BlackBerry Pearl 2, BlackBerry Curve 8310, BlackBerry 8820 slides leaked
While there’s not a whole lot here that we haven’t already told you about, it’s always nice to see some tangible proof in front of us, ya know? The BlackBerry 8310 and BlackBerry 8320 are old hat, with versions in various forms floating around for a while now. The BlackBerry 8820 slide is also a bit long in the tooth, though it’s interesting to note that RIM appears to be referring to this as "the most feature-rich BlackBerry device ever!" Ok, guys, like whatevs. The BlackBerry Pearl 2, or 8130 news, however, contain a couple of nice tidbits. The big news is that there are, in fact, CDMA and GSM variants planned. The devices will be very similar, though the CDMA version will have GPS and no Wi-Fi, while the EDGE-capable GSM variant will sport Wi-Fi but no GPS. Whack! Expect it to drop sometime in the "Fall of 2007". Check out the full run down after the jump, including some specifics on upcoming revisions to the BlackBerry JDE — there are way too many changes to list here. Peep the pics for the full details.
P.S. RIM is going to include streaming media support in their browser, right? But get this — you have to use either WiFi or EVDO. BlackBerry 9xxx, where art thou?
Thanks, Nicole!
On Aug 12, 2007 @ 1:50 am, Danny Said:
OOO yess It was about time, is the 8320 coming out for t-mobile?????????If yess, @home service u have a new subscribers.
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On Aug 13, 2007 @ 11:23 am, BB4Life Said:
you know what’s funny?? nowhere does it mention on there that the pearl 2 has video recording capabilities
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On Aug 13, 2007 @ 12:42 pm, TJhood Said:
I am looking for concrete technical data on how the Wi-Fi in the 8820 is going to function.
Right now it appears that it will still require the blackberry data plan you purchase threw your service provider and it will provide a alternate means of accessing your blackberry data plan, this putting the only advantage to this if your office is in a bomb shelter or otherwise unfriendly environment.
Even sitting at home with your typical wireless broadband router you are simply just going to be routing your data via your router rather than threw your providers cellular network. Meanwhile eating up your battery power and still not escaping having to purchase a data plan.
This effectivly keeping your service provider in your pocket getting you to pay another $50 bucks more or less each month to access data over an internet connection you are paying for as well.
So they have crippled down a technology so that they can still profit from other services that might not be needed any longer if they didn’t limit it’s capability.
Sounds like an over complicated solution to a problem that wasn’t really much of a problem to begin with.
I hope I am wrong, or I hope that the Wi-Fi gets opened up so that you can use your blackberry no differently than you would expect of a laptop computer.
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On Aug 13, 2007 @ 1:53 pm, Dan Said:
this sucks. I hate att and tmobile is F’n around with the phone service. I just heard from my inside gal at tmobile that the new release for the curve is October. WTF? how long most I deal with a crappy BB while att has the iphone and the curve. I mean I dont want to join the dark side and drop my call every second, so TMOBILE COME ON, get your shiet together AND SAVE ME AS A customer!
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On Aug 13, 2007 @ 2:46 pm, TJhood Said:
I just watched a T-Mobile Video blog for the Dash showing the Wi-Fi in the Dash being used to access the web browser and effectivly browse the internet, All of this done without having a SIM card present in the device eliminating the capability of celluar access or authentication of the device to any data plan related to your carrier service.
I’d like to see a similar test with the 8820, to clarify the questions of it’s Wi-Fi. Maybe some kind people from UK, Germany, or Spain could make a similar video blog of the blackberry 8820.
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On Aug 13, 2007 @ 3:17 pm, test5477 Said:
sorry but the browser on the BB is garbage when you want speed or good rendering. wifi will only make that more evident. Nokia’s looking better all the time.
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On Aug 13, 2007 @ 3:50 pm, Ned Said:
Please enlighten the uneducated (i.e., me) - what is the “tilt” referred to by Jeff B., mikeyp and Shannon?
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On Aug 13, 2007 @ 4:29 pm, test5477 Said:
the Tilt is the new name for the HTC Kaiser. look for it on here, WM device with all the toys.
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On Aug 13, 2007 @ 5:24 pm, TJhood Said:
yea I’ve seen many people say that the wi-fi doesn’t help because the browser sucks for BB..
well there is a video blog on youtube showing a guy using a T-mobile Dash on his Wi-Fi.. loaded right away..
Then he used the EDGE network to load a page and it took serveral minutes and still had not finished..
So this tells me that Wi-Fi can make the difference between saying this browser is garbage or this works great..
You’ll see the same thing on a home computer between dial-up and cable..
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On Aug 13, 2007 @ 5:39 pm, mikeyp Said:
bb browser is not the dash’s browser. and neither is comparable to the pc browser. i think the browser and the processor are going to throttle the speeds while browsing. they are out in the wild im sure youtube will have 8820 browsing videos soon.
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On Aug 14, 2007 @ 1:28 pm, TJhood Said:
I was not comparing browsers with each other but rather how browsers function better when supplied with a better connection.
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On Aug 21, 2007 @ 8:59 pm, ja(ce)son Said:
I’ll drop my TMO-8100 for a Sprint-8130 at the drop of a hat when this comes out. TMO’s lousy EDGE data rates are killin me..
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On Sep 11, 2007 @ 7:02 pm, T.L. Said:
Does your unlocked Curve actually WORK on the TMobile network? I heard they might not.
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On Nov 17, 2007 @ 7:26 am, jeff Said:
If you are going to buy a smart phone with GPS then make sure that it’s Internet enabled. The combination gives you access location based services which are going to boom over the next few years. There is a review of the BlackBerry Curve 8310 at http://gpstekreviews.com/2007/11/16/blackberry-curve-8310-gps-equipped-smartphone-review/
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