Official BlackBerry 8800 Device Specifications

by Robb Dunewood on February 12, 2007 · 5 comments

Phone.
Email and text messaging (SMS and MMS).
GPS-enabled for location-based services.*
BlackBerry Maps, the best way to find your way.*
Integrated address book, calendar, memo pad, task list.
Web browser.
Instant Messaging.
Media Player. Audio and video playback in a variety of formats.1
Full QWERTY keyboard.
The tethered modem capability lets you use the [...]

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Cingular’s BlackBerry 8800 Site Is Up… Finally

by Robb Dunewood on February 12, 2007 · 2 comments

Well, it looks like 15 hours or so after Research in Motion officially announced the BlackBerry Pearl, Cingular has updated their site to reflect that they will actually carry the BlackBerry Pearl.
There is no mention of when the BlackBerry 8000 will become available, however, you can request to be notified via email.
BlackBerry 8800

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CrunchGear.com Says No Red BlackBerry Pearl Any Time Soon

by Robb Dunewood on February 12, 2007 · 1 comment

Last week we blogged about a rumor started over on BGR that a red BlackBerry Pearl, a Pearl Red, if you will, was going to come out on T-Mobile sometime in the not too distant future. Vince Veneziani from CrunchGear, however, says that people that he knows who do PR for T-Mobile say that [...]

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Who Does Cingular Really Love?

by Robb Dunewood on February 12, 2007 · 2 comments

 
Do you remember when Steve Jobs officially announced the iPhone back in January? Cingular had information about the iPhone, them being the exclusive carrier and all, moments after Jobs’ Macworld 2007 keynote introducing the iPhone began. Up until last week or so, the picture of the iPhone you see above was the one [...]

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BlackBerry8800.com is Live

by Robb Dunewood on February 12, 2007 · 0 comments

It would only make sense that with the official announcement of the BlackBerry 8800 the launch of BlackBerry8800.com would happen around the same time.
The home for Research in Motion’s most highly anticipated device since, well, the last highly anticipated device has that BlackBerryPearl.com BlackBerry.com look and feel to it.
Go have a look…
BlackBerry 8800, BlackBerry8800.com

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The BlackBerry 8800 Has Been Officially Announced

by Robb Dunewood on February 12, 2007 · 12 comments

 
After months of speculation, rumors, and conflicting feelings, the BlackBerry 8800 has been officially announced today at the 3GSM Conference in Barcelona.
The BlackBerry 8800 smartphone offers another winning combination of superior hardware, software and service embodied by an extremely elegant industrial design,” said Mike Lazaridis, President and Co-CEO at Research In Motion. “We spent a [...]

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