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Verizon’s first Wi-Fi-enabled BlackBerry (NSDQ: RIMM) looks like it’s getting ready to go, as SKUs of dummy units in both black and lavender paint jobs have shown up in their internal inventory. Besides the long-awaited inclusion of Wi-Fi and running on a CDMA network, the BlackBerry 8530 is just about identical to the Curve 8520 recently released on T-Mobile.

• 320×240 resolution screen
• 1xRTT, EV-DO
• QWERTY keyboard
• 2 megapixel camera
• OS 5.0
• Bluetooth
• Wi-Fi b,g

OS 5.0 seems likely, especially after this morning’s Smart Card Reader announcement, and if the timeline adds up, we could be seeing this one as soon as September.

[BerryScoop via BlackBerry Sync]

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