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Vodafone Roadmap: BlackBerry 8xxx

Posted by The Boy Genius on Jan 5, 2008 4:11 pm 51 comments
Filed in BlackBerry, EDGE, Exclusives, GPRS, GPS, GSM, HSDPA, Handsets, UMTS, Vodafone, Wi-Fi


Remember the BlackBerry 9000? It looks like that wasn’t a BlackBerry 9000 at all, but rather another device in the BlackBerry 8000-series! According to this document, which completely validates all our predictions of specs for the device, the BlackBerry 8xxx will see a commercial launch on Vodafone in May of this year. The specs one more time? 624MHz processor built on the new Tavor chipset, full HSDPA with tri-band UMTS (850/1900/2100), a "half VGA" screen (480 x 320), a frickin’ 1500mAh battery, GPS, Wi-Fi, a 2 megapixel camera, and will be targeted to the high-end BlackBerry users.  Again, we’re looking at a May release for Vodafone, so we can’t imagine AT&T is going to be far behind, they might even get it before! Hit the jump for the full slide!

 

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  1. On Jan 5, 2008 @ 4:17 pm, hash Said:

    Booooooooo

    One more frickin bb to gsm & no love for cdma

    Gott damn

    Thnx bgr

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  2. On Jan 5, 2008 @ 4:19 pm, hash Said:

    & sup with the small screen & no camera?

    I guess bb knows wat they are doing or otherwise they won’t be this successful.

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  3. On Jan 5, 2008 @ 4:20 pm, miltos Said:

    I have a Blackberry Pearl and I love it. I think Blackberry has the best “user experience” of any smartphone out there. I am hoping to hang onto it until my “jesus phone” arrives. If RIM can give me everything in this new phone, plus a full-front touch screen, a camera and a qwerty underneath, I will buy 10 of them!!!

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  4. On Jan 5, 2008 @ 4:26 pm, J.C. Said:

    Why does it say “No camera here, fellas” when on the spec sheet it says “High Performance 2 Megapixel Camera”??

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  5. On Jan 5, 2008 @ 4:28 pm, The Boy Genius Said:

    Sorry, lot of stuff to cover. I’ve updated it!

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  6. On Jan 5, 2008 @ 4:48 pm, Radio Said:

    Now she, is a thing of beauty and her brains are amazing as well ;-)

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  7. On Jan 5, 2008 @ 4:48 pm, J.C. Said:

    Ahh, Mmk, keep up the great work BG!!

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  8. On Jan 5, 2008 @ 4:53 pm, David Said:

    Thanks for the sweet post BG.

    As for the bb ehh…. its another bb…

    Looks a little wide and tall, I hope its thin!

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  9. On Jan 5, 2008 @ 5:02 pm, Wifiguy Said:

    The Tavor Chipset is huge news, I think we will see Blackberry get the web browser right cause Tavor is even faster than the processor in the iPhone.

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  10. On Jan 5, 2008 @ 5:20 pm, nitesmoke Said:

    I wish it had suretype but hell ill give up on that to grab this gone. Looks amazing

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  11. On Jan 5, 2008 @ 5:21 pm, DaTechnologyKing Said:

    I don’t usually pay too much attention to BB news but this actually has my attention. Hopefully they offer an unlocked version to this phone soon after it launches.

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  12. On Jan 5, 2008 @ 5:26 pm, phoneking13 Said:

    This phone HAS to come to T-Mobile SOON!! :)

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  13. On Jan 5, 2008 @ 5:29 pm, veks Said:

    Good news for bb users. That battery needs to go. Does anyone else see iphone form? The rounded corners.

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  14. On Jan 5, 2008 @ 5:40 pm, Dtest54 Said:

    veks, yes iphone colors and style. has the band around the outside and black top and bottom.
    But looks nice, but what I want to see is them get a real update to the OS, too slow.

    wifi, your right about faster than iphone but dont forget that when this is actually released it will be coming up against the second iphone.

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  15. On Jan 5, 2008 @ 5:41 pm, AlbertWesker Said:

    Looks awesome. Can’t wait to see more. Unless something better comes up between now and its release date, then this may be the one for me!

    Tired of waiting!

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  16. On Jan 5, 2008 @ 5:50 pm, Sal Said:

    I hope it has the curve keyboard and not the dreadful 8800 one.

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  17. On Jan 5, 2008 @ 5:55 pm, Simon Said:

    Oh… My… God. This thing is already mine. My birthday in May just can’t come to quick. I want this now.

    Best regards,

    BlackBerry addict

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  18. On Jan 5, 2008 @ 6:52 pm, ARHYTHMATIK Said:

    Yeah– this would be THE phone of the decade if it had the dang Curve keyboard– I can’t stand the 8800 keyboard. But Hallelujah for HSDPA! Slingbox and HSDPA here I come!

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  19. On Jan 5, 2008 @ 6:54 pm, T M Said:

    I want one now!! :(

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  20. On Jan 5, 2008 @ 6:54 pm, luc-mobile Said:

    What an ugly phone! And such small portions. I mean, such a small screen. I’ll stick to my Curve, TYVM.

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  21. On Jan 5, 2008 @ 7:05 pm, Alex Said:

    No 1700 MHz UMTS. Well, this is the Vodafone version. And T-Mo does get its share of BlackBerry devices. So, I can still hope for BB to make one with 1700 MHz UMTS even though this already has AT&T’s UMTS bands, right? Right? RIGHT? I hate T-Mobile… /rant

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  22. On Jan 5, 2008 @ 7:07 pm, Nic Romero Said:

    Will this ever be available on TMO in the states?

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  23. On Jan 5, 2008 @ 8:53 pm, Mike Said:

    Wow, 1500mAh battery and 480×320 screen? I wonder what the physical size will be. It’s a shame Tmobile’s 3G band isn’t included.

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  24. On Jan 5, 2008 @ 9:04 pm, Dutt Said:

    Looks cool…must buy…

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  25. On Jan 5, 2008 @ 9:21 pm, Bla1ze Said:

    Didn’t like the prototype pics….still don;t like the real device, although that tavor proc. is quite nice, hope it goes device wide for furture BB devices.

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