Sprint BlackBerry Pearl 2 to launch Thanksgiving Day weekend?
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Filed in 1xRTT, BlackBerry, CDMA, EV-DO, Exclusives, Interviews, RIM, Sprint
That’s what we’ve been told! You remember the Sprint BlackBerry Pearl 2, right? It should have integrated GPS, but apparently WiFi won’t make its way into the mix. Since the date we were given was more like a timeframe, please consider it such. Anyways, you just might be able to pick one up before you have to go see those people you see once a year. You know, the ones called family? If this helps lighten your day, I guess we can reveal it…In addition to the news on Sprint’s BlackBerry Pearl 2, we got word that the CDMA Curve is planned for release early in Q1 of ‘08. Possibly on Sprint.
more like pearl 1.5
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I’ll def co-sign on that.. but the CDMA version is enough for me to jump the TMO ship, no doubt.
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yeah it will be a big winner, very very popular model.
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So is VZW or Sprint getting this first?
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It’s about time. Our day has finally come…
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It doesn’t look different from the Pearl 8100?
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I thought at&t was getting this bad boy in September…what about that Sir BGR?
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I want more infon on the Curve…GPS and battery life. Probably less than 4 hours talk time since it is CDMA.
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Thanksgiving is 88 days and so long and far away:(
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What about the Verizon version of the Pearl?
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Yeah. I want a Verizon Pearl with VZ Navigator. I’m sure they’ll get it too. That would rock.
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More importantly fellas, when the hell will rimm give us full htmal support in the os, I’m sick of not seeing images in my email.
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Buy the Empower HTML viewer then…$10…Can’t go wrong.
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Sprint + Curve = me happy…
any day now…
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how is it more of pearl 1.5?
its got all the same features as pearl 2 coming to the gsm network, except for the wifi but the cdma version has gps.
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Not to mention the Pearl 2 on sprint and vzw is going to be the first blackberry to allow “streaming media” (still trying to get confirmation on exactly what that means, although I heard (directly from a RIM employee) that it will work with Sprint tv.
And not to mention that allegedly the pearl2 is going to be the first device to launch with the 4.3 operating system, which is going to have the updated browser (better compression and tabbed browsing anyone?)
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bicg wop its not a really a new perl its an 8130 a gsm cdma hybrid i’ve kis for some time now just not the exact release date
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its not a pearl 2 because its just a cdma pearl one with a few add ons. im not bashing it, its long over due for cdma but its not like a fully upgraded model.
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Seems like a great new phone for sprint users.
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you suore it thoght it was supsed to be a 8130 gsm cdma hybrid
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It figures-
Blackberry FINALLY releases a cdma device that does not have the aesthetic of a cinder block…
and freakin SPRINT gets it first….
VZW hates us…they really really hate us…
Their customer base that is…
I would hold out for a curve (but can you hold out hope VZW will EVER release phones before they become last years news?) but I would take the pearl if available…
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So the Pearl for Sprint will not be an international roaming device as previously rumored?
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Rumored date for the Pearl on Sprint is November 4, 2007. [Via Engadget]
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Hey daddybear, did you not read this BDR report?
http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2007/08/15/blackberry-pearl-on-verizon-no-problem/
Pearl 2 (er, Pearl 1.5) on VZW Nov 2007.
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Verizon has quietly disabled its mapping and nav: http://www.usnews.com/blogs/daves-download/2007/8/22/verizon-quietly-disables-blackberry-gps.html
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