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So it’s not a photo of the Pope kicking a squirrel, but it is one of the first in-the-wild shots I’ve seen of Cingular’s version of the Blackberry Pearl 8100c.  As you can see, the Pearl has gained a shiny silver, carrier-branded chin and some slightly altered key-labelling.  Other than that, it’s the same Pearl [...]

Ah, the life of a gadget - if you’re lucky, you surf the wave of hype all the way from patent through peep-tease spy shots to official launch and into the pockets of loyal early adopters.  If you’re not so lucky - or, to be a pessimist, flawed in some way - then a bad [...]

So you’ve lost your heart over the latest renderings of the Blackberry 8800, but your head is telling you to wait until you know what’s under the hood before you prise open your wallet. Well, take a looksie at this…
* Quad-Band: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz GSM/GPRS, EDGE + Wi-Fi
* Email
* Phone and SMS
* Corporate Data Access
* [...]

The Blackberry 8800 hardly looks like a Blackberry.  Thanks to Boy Genius, Engadget’s top-secret spy, we’re now able to see the 8800 in its full glory.  Code-named as the Gamma Ray, it features a trackball, full QWERTY keyboard, WiFi, microSD, all these features and RIM’s wholesome goodness.  RIM did away with the track wheel on [...]

Here you go, the video of Blackberry Pearl from CTIA 2006 in LA. Enjoy the video, more to come.

http://www.slashgear.com/videos/blackberry_pearl_ctia2006.flv

Video of Blackberry Pearl at CTIA 2006
“The BlackBerry Pearl elegantly combines an incredibly small, stylish and full-featured smartphone with the gold standard in wireless email and the result is something special. Through the integration of hardware, software [...]

The Blackberry 8100c is coming to Cingular in October of this year. It’s the first consumer-centric Blackberry device that’s a heck of a lot sexier than any of the previous models. I just got the full list of specs from Pinstack (thanks Hayden) – take look.

For those of you who love your Blackberry but hate the tiny keyboard, Sprint Nextel may have the answer.  Launched on Friday, their MobileVoiceControl records your spoken email and, in around a minute, transcribes it ready for sending.  Reuters managed 100% accuracy, although you’re expected to speak relatively slowly and clearly.  $6 a month gets [...]

All hail to Arne Hess. Arne promised more info in the previous article, and he’s come through with an actual working unit of the Cosmo! I’m laying down for my 100 lashes for all bad mouthing towards the Cosmo. It’s quit a handsome Smartphone, very thin looking and yet super professional. [...]

The Blackberry Pearl (8100) is indeed T-Mobile’s pearl from the sea of phones.  Unlike many other Blackberry devices before it, the Pearl is a beautiful looking handset that doesn’t look like a business device - but more consumer-centric.  Anyways, Boy Genius came through with actual images of the T-Mobile retail box, manual, specs and retail [...]

Here’s the Blackberry Pearl’s full stats, disclosed on Pinstack’s forums. I like the way it looks, nice features and most like own one if it’s not a Blackberry. I still prefer a “full” keyboard to the SureType.

In a nutshell, the Blackberry Pearl 8100 is a Quad Band GSM, with EDGE data, a 240×260 [...]