Comments on: Blackberry Pearl 8130 officially announced with video recording

By: Seth

Seth — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 01:56:04 +0000

will it come out in arkansas for alltel? how much?

By: FB

FB — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 02:32:44 +0000

Will the BlackBerry Pearl 8130 be offered by Cellular One or Alltel in the Michigan Areas??

By: fb

fb — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 22:21:41 +0000

Will the BlackBerry Pearl 8130 be offered by Cellular One or Alltel??

By: III

III — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 13:21:59 +0000

is it ever going to come for t-mobile

By: poopyface

poopyface — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 00:24:17 +0000

love blackberry, to hell with the iphone crap, i am just waiting for the OS update as well so i can record video. hopefully soon

By: Tchalla

Tchalla — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 20:28:12 +0000

Oh as long as you have a smartphone you can use any 3party app you like. I had used infosync on my 650 along with mNotes, intelsync and a dozen other apps. I don’t think VZW messes around with their smartphones the way the do the rest.

By: Dean

Dean — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 18:34:51 +0000

I am using GPS with the (edge-based) AT&T network and it works just fine. I am very happy with the functionality and response.

By: Dean

Dean — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 18:32:23 +0000

The GPS functinality is not “open” on AT&T either. And there are no GPS applications available for the Blackberry except those available from Verizona and AT&T, so you might as well be “locked” into them.

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 15:14:00 +0000

Spoke to my Telus Rep and he says the Pearl 8130 will be coming out sometime this week or next. It is to replace the 7130, which they are phasing out.

By: aries

aries — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 03:13:32 +0000

so will the pearl be on sale tomorrow or what????

By: hmmm

hmmm — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 22:45:07 +0000

Does anyone know when the CURVE will be available on CDMA?

By: connie

connie — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 18:47:27 +0000

what about AT&T??????? AHHHH i want it….

By: jim

jim — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 16:34:25 +0000

xman, are you sure the video capture is a software issue??

By: jim

jim — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 16:33:27 +0000

Are you sure on that?

By: AnalyticalMind

AnalyticalMind — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 16:06:35 +0000

does this mean i won’t be able to add ringtones to it if i get the vzw one unless i pay for the “get it now” ringtones? that’d suck donkey balls

By: Chad D

Chad D — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 13:15:17 +0000

I love how people knock wifi in phones. Obviously they never used UMA, I’d love to see how many calls they can make in the basement or inside a highrise.

By: CarBob

CarBob — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 07:18:44 +0000

Won’t this CDMA baby look good in someone’s Christmas stocking !! (wink)

By: Christopher Cox

Christopher Cox — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 05:26:06 +0000

Heck. You can’t even USE the GPS until Verizon releases the VZ navigator service. People with 8830 units are still unable to use the GPS in their phones. Period.

By: curve

curve — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 05:25:26 +0000

WHEN IS THE CURVE COMING TO VERIZON?

By: Christopher Cox

Christopher Cox — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 05:19:33 +0000

First I don’t do web browsing on the unit. And 2nd, as a person that loves gadgets, I would love the freedom to use my devices how they were intended by the manufacturer. On a VZW device, you are all shoved in a corner with absolutely no choices because all features that give you options are certainly taken away, forcing you to use VZW stuff. On verizon, all of your choices as far as what software and service to use are made for you, and there is nothing you can do about it. Like infosync? Like google maps? Like BB411? Tough. You can’t use them because you are on verizon.

By: Andy

Andy — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 05:12:50 +0000

daddybear & bossman,

There is absolutely no way the VZW has better coverage than Sprint!

By: Andy

Andy — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 05:09:43 +0000

To Christopher Cox,

I am really laughing at your postings. First of all, have fun using GPS and other data services over your EDGE connection! I don’t even use VZW, but I will tell you that I would rather be the Guinea Pig with decent speeds then with the tested OS at archaic transmissions rates.

Being as how you are a, “Gadget Freak” you would think you would opt for a phone that has greater usability through faster speeds while giving you MUCH BETTER PHONE COVERAGE AREA.

Anyway Gadget Freak, have fun attempted to APPEAR productive with your less than dial up, EDGE, barely tapping into the phones real features while CDMA users get all of the features with usable service!!

By: aries

aries — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 04:59:40 +0000

is there a possibility that the blackberry 8130 will be released this Wednesday? according the countdown on the verizon site they may be releasing 4 new phones, one of which looks like the pearl.

By: Adrian

Adrian — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 04:41:55 +0000

forget CDMA give me the 8120 for Christmas

By: edward

edward — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 01:06:00 +0000

i think its a great move for sprint to have the pearl 2 in there line up me i hate the screen on the pearl 1 and or 2 too small not to mention the keyboard gsm berrys suck because they have EDGE and wifi is a joke

By: bossman

bossman — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 00:31:09 +0000

Exactly … There is no nationwide 3G networks on GSM in the US, so if you travel at all for business … the only serious choice is Verizon (their phone selection sucks compared to ATT, but I need to get my calls and email everywhere)

By: daddybear

daddybear — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 23:59:41 +0000

some of us don’t have a choice…

I can get ALL my phone calls..(verizon)

or SOME of my phone calls (I have had sprint at&t and nextel before sprint got them)

NOBODY comes close to their coverage in MY area..
I stress WHERE I LIVE. Where you live the others may be fine…But after the three thousandth dropped call I smashed my sprint phone (think krypton exploding in the first superman or the death star at the end of star wars only LOUDER)

And now.. I put up with their “crippled UI”, and their shi**y phone selection…and all of my calls go through and I never miss one because of my network. Half my employees have “other” providers and they drop each other’s and everyone else’s calls all day long.

No I’m no verizon fanboy (my knees feel fine thank you) but I am a pragmatist and if i’m going kick up the sheckels for phone service it had better work…or why bother?

so I will wait…Patiently..for the good stuff to roll out to verizon (like the pearl) and I will rock out with my blackberry out and pay my high price phone bill and my expensive data plan…

can you hear me now??? good.

-db

By: Christopher Cox

Christopher Cox — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 23:10:39 +0000

I dont know who would buy them out, but I really don’t care. I’m not a sucker and don’t like getting screwed over so I dumped them after 3 years of service. They have a really good network, but AT&T is “good enough.” PLUS I am a gadget freak and love the latest goodies. Most gadget freaks should hate Verizon because their selection is crap, and what they do have is gimped.

By: daddybear

daddybear — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 23:07:18 +0000

yeah…

who’s got the jing to buy out Verizon?

-db

let me know when you figure that one out…
(ok microsoft could but..why would they?)

By: Christopher Cox

Christopher Cox — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 22:32:43 +0000

VZW has gimped EVERY smartphone they have ever released. My Treo 650 was gimped. The 8830 was gimped, and this will be gimped also. VZW will continue to screw its customers and force them into paying THEIR services, removing THEIR choices, until someone buys them out and changes the policy.