BlackBerry News From The Wire for the Week of 1/18/2009

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Posted by BBGeeks on Thursday, January 21, 2010, 9:00

In last week’s edition of News From The Wire we saw the first photos of the BlackBerry Curve 8910. After many of us wondered what place it had among the current BlackBerry lineup, a few commentators noted that the device resembles the BlackBerry Atlas, a device discovered around September and reportedly headed for Asian markets. That made sense, and I thought that would be the end of it. But early this week the device passed through the FCC . Since the US government likely isn’t in the business of approving devices set for release in Asian markets, it appears that the 8910 will, indeed, hit North America. The Curve 8910 features a quad band GSM/GPRS/EDGE radio, with support for what’s termed evolved EDGE