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Get a Free BlackBerry Pearl from MobilePro.com

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It seems like Free BlackBerry offers are always popping up from time to time, however, we didn’t expect to see a Free BlackBerry Pearl offer so close its launch.

Props have to go to the BBHub team on this one for letting us know that MobilePro.com is offering a Free BlackBerry Pearl with no strings attached. That’s right, a Free BlackBerry Pearl offer after paying $99.99 and getting two $50 mail-in rebates.

Some may say that the two mail-in rebates are strings attached, however, you will only have to shell out $100 initially. That is not too bad if even if you didn’t get it back.

Free BlackBerry Pearl, MobilePro.com

BlackBerry Pearl coming Rogers next month

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The BlackBerry Pearl is making its way north of the border next month as it will be available on Rogers Wireless in October.

We don’t have the exact date that the Pearl will be available, however, you can enter your contact information in here if you would like to be notified when it does.

BlackBerry Pearl, Rogers Wireless

BlackBerrys with no data plan… Would it fly?

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After listening to RIM co-CEO Jim Balsillie talk in yesterdays, one of the things he said that kind of stood out to me was that we may start to see plans for voice only without data as more carriers start to offer the BlackBerry Pearl. That’s right, a BlackBerry without the email.

Now, I am on the record for questioning what a BlackBerry without email is really good at, however, this was before we ever heard anything about the BlackBerry Pearl. I may have to reevaluate my position on BlackBerrys as stand alone mobile phones because the Pearl has come a long way to bridge the gap to say the least.

One of the sticky threads over on the BlackBerry section of Howard Forums is about using a BlackBerry without the data plan and seeing how over 14,000 people have viewed it tells me that Jim may be on to something with voice only plans for consumer oriented BlackBerry devices.

What do you think?

Research in Motion stock skyrockets after earnings call…

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I don’t usually get into reporting on what Research in Motion’s stock price (symbol RIMM) is or isn’t doing, however, it is skyrocketing after today’s earnings call in After Hours trading as it is up almost 20% to $103.21 after a market close of $86.06.

I will give my commentary on RIM’s earnings when I get a chance on Friday, but, just in case you want to know what went on I will spread some link love and send you on over to BBHub where Russell Shaw has given a “play-by-play’ like account of the on goings in the call earlier today.

Do CameraBerrys make cameraless BlackBerrys seem “Ho Hum”?

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Research in Motion released the BlackBerry Pearl a couple of weeks ago and by all accounts it is doing incredibly well. So well, in fact, that a recurring them in several of the BlackBerry message boards is that all new BlackBerrys should come with camera.

I, for one, have no intention of buying a BlackBerry without a camera ever again. If I were to break or lose my 7130e before Verizon comes out with a CameraBerry I might have to take that statement back, however, the bigger question is now that CameraBerrys are here to stay, do cameraless BlackBerrys just seem like old school devices that only researchers at Area 51 would use?
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The BlackBerry Pearl is going “Down Under”

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The BlackBerry Pearl will hit shelves in Austrailia by Christmas according to an AustralianIT interview with Research in Motion co-CEO Jim Balsillie.

The Pearl is a quantum leap from the traditional BlackBerry, featuring audio and video playback, address book, calendar, 1.3 megapixel camera and web browsing, putting it firmly in the smartphone category. The styling is also more phone-like, eliminating the full keypad. RIM hopes high-end consumers, many of whom would already be familiar with the BlackBerry brand, will adopt the handset.

BlackBerry Pearl, Research in Motion, RIM, Jim Balsillie

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RIM decides to support BlackBerries they sell in Japan

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You would think that when Research in Motion announced that it had released the BlackBerry 8707h via NTT DoCoMo in Japan last week, the devices would actually support fonts of the language people who buy the devices speak. This, however, would not be a good assumption. The 8707h allows for the display of Japanese characters but doesn’t allow for their input. As Engadgetmobile puts it, RIM “had a moment of clarity and realized that folks occasionally like typing in their native language” so they have decided to support Japanese fonts.

“We’re working to have a solution for entering Japanese fonts in the first two quarters of next year,” RIM President and Co-CEO Mike Lazaridis told a press conference in Tokyo. RIM will even be nice enough to allow previous models of the BlackBerry to update with the new software for free so the 1400 or so people who have already ordered the BlackBerry 8707h are in luck.

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BlackBerry 8707h, NTT DoCoMo

BlackBerry Flip Phone Samsung t719 is here…

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The BlackBerry Pearl may have a bit of competition from another new release from T-Mobile. The Samsung t719, a SureType keyboard toting, BlackBerry Connect running, digital picture taking, flip phone is available for $199.99 on their website.

The T719 will also feature a rotating, 1.3 megapixel camera, Bluetooth, a speakerphone, Voice command dialing, and run on T-Mobile’s high-speed EDGE network.

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Samsung t719, T-Mobile, BlackBerry Connect, SureType

BlackBerry Bounty up to $610

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Back in June we blogged about a BlackBerry Bounty being set up by software developer Alex King to come up with a way to tether a BlackBerry 8700 to a Mac as a modem. So far Alex has no takers and there are only 5 days left before the September 30th deadline.

If you have any programming skills and could use the extra cash, give it a shot. It’s only $610, however, if you figure it out, thousands of BlackBerry carrying MacAddicts will love you and chant your name.

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Three different 8800 looks… Only two code names though…

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As we pointed out earlier, not all BlackBerry 8800 devices look alike and according to BlackBerry Forums member muellerlinger, they won’t all be called Indigo either.

The all black BlackBerry 8800 on the left in the picture above is called the BlackBerry Indigo and may hit Europe as earlier as December. The other two… the black on silver device from T-Mobile and the all grey device from Vodafone… are called Crimson and won’t hit shelves until late Q2 of next year.

BlackBerry Indigo, BlackBerry Crimson, BlackBerry 8800