Want a BlackBerry Pearl 8120 now? Try SunCom

Sorry to blow that big, fancy release you were planning next February, T-Mobile, but it appears you've been beaten to the punch. Strangely, regional carrier (and, ironically, recent T-Mobile acquisition) SunCom appears to be first out of the gate in the US to release the WiFi-equipped Pearl 8120, the next episode of RIM's popular Pearl series for GSM networks that brings the device roughly in line with what's available for the CDMA peeps. Early adoption has its price, though: SunCom's 8120 will set you back a cool $220 on a two year agreement -- assuming you're in a SunCom coverage area and you like the color blue, that is.

[Thanks, Chaps]

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 18th 2007 8:35AM]

Or you can get one in the UK now on the O2 network:

http://www.airtimemanager.co.uk/blackberry/enterprise/BlackBerry_business_offer.aspx

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 18th 2007 3:00PM]

The one pictured on their site is just a blue 8100... check the pictures, the 8120 will have an externally accessible MicroSD slot. This one does not.
My guess is they mistakenly posted the wrong model number on their site (or possibly just the wrong pictures)

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2007 2:29PM]

well the Suncom site claims the 8120 has WiFi, so I don't think they entered the wrong model number. Probably is just the wrong pic.