Vodafone Roadmap: BlackBerry 8xxx
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!
MMM good leak BG
This is going to be huge for RIM. This is fast, will most likely hit At&t first before any other carrier globally. The other thing is the 2100 mhz, that allows you to actually use this in Japan and Korea which currently only the 8707 allows. This is going to boost their stock even further and I will be the first to try and get one!
Congrats RIM!
Wow. If RIM had added HSUPA 7.2 it’d be a destroyer of other high-end phones’ sales.
Well, well, it looks like 2008 will be a great year for GSMers. So many choices for cell phones – us CDMAers can only imagine.
It like nice.but a little bigger.
finally 3g and hsdpa….gold mine for RIM
2100mhz is also a slated T-Mobile 3G spectrum too, is it not?
No T-Mobile USA is going to use the 1700mhz band a whole new 3G band. T-Mobile Europe in the other hand uses 2100mhz.
Great news since I just moved to AT&T and by mid 2008 I will be ready to update my BB8820 and sell it for this bad boy.
Oh wow can’t wait! This bad boy is replacing my curve in an instant! Hopefully is out before may!
Tmobile should get it sometime in 2010… These guys are slow at getting anything new..
@Ray: Wrong.
i’m assuming verizon will get this sometime late 2040 if we’re lucky.
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MMM!
Why would they give love to CDMA? The entire world uses GSM, and only a small percentage CDMA. Catering to CDMA first is a sure way to limit your earning potential, so why do it? They will immediately have more GSM customers … so this is what they should develop for. Love it or hate it, its a GSM world. So either get used to staying behind as a CDMA customer, or go to a GSM carrier. Thats like Linux users getting really mad because companies are making Windows versions first.
Finally a replacement for the bulky antiquated 8707 in Japan. I love this!
Looks almost as good as the QWERTY N-series.
Every year is a great year for GSMers. Most phones are GSM for a good reason. SOME make it to CDMA, but MOST never see CDMA light. I seriously doubt we will see a CDMA Nokia N95 for example. There is no reason to develop it for a tiny fraction of the world.
Another cool release of BB, Folks doesn’t it look like clone of iphone, only difference i feel is the keypad. One thing Keypad looks superb!
So is this going to be the BlackBerry 8900? If so, then there is the potential for a CDMA variant (8930) though I haven’t seen anything on the roadmap for 1H ‘08. But this might just be a GSM one-off in the 8800 series (i.e. 8850, 8890 or something) with faster chipset and high-res screen to satiate those who want a BlackBerry with iPhone looks.
Forgot to add, obviously a CDMA variant might not use the Tavor chipset, unless Intel is licensing EVDO from Qualcomm. If there is a CDMA variant, it’ll probably use a Qualcomm 7500/7600 chip.
Wow . . . simply wow! WOW! Any idea for release on the T-Mob?
Wow, it´s really amazing. I so want a Blackberry but it has to have UMTS and of course it doesn´t have it
Of course no cdma support, its a losing market. Expect this bad boy to be hitting the tmo shelves shortly after the launch. Tmo will not fall behind att or cingular (whatever they’re going by this week). And for the insiders, tmo will be launching a touch screen phone, produced by htc, later this month.
ME ME ME ME WANT
hmm now I’m happy I’m getting a vodaphone account…any idea where on vodaphones network it will be sold first? Hong Kong has HSDPA currently.