If you
weren't paying
attention these
last few
months,
RIM has been
working on a new full-QWERTY BlackBerry, which is finally here: the 8800. Expect the 0.55-inch thick device on Cingular, er, AT&T, this month with quad-band EDGE (blah), a QVGA display, GPS, a microSD slot, Bluetooth 2.0, scroll ball, and a relatively uncomfortable looking keyboard. Still no word on price or an exact date, but we're sure you've got a pretty decent ballpark in your head for what this thing's going to run.
P.S. -What the hell is up with the WiFi indicator on screen? The press release and BlackBerry site certainly make no mention of it.
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posted Feb 12th 2007 2:31AM
Let there be light! Time to replace the 7130c.
Gah! This beauty had better be going over to Verizon. Damn lock-ins and family plans... *grumbles*
With WiFi this will never get into Cingular's (at&t's) network. They wanna protect their revenue from voice/data and UMA (Skype etc) is out of question for them.
Unlike the Perl, there is no camera in this model. I guess RIM figures that businesses don't want a camera. I would at least like the option to get an 8800 with a camera. Stereo Bluetooth would have been nice too in either model...
"With WiFi this will never get into Cingular's (at&t's) network. They wanna protect their revenue from voice/data and UMA (Skype etc) is out of question for them."
Is that why the wouldn't carry the 8125 and the 8525?
i was just at a cingular/at&t store on 2/10, and a rep there told me that they had an "online briefing" on the 8800, and he told me that they were told the 8800 DID have a camera. i guess we'll have to wait and see...
I cant believe they have gone and got rid of the wheel on the side of the device. I WONT be getting the pearl or the 8800.
i wonder if this will be coming to t-mobile also ... i hope so
Could someone tell me why there is no 3G in this phone?
There's no 3G because the two companies most likely to pick it up (Cingular and T-Mobile) don't have 3G networks.
I'm a little confused, I was on Cingular/AT&T and they offer the BlackJack, Palm Treo 750, 8225 and several others and they claim 3G. Is this incorrect? Am I missing something? I don't have anywhere the technical knowledge as most just asking. I would love to have the 8800 with 3G or something in that area.