Sprint today launched the BlackBerry^® Curve™ 8350i smartphone. Developed by Research In Motion (RIM), the new BlackBerry Curve 8350i is the most advanced push-to-talk BlackBerry smartphone ever. The BlackBerry Curve 8350i smartphone utilizes iDEN technology on the Nextel National Network. It offers Nextel Direct Connect, the only national push-to-talk service in the industry to offer sub-second call set up to the world’s largest push-to-talk community with millions of users.

The BlackBerry Curve 8350i is the first push-to-talk BlackBerry smartphone to offer:

• Built-in Wi-Fi^® support, allowing customers to browse the Internet and download email attachments quickly and easily wherever they have Wi-Fi access, and they can also send and receive emails or browse the Internet while talking on the phone.
• Group Connect, enabling customers to instantly set up group conversations with up to 20 participants.

Additionally, the BlackBerry Curve 8350i smartphone supports:

• Integrated business solutions, including a large selection of GPS-enabled solutions and access to thousands of other third-party mobile applications for jobs such as dispatch operations and fleet and workforce management.
• International Direct Connect, which enables instant connections between the United States, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Peru.
• Talkgroup, which connects groups of up to 200 people at once within the same local market and in the same fleet.

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