Comments on: RIM gets official with T-Mobile BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220, say that five times fast

By: jay-d

jay-d — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:52:45 +0000

but then again it is different but its not for me ill jus stay with verizon the largest 3g net work!!

By: jay-d

jay-d — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:51:19 +0000

no, i really dont like this phone that much it looks boring compared 2 other black berrys but u know whatim looking foward 2 getting the black berry storm the touch screen 1 from verizon wirelss, t-mobile aint got nuthin on verizon i kno tht much they cant compete with us!!!

By: NickyHilton

NickyHilton — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:42:14 +0000

I agree! I wish they would release the Blackberry Bold on T-Mobile before the Blackberry Pearl Flip…oh well…I do hope that T-Mobile will eventually release the Bold in the near future.

By: Dissappointed BB Tmob customer

Dissappointed BB Tmob customer — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:41:04 +0000

Boy another poor excuse for T-mobile to carry a phone that most don’t want. A hybrid phone. We want the BOLD or something superior over the curve and its memory leakage issues. If we wanted a touch screen most would get an iPhone or equivalent but we stay with bb for the keypad. If Tmob has the largest customer base (per DC bb business sale reps), why can they not get the best bb phones first? Why would one go from the pearl to the flip? For a smaller footprint? Looks like a Samsung to me.

By: Blackberry Overdose

Blackberry Overdose — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:57:38 +0000

Great News, i know my girlfriend is awaiting this handset and im just pumped to see the pearl heading in a new direction…

Awesome Job BG, were all truly in your debt.

By: NickyHilton

NickyHilton — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 08:49:03 +0000

I think it looks really cute. I can’t wait till it comes out on T-Mobile! I’m actually without a Blackberry right now due to waiting for the new models with the 4.6 OS to come out…I seriously cannot wait! I’m looking forward to the Bold as well, but AT&T has been pretty sketchy with their 3G network and their plans are really expensive. I guess I’m a T-Mobile girl at heart…lol. But, the Bold looks soooo tempting though that I may have to make the switch! Oh by the way BG, I’ve been reading your site since the very beginning…can I be your Girl Genius? kidding…keep up the good work…you’re hot!

By: Sally

Sally — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 06:44:53 +0000

@ Baudwalk:

The market is the consumer segment. There are millions of consumers within T-Mobile’s network reach that would love a BlackBerry without the corporate stigma attached to it.

My sister is a long time Verizon user who swears by LG. For the first time ever, she actually wants a BlackBerry thanks to the Pearl Flip and is considering switching carriers just for this device. I told her she could get her Hotmail and Gmail plus all her IM’s in one single inbox almost instantly in a form factor she loved and she was sold.

By: Baudwalk

Baudwalk — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:36:35 +0000

I do appreciate the insight to the new RIM products here on BGR but I wonder who is the market? I can’t see what the advantages of the new units are over my 8830. Where I travel VZW is the only decent carrier, and VZW crippled the 8830 built-in GPS (to market Navigator). The biggest sin is that RIM/VZW still refuse to supply a fully capable Mac OS Desktop Suite to sync the unit; the cobbled-together third-party software — don’t even remember the name at the moment — is poor at best.

By: xsipnos

xsipnos — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 16:40:30 +0000

BG – I just read this in a MarketWatch news article about RIM, here is an excerpt from that article. Way to go BG!

….The most prominent among these is a touch-screen device reportedly named the BlackBerry Storm. The gadget blog Boy Genius Report — which has landed other big BlackBerry scoops in the past — reported last week that the Storm [once called the Thunder] is being evaluated by Verizon (VZ, Trade ) in the U.S. This suggests a possible November launch for the device, the report read. Read story on Boy Genius Report.

By: Jeff Johnson

Jeff Johnson — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 16:01:13 +0000

Will this thing have GPS?

I like the idea of a flip phone to protect the screen, but no 3G sucks.

By: John

John — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:04:03 +0000

Nope, the phone has 3 messages, look under the bars, there is a big EDGE.

By: Justin

Justin — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:59:31 +0000

No, it says “3 emails”… top right says “Edge”

By: Jackson

Jackson — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:05:51 +0000

Is it me or does it say 3g on the screen?

By: Nate

Nate — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:51:37 +0000

Man, that keyboard looks tough. The keys look large, but too flush.

Regardless, they’re going to sell a shit-ton of these things.

By: Jeremiah

Jeremiah — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:12:46 +0000

Truman, what are you talking about? Threaded messaging has been a core part of the Blackberry experience since forever.

UGH I’m so mad about the name. How original to just add “Flip” to Pearl. I realize that it is pretty much just the clamshell version of the Pearl, but still. Kickstart was an awesome, if temporary, name.

Still, I am highly considering this phone because I FINALLY want to have a flip-phone.

By: Truman

Truman — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 10:53:24 +0000

Are we STILL pretending that threaded messaging isn’t important?? WHAT is the hold up? SOMEONE, TALK about this.

By: Jdslim

Jdslim — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 07:15:47 +0000

Great update, I hope you’ll be having CTIA coverage tommorow should be a huge day for T-mobile.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 05:24:52 +0000

Looks very similar to SE Z750 flip phone we sell at AT&T

By: Ken

Ken — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 05:02:43 +0000

It would have to be 3G for AT&T to launch it…

By: rick

rick — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 04:55:23 +0000

wow you really did your thing with the blackberry stuff today BG, that’s why this is my homepage no one can beat you!

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By: Perspective

Perspective — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 04:54:57 +0000

Too bad this isn’t an MS product. . . the tagline could be “Welcome to the timewarp.”

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By: gquaglia

gquaglia — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 04:22:58 +0000

The more I see this thing, the more it reminds me, more then any other flip phone, of the original Star Trek Communicator.

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By: The Boy Genius

The Boy Genius — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 04:13:57 +0000

Fine, updated!

By: Lil' B

Lil' B — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 04:11:57 +0000

BG, don’t forget to shout out Sparks theres no Oschino with out Sparks.

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By: Olga

Olga — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 04:09:50 +0000

Why wouldn’t AT&T want this one too, I wonder?
No 3G?

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