Comments on: T-Mobile USA Releases BlackBerry 8220 Pearl Flip

By: KCL

KCL — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 03:13:48 +0000

Its now Oct 24th…and tmo still says Red BB Flip is COming Soon……

By: King J

King J — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 05:48:05 +0000

That phone says #350 on the tmob website :/

By: Elrabin

Elrabin — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:22:49 +0000

Already got one for the girlfriend.

Its surprisingly well built.

Solid frame, no give to the hinge on the flip.

Decent camera, I like the OS upgrade compared to my 8800.

The recessed trackball is easy to get used to.

The new OS really makes me eager for a Storm / Bold / Javelin for a personal blackberry.

By: Queen4111

Queen4111 — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:07:43 +0000

To: Jdslim

You shouldn’t be judging my post….

The $149 price is too much considering the BB 8320’s were that price in May 08.

Also, you can get a FREE BB from sites such as amazon.com.
Thank you very much!!! :-p

By: jds

jds — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:54:47 +0000

This is a girly BB. It is a flip Pearl. If I had a dollar for every hip 15 girl I’ve seen with a Pearl I could afford a better comparison.

Hell, there are about seven reasons I got rid of my Pearl and one of them is that one day, at band camp, some 15 year old girl held up her Pearl and said, “I’ve got one too.”

I ran screaming, like a girl.

By: Jdslim

Jdslim — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:10:29 +0000

To Queen4111

I think the phone is priced fairly. I understand your view and compaired to any other standard flip phone the price might seem high.

This is still a Blackberry and you shouldn’t be compairing it to a standard flip phone. It’s as much of a PDA as any of the other Blackberry out there. In fact with having the newest software it can do much more than the typical blackberry pearl can. You can record video, it now can stream videos, veiw Html email. it has Wifi and UMA support can and supports 16 G micro sd card.

Its price point is already set lower then any of the other Wifi blackberries out on the market today. I really hope just because it doesn’t look like the typical blackberry that people won’t start concidering and compairing it to just another boring and standard flip phone.

By: theguy

theguy — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:33:59 +0000

@Daryl & Gabriel,

Are you serious? You actually think he was derailing this product because its not from ATT? I wouldn’t argue with you in most cases but Im pretty sure that the 13 year old girl comment was because thats exactly how the Pearl turned out. have you not seen all of the little daddy’s girls walking around on their blackberries?

Maybe its just me but i thought it was funny.

By: Gabriel

Gabriel — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:24:59 +0000

@ Daryl:

I agree this isn’t “girly,” at all.

BGR knows this site is mainly hit by younger males and if there is any way to derail a product not sold by at&t, accusing it of being girly sure will do it.

Sad commentary really. Sometimes reading this and expecting only the facts is like watching Fox news and hope they say something just a little bit positive about democrats. (Not gonna happen) LOL

I’m not really a flip enthusiast, but this Pearl Flip appears to be built solidly and will attract those into the flip form factor. 4.6 and WiFi are the icing on the cake.

T-Mobile has great BIS pricing and likely to attract the small business owner all the way up to the corporate buff who just prefers this style over the bigger calculator style handhelds.

By: Queen4111

Queen4111 — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:15:55 +0000

The $149 price is TOO HIGH!!!

It should have been $99 for current TMO subscribers and
$49 for new contracts.

This phone was suppose to covert the masses with regular flip phones to BB flip phones.

By: Daryl

Daryl — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:10:34 +0000

Why is this for “13-year old girls”? Isn’t it a full featured Blackberry?

Or does the writer just not like flip-phones?

By: Dante

Dante — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:58:56 +0000

Seriously guys the “we’re not playing the race card” comment is so played out. Lol You guys use it each time you mention a handset in a different color.

By: b.N

b.N — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:14:29 +0000

RIM and Apple are setting up to split the mobile game in half. Candybar, flip, and touch. Take your choice. All I see nowadays are berries and iphones. Obviously all of us at the office have berries (personal) and the bosses (work), but even the guy driving the shuttle bus on Kennedy was rocking a Curve. My friend’s daughter is only 6 and has the display model berry wanting to be cool.

At this point, it’s just a matter of time.

By: Jdslim

Jdslim — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 11:13:15 +0000

Its nice to see a new blackberry sporting the 4.6 handheld software released here in the US. I would have thought that ATT would be first to offer this software with the Bold. The Bold is overrated and besides having 3G and GPS its features are the very similar to the pearl flip. By the time that ATT is ready to release their US exclusive Blackberry Bold both T-Mobile and Verizon will be offering exclusive blackberries aswell the “pearl flip” and the “storm”. How funny would it be if T-mobiles “Curve II” is released before ATT’s Bold? Really at this point with how long it is taking for the Bold to be released I wouldn’t be surprise.

By: phoneking13

phoneking13 — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:59:39 +0000

I’m going to get one of these for my collection. Not to mention its time to retire my red pearl.

By: concept

concept — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:00:19 +0000

it says coming soon for the red model, but the black one is up there: http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/phones/Cell-Phone-Detail.aspx?cell-phone=T-Mobile-BlackBerry-Pearl-Flip-8220-Black

i dont have tmobile but i am excited about this phone. if an unlocked one is available or if it comes to at&t, high chance i may pick one up

By: NickyHilton

NickyHilton — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 06:13:59 +0000

I played with one today. It’s soooo cute!!! And you can finally go on Youtube with the new browser!!!

By: Bla1ze

Bla1ze — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 04:37:18 +0000

hehe! I’m AST and have Bold, T-Mob can take all the time they want lol

By: Michael Bettiol

Michael Bettiol — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 04:35:28 +0000

It’s 34 minutes past midnight on the East Coast. Give them some time.

By: Bla1ze

Bla1ze — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 04:33:45 +0000

Not that I really care…but T-Mob site still says “Coming Soon”.