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I was just reading a story on BGR that they picked up from Techdirt that they picked up from BroadbandReports.com about a ridiculous policy that Cingular has when it comes to sites linking to their site.
“Links to the Sites. You are granted a limited, nonexclusive right to create a hypertext link to the homepage of [...]
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Remember back a little while ago when we started talking about a red BlackBerry Pearl? First, the Pearl Red was supposed to come out on T-Mobile, then the Pearl Red wasn’t coming out on T-Mobile.
About a week ago RIMarkable reader Edvin told us that the Pearl Red is coming out, however, not on [...]
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The Boy Genius is reporting that the upcoming BlackBerry 8820 will have Wi-Fi. Leave it to BG to scrutinize the device.xlm file that comes with OS 4.2.0.109 from Cingular. Notice the highlighted section in the device.xml file above. You will notice that the os radio =”GPRS-WLAN”.
What does this mean? Well, while [...]
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A BlackBerry Cool tipster is reporting that Cingular will soon offer a BlackBerry Buy 3 promotion that will offer up to a $500 Visa rebate card to any customer buying 3 or more BlackBerry 8800 devices.
Customers must sign a 1 or 2-year service agreement, activate on a Blackberry data rate plan and be active on [...]
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It looks like Cingular may have just updated their web page. You can now order the BlackBerry 8800 on their site and they are offering free guaranteed overnight shipping.
I must say that I have been very critical in the passed past on Cingular’s BlackBerry launches, however, they are proving me wrong on this one. [...]
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Will Cingular ever launch a BlackBerry without looking like they have never heard the word logistics. The BlackBerry 8800 is coming out this week. Some Cingular stores have it and are selling it. Others have it but are not selling it until the 21st. Most don’t have it and don’t know when [...]
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I have been thinking a lot lately about the BlackBerry 8800. It is kind of hard not to with the official announcement of the BlackBerry 8800 and the fact that the BlackBerry 8800 could hit Cingular store shelves in less than a week.
Now that we’ve had time to look at the features and specifications [...]
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According to a Cingular inner-office memo, the BlackBerry 8800 will go on sale a week from today. This isn’t anything that we hadn’t expected with a BlackBerry 8800 Launch Party taking place on the 20th.
In partnership with Research In Motion, we will begin selling the model on Feb. 21. The product will include [...]
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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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