Vodafone have announced the BlackBerry Curve 8900, or BlackBerry Javelin is now available.  The main specs (as we covered before here) are:

• Hi-res 460×360 HVGA+ display
• Walkman player
• 3.2 megapixel camera
• Built in GPS Navigation
• Media UI with auto rotate
• 3D and motion gaming

This appears to be available on two main tariffs:

• Phone free, £55 per month (18 month contract), 1500 minutes and “unlimited” 3000 texts, plus “unlimited” mobile internet and webmail.
• Phone costs £48.48, £35 per month (18 month contract), 600 minutes and “unlimited” 3000 texts, plus “unlimited” mobile internet and webmail.

Please note: despite the website not providing any details, it appears the “unlimited” mobile internet has a Fair Usage Policy, which we suspect is Vodafone’s standard 500MB per month.  As you can see above, we prefer wherever possible to give the exact capped figure, and not use the term unlimited, as we feel it’s not giving the complete picture.

We think this may well outsell the BlackBerry Storm as it will appeal to the more traditional BlackBerry user, who wants a real QWERTY keyboard to use.  Making this phone available to consumers will help get Vodafone marketshare.

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