BlackBerry Kickstart 8220 surfaces on eBay, trigger fingers get itchy

Not that you won't be able to buy this thing from carriers here shortly, but there's just nothing quite like being the first on your block to own a new handset. For those with cash to burn and an insatiable desire to play with RIM's forthcoming Kickstart 8220, look no further than eBay. Up for auction right now is an unlocked version of the aforesaid mobile, but it looks as if the final bid will end up well over a grand. Good luck (being patient).

[Via CellPhonesMarket, thanks ghengis]

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 30th 2008 10:39AM]

it is a fake because it has a AZERTY not a QWERTY. notice the "q" and "a" are switched and the "Z" and "w" are also switched!!!!!!!

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 30th 2008 11:15AM]

Just look at this for an explanation:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AZERTY

Just because you've never seen it before doesn't mean it's fake.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 31st 2008 12:24AM]

You, sir, are a fucking retard.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 31st 2008 12:33PM]

Stick with low-end cell/feature phones, where you belong. Venturing into smartphone territory is obviously completely foreign to you.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 1st 2008 1:48PM]

It's not even a real AZERTY keyboard, the M needs to be after the L.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 30th 2008 2:32PM]

its not fake its a euro version

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 30th 2008 1:58PM]

I've seen the 8220 on eBay for about 2 weeks already. The sellers are asking way too much for it though (at least when I looked...) If they lower the price, I'll definitely scoop one up.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 30th 2008 6:33PM]

if its not fake how come the european bold doesnt have an azerty key board or is it just a shure type thing?