The Blackberry Curve 8530, now available at a pocket-friendly cost of $50 on wireless carrier Sprint, will definitely allure the business users to go in for a replacement of their old phones.

The new Sprint $50 price-tag for Curve 8530 - which is half the price that Verizon Wireless charges for the same device - includes a mail-in rebate and a two year contract with voice and data services.

The device features an enviably set up full QWERTY keyboard; a 3.5mm headphone jack; and a 2-megapixel camera. Furthermore, the various connectivity options that the phone boasts include
3G; Wi-Fi b/g and Bluetooth 2.1; as well as the built-in GPS option to facilitate navigation.

The BlackBerry Curve 8530 also comes with support for social networking sites like MySpace, Facebook, and Flicker, along with a preloaded BlackBerry App World with enhances the accessibility of a number of applications on the handsets.

The phone also features Voice-Activated Dialing; Sprint NFL Mobile Live and NASCAR Sprint Cup Mobile; media player with BlackBerry Media Sync; and Roxio Media Manager to enable users to play downloaded music, video and audio files.

With the provision of external multimedia controls, and a MicroSDHC card slot for supporting up to 32GB storage space, the BlackBerry Curve 8530 allows users to talk and listen to music for hours, with its 1,150mAh battery capable of providing almost 5.4 hours of talktime.