BlackBerry Pearl coming soon on Vodafone
By Chris Ziegler 
posted Oct 3rd 2006 11:31PM
posted Oct 3rd 2006 11:31PM
While we still may not have an official answer for our trackball woes, RIM's off to the races planning their next Pearl release -- this time around, Vodafone gets the honors. Styling looks to be identical to its American T-Mobile cousin (save for that little Voda logo down there, of course), and the guts carry over as well, meaning our British friends will be no better off when it comes to 3G data. No word on the exact day these things will materialize on store shelves, but Vodafone is more than happy to take your pre-order now for £127.66 (about $240).[Thanks, Chris H.]
well we have them in stock and will be shipping the first ones out in the morning, I expect Vodafone will be doing the same.
Wow, you guys went from loving this phone to hating it very quickly, despite overwhelmingly positive comments by your readers. Every Pearl article since launch carries some snarky comment or other ... what happened?
as for the flip-flopping, it's mainly because on paper, the Pearl's great. But once it got in people's hands, bugs became apparent and it's really not as great as thought (but should not be discounted, it's still pretty swell).
I have the Pearl and I am annoyed that RIM is dragging its feet on a fix for such blatent bugs. I like the phone, but I would love it if the company would give it some much needed support. Heck, the trackball problem fix is something I could probably code myself. Hopefully it won't have to come to that...