T-Mobile White BlackBerry Curve 8520 Spotted First BlackBerry to Replace the Trackball With an Optical Touch-sensitive Trackpad

Already announced for a T-Mobile release, the new Blackberry Curve 8520
(also known as BlackBerry Gemini) has been spotted with a white coating
on a recent leaked press material. Stylish and sleek, the new T-Mobile
Curve 8520 is an entry-level, full QWERTY smartphone with rubberized
grip on the edges and buttons and dedicated media controls on the top edge.

But more than being just a common spec-ed BlackBerry, Curve 8520 is
expected to be the company's first to ditch the famous trackball if
favor to an optical, touch-sensitive trackpad. A hard thing to let go,
but I'm sure many will appreciate the change and those looking to
improve productivity will look at it with different eyes.

There's no word on a release date so far, but rumors have it that
BlackBerry Curve 8520 should arrive in T-Mobile's courtyard sometime in
August, in white (with silver or blue accents) and probably black.
via Crackberry and TMONews