The smartphone price war is in high gear as carriers and vendors roll out a series of major price cuts as the holiday shopping rush approaches.

Most recently, T-Mobile came out with news of what it says is the first U.S. prepaid BlackBerry -- the Curve 8520, as part of a new plan called T-Mobile Complete.

Under the terms of the Complete package, users choose from four handsets priced at $59.99 and up and get the first month of service free, then select from a range of unlimited plans that cost $50 and up.

One of the Complete devices is the BlackBerry Curve 8520, which T-Mobile claims is the first pay-in-advance BlackBerry available in the U.S.

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