator Verizone Wireless today introduced a series of phones of different price range and price level. Including communicator BlackBerry 8530 Curve 2, which was rumored that his release would be postponed to next year. Transfer did not take place, and this model will be available at the operator on November 20. Among the main advantages of this communicator - the existence of modules WiFi b / g and GPS. The rest is a typical representative of the devices from the company Research in Motion: the screen with a resolution of 320x240 pixels, QWERTY-keyboard, 2-megapixel camera and processor with a clock frequency of 528 MHz. Traditional for BlackBerry trackball for BlackBerry 8530 Curve 2 replaced touch trackpad. The cost of the communicator in Verizone Wireless will be 100 dollars at the conclusion of 2-year contract and 100-dollar discount.

Also referred to the operator announced a second series smartphones Droid. There is no intrigue in the name and characteristics of this apparatus was not. The smartphone called the HTC Droid Eris and a version of HTC Hero. From the latter it differs mainly to the CDMA EVDO Rev.A module, while the basic version is designed to work in standard GSM. The model is based on a processor with a clock speed of 528 MHz, has a 3.2-inch touch screen and a 5-megapixel camera. Besides noting the presence-in GPS, digital compass, and the interface HTC Sense. Unlike the first Droid-phone, Motorola Droid, HTC Eris does not have pre-OS Android 2.0 and, accordingly, does not support service Google Maps Navigation.

In the sales model arrive on November 6, and the cost will be exactly the same as a BlackBerry 8530 Curve 2 - $ 100, taking into account the $ 100 discount and at the conclusion of 2-year contract.