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Official: Koodo to release Curve 8530 this Spring for $300, or $150 on the Tab

By on April 28, 2010 at 1:44pm in Asides, Koodo Mobile News, Mobile News, Various News

TELUS’ sub-brand Koodo Mobile has officially declared they will be releasing the BlackBerry Curve 8530 to their lineup this Spring. A much needed device and the carriers first smartphone. Regarding pricing, Koodo states that the Curve 8530 “is expected to retail for $300, or $150 for new customers who put the smartphone on their Tab.”

We’ve mentioned this a number of times in the past, plus have internal screenshots of this that estimate this to drop between May 18th and 26th. Now that Koodo will be joining the Smartphone train… will you be hopping on board?

Chief Koodo Officer Kevin Banderk stated “Since launching as Canada’s back to basics wireless company, Koodo has focused on providing exceptional value by sticking to communication essentials like talk and text. For many Koodo customers, easy mobile access to email or social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter has become an essential communication need. The BlackBerry Curve 8530 offers these customers a high-quality smartphone with a full-QWERTY keyboard for easy interactivity with popular social networking sites.”

Via: CNW

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  4. SaskTel to launch the BlackBerry Curve 8530

Discussion

16 comments for “Official: Koodo to release Curve 8530 this Spring for $300, or $150 on the Tab”

  1. My interest is in taking my HSPA smart phone that I already own and running it on Koodo. If Koodo does not provide data plans that offer value-for-money, then I have no reason to jump on the Koodo train.

    And by value-for-money, I mean something like $30 for 5 or 6 GB of data.

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    Posted by Jim R | April 28, 2010, 2:02 pm
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  2. Is this the HSPA or CDMA version of the phone?

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    Posted by theninjasquad | April 28, 2010, 2:44 pm
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  3. This is the CDMA version which is unfortunate

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    Posted by Brian | April 28, 2010, 2:58 pm
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  4. Is that gray, silver or black they’re offering?

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    Posted by Alec Bertok | April 28, 2010, 2:59 pm
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  5. DSMA

    HSPA VERSION IS THE 8520

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    Posted by Jason | April 28, 2010, 3:29 pm
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  6. ^^silver

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    Posted by Mark Tanner | April 28, 2010, 3:30 pm
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  7. Can someone tell me how koddo works do you have to sign a contract etc.

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    Posted by Jayme | April 28, 2010, 3:41 pm
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  8. charcoal color

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    Posted by Andrew | April 28, 2010, 3:53 pm
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  9. nobody cares…whats real news is – http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/28/hp-to-buy-palm-for-1-2-billion/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+Techcrunch+(TechCrunch)&utm_content=Google+International

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    Posted by Bong Sniffer | April 28, 2010, 4:02 pm
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  10. google cdma and you will find that this is not necessarily a negative. Koodo=no contract. Let’s hope Wind Mobile adopts a similar tab program.

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    Posted by Mark Tanner | April 28, 2010, 4:24 pm
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  11. Just so people know, 8530 is CDMA 8520 is UMTS(Hspa). Usually if the code ends in 10, 30, 50, 70, 90, it’s CDMA. 00, 20, 40, 60, 80 indicate GSM/UMTS

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    Posted by Thomas | April 28, 2010, 5:34 pm
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  12. Oh crap! I didn’t realize the 8530 is CDMA. So, there’s still no *official* word on Koodo getting on Telus’ HSPA network!?!

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    Posted by Jim R | April 28, 2010, 5:38 pm
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  13. Thomas…8520 is GSM GPRS/Edge “2G”, not UMTS HSPA

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    Posted by john | April 28, 2010, 6:08 pm
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  14. As of yet there is NO UMTS/HSPA (3G+) Curve. If you want one that works on UMTS/HSPA, your only hope right now is to wait until later on in the year as the 9300 (taking in pieces I’ve been glimpsing around the interwebs) or whatever model number they give the Curve 3G is supposed to launch at some point.

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    Posted by jonno | April 29, 2010, 11:05 am
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  15. my bad

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    Posted by Thomas | May 11, 2010, 7:33 pm
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  16. Can you use a black berry from virgin mobile for koodo, or rogers?

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    Posted by Cara | July 23, 2010, 11:41 pm
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