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For everyone who has been asking for a BlackBerry with built in GPS and a camera, your moment is coming, at least in Europe. RIM just announced the BlackBerry Curve 8310, now available for 99,90 Euro (about $136) in Germany from Vodafone. This BlackBerry is the Curve, with a camera and multimedia features, as well as GPS—a feature its North American cousin lacks.

The first 5,000 people to buy the new BlackBerry will recieve a free 1GB microSD card with the 100 top chart songs pre-installed as MP3s.

Facts & Figures on the new BlackBerry Curve 8310:

 Memory: 64 MB internal flash memory; Expandable memory slot for microSD cards

 Display: 320 X 240 pixels, supports more than 65,000 colors

 Supported networks: Quadband GSM (850, 900, 1800 and 1900 MHz)

 Data transmission: GPRS, EDGE

 Interfaces: Bluetooth 2.0, mini-USB

 GPS: Integrated GPS module

 Multimedia: 2 megapixel camera with flash and 5X digital zoom; Media Player supports audio formats (MP3, MIDI, AMR-NB, AAC/AAC+/eAAC+, WMA) and video formats (MPEG4 Part 2 Simple Profile, H.263 and WMV)

 Push-based e-mail: Supported by BlackBerry Internet Service and BlackBerry Enterprise Server

 Additional features: Full QWERTZ keyboard, trackball operation, Vodafone Navigator, integrated speakerphone, language selection

No solid word yet on when this phone will be available in the US or which carrier will release it.