Not only should you be able to stroll into a Cingular store in the next few days and pick up a Blackberry Pearl (
ahead of schedule, no less), but now we're finding out there's no way you'll get lost getting back home. Cingular's variant of the Pearl -- a device
already launched to much fanfare on T-Mobile -- will be the first carrier-launched device in the US to feature TeleNav Maps, providing users with static maps (that is, no GPS link) and driving directions free of charge. Of course, folks ponying up the cash for an external GPS receiver will also be able to use the dynamic TeleNav navigation services
already offered on several other Cingular devices. Other than this Pearl's push-to-talk capability, the spec sheet reads very much like its T-Mobile predecessor -- 260 x 240 display, 1.3 megapixel cam, SureType,
crappy keys -- and it can be yours starting tomorrow for $200 on a two-year contract.
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
posted Nov 30th 2006 11:01PM
It's online now!
And still, No N75 in sight....
Who needs teleNav without GPS when there are Google Maps anyway?
Our CEO said he wanted one on Monday... so I'm on the phone with Cingular now! We had one ordered in from T-Mobile for him to test out, and now I want one.
Um, remember when I said it was online?
Yeah, right. I 'ordered' it and it shows up as BACKORDERED. Note I ordered it the nanosecond it showed on the Cingular site.
Dorks.
Ugh...can that default UI get any worse? I hope you can download more.
Walked in yesterday at 5, 20 minutes later walked out with the only Blackberry in State College, PA.