Comments on: Verizon BlackBerry Pearl

By: Black Beauty

Black Beauty — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 02:34:56 +0000

Oh, and I hope that data pricing plan comes to fruition!

By: Black Beauty

Black Beauty — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 02:30:58 +0000

Thanks Thought for clearing things up for me! I can’t wait to get my Pearl!

By: JHP2

JHP2 — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 01:54:30 +0000

gquaglia,

Agreed. I want a Curve-like form factor. I have suffered enough with Sure Type on my 7130e. Several co-workers have Pearls and while they love using it as a phone, they hate it as an email device. They all complain about Sure Type and the small keyboard.

By: Thought

Thought — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 23:46:48 +0000

One more rumor has it that Verizon is going to release the first phone on the left when the countdown clock winds down, and then a new countdown will begin for the next release, and so on…the Pearl is the 3rd in the sequence, and so it will still be November when the actual release hits…

By: Thought

Thought — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 23:10:01 +0000

For those who misunderstood “liquidplatinum” when he wrote that the Pearl is not being released in a few days, per the Verizon countdown clock, but that it’s “something different”…he didn’t mean a different model. Judging from posts on other sites, he meant the event to which the countdown clock alludes is an announcement of these new models, not the actual release. There are also rumors circulating that Verizon will be unveiling new data plan pricing as well. That is the “something different.”

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 14:19:02 +0000

I’m pretty psyched for the Pearl. I currently carry a cell phone and PDA, and have been holding off getting a BB ’til I saw one that would let me consolidate all 3 of these devices (including the BB) into a single device. The Pearl does it, and in a form factor only slightly larger than my current phone. I was really tempted to get the original Pearl when it came out, but it was only on TMo for a while, and their coverage in my area (DC) is HORRIBLE. I love Verizon’s coverage in this region, so I’ve been (im)patiently waiting for Verizon to get this phone. Now I only have to wait another month and a half or so!

By: sean76

sean76 — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 13:36:45 +0000

I like Robb, really like Verizons service! However, the Pearl has been out for over a year already, I don’t care if it’s the Pearl 2,3,4 (whatever) If Verizon wants to make a dent they better bring something better to the table like a CDMA Curve or better. They are extremely late to the dance this time, come on November!!! By that time at&t will offer even more devices then they do now- Curve, 8820, Pearl, HTC Tilt, iphone, and who knows what else! I’m sorry but Verizon must do better in order to take my attention away from at&t!

By: hellno

hellno — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 13:31:14 +0000

psklenar,

It’s still a RIM Blackberry and is designed and built to use the RIM BB servers for all data other than SMS. Have heard but never confirmed there is a hack to use BB’s without subscribing to BB service, but hardly think the hack is worth it. When you decide to buy a BB device you also really need to use BB service to get your money’s worth. All data goes thru the BB servers.

By: Robb Dunewood

Robb Dunewood — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 13:04:59 +0000

The BlackBerry Pearl 8130 has been officially announced....

By: psklenar

psklenar — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 12:27:17 +0000

Okay, this is supposed to be a consumer oriented unit. I assume, dangerous I know, that one can access regular POP3/IMAP4 non-push email directly w/o going thru RIM? If this is the case, when there’s a RIM outage like last week, does that have any impact upon such users?

Or am I out in left field by thinking it’s possible to access email in any manner other than through the RIM servers?

Thank you,
pat—-