The team over at Engadget was lucky enough to get their hands on a BlackBerry 8820 Wi-Fi Edition. Basically its pretty much the same thing as the 8800 only adds Wi-Fi 802.11. To answer all of your questions yes… Yes we will see the 8820 on AT&T soon. The device comes loaded with AT&T branding all over it. While no further information is available on a solid release date we imagine it’ll be coming really soon.
[Engadget]
It seems like the latest rumors floating around over at BGR is that the BlackBerry 8830 will be slightly delayed until mid-July. While no one can confirm why it’s simply just a rumor. Some are saying that the delayed issues could be because of the Verizon launch issues or maybe even RIM is having stock issues.(Via BlackBerryCool)
PC World has ranked the BlackBerry 8800 5th in their Top 100 Best Products of 2007. RIM must be quite proud as thats very impressive. The BlackBerry 8800 landed in the top five along with Google Apps Premier Edition, Intel Core 2 Duo, Nintendo Wii and Verizon FiOS. Check out the list over at PCWorld.com
As you can tell it keeps getting closer and closer. The BlackBerry 8830 is now plastered all over the Telus web sites. Today we noticed a very large banner on Telus.com saying “BlackBerry 8830 World Edition. Backed by TELUS.” Then when you click for details you get the promo page.
We have new information which tells us the 8830 will be instores next month (June). The price tag still that lovely $499 with three year contract. Stay tuned for more details.
Ok so we are beginning the wonder what the hell is going on… Telus has not made a official announcement nor has RIM that they will be carrying the BlackBerry 8830 World Edition, although they have already started advertising it on their site. If you visit TelusMobility.com today you will notice the 8830 cleary right on the main page along with the promo page showing the device for $499 with a 3 year contract.
We aren’t 100% sure when they will announce it however we know it’s coming real soon…
Small little update: They changed the picture on the main page to show what the Telus theme will look like on their 8830.
It’s being reported that Verizon is having some launch issues with the highly anticipated BlackBerry 8830 World Edition device. Apparently Verizon CSR’s have said the “website and sales department can not process any orders because of a glitch with the process.”. We suggest if you are interested in placing an order for the BlackBerry 8830 you contact Verizon’s Business Channel at 1 (800) 899-4249. Check out Verizon’s 8830 site.
Now both Bell and Telus in Canada have announced the BlackBerry 8830 World Edition. According to a file sent to us from a employee of Telus they have officially spread the word on the new 8830.
From Telus announcement:
Whats new?
• International roaming on GSM/GPRS (900/1800 MHz)
• Trackball navigation
• Improved battery life
• Voice-activated dialling
• Removable micro SD memory
Details from the release don’t give us an exact release date however its expected to be priced at $499 with three year contract. They say watch this summer for the release. Stay tuned for a official press release from Telus today.
Boy Genius has posted on his site an internal document from at&t comparing both the GSM BlackBerry 8800 and it’s CDMA cousin the 8830 (soon to offered by Verizon and Sprint). This sheet compares the two side by side and also very openly admits that AT&T will in fact be seeing a 8820 with Wi-Fi in Q3 of 2007.
So whats the big differences you ask? The BlackBerry 8800 will feature a more powerful processor 312MHz processor where as the 8830 will have a 225 MHz processor, They claim the 8830 doesn’t have GPS in it however we believe it will, The 8800 will have PTT (push to talk) and the 8830 won’t, other than that talk and stand by time (seems the 8800 wins, yet again). However the 8830 does provide much faster data with EV-DO. Click on the picture to see the full table.
Just as Sprint announces the summer release of the new BlackBerry 8830, the good ole’ classic 7520 iDen BlackBerry is being discontinued in May as confirmed by Boy Genius. What will that leave the Nextel part of Sprint for BlackBerries… the 7100i? Will anything be coming to replace it? Rumors are always circling of a new iDen BlackBerry however nothing confirmed at this time (could you imagine a Nextel Pearl?) hmmm.
Alright so now that it’s confirmed. Let’s roundup who has announced the launch of the device.
So which other CDMA carriers will be next to launch it? Our bets are on Telus in Canada? Time will tell…
