Honestly we thought the Pearl 8100 was end of life a while ago, but apparently not. Fido has just released a red colored BlackBerry Pearl 8100 (yes, not the 8120) for the Holiday season. If you still dare pick up this classic it will cost you $0 with three year term, or $400 without term. Combine that with Fido’s BlackBerry Plan’s and you’ve got yourself an old school classic. Get more details at Fido.ca.
Looks like Rogers is finally ready to let the leash loose on Fido. In a leaked presentation that shows Fido’s upcoming handsets the ole faithful BlackBerry Curve 8320 was shown. The 8320 should show up for about $50 with three year contract (with voice and data plan). It’s expected to launch on or around July 13th. This means Fido will be getting a semi-newer BlackBerry to replace their dead before it even launched Pearl 8100. Oh and in case there is any iPhone fans here apparently Fido will be getting a smaller 4GB iPhone (Nano?) as well.
Oh by the way Fido… What happened to launching the Pearl Flip 8220?
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Seems like all the rumors we’re true! Fido has officially launched their first BlackBerry smartphone today. Even though its the old school Pearl 8100 it’s start for Fido’s BlackBerry lineup. You can pick up the Pearl 8100 for $25 with three year term. Data plans start at $15 on top of any voice plan. For complete details see fido.ca or your local store.
Also we should note that Fido is rumored to be launching several other BlackBerry models this year :)
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Word over at BGR is that some Fido stores are starting to receive their shipments of BlackBerry Pearl 8100s. This will be Fido’s first BlackBerry smartphone on the network and we wouldn’t be surprised if these we’re just left over Rogers stock. Fido will be selling the Pearl 8100 for $25 on three year term or $400 without term. The best news to come out of this is that Fido will be allowing unlocked BlackBerrys on their network so this means you could use something a little better such as Bold, Curve and even a Pearl Flip.
Stay tuned for Fido to lauch other BlackBerry models later this year…
Looks like the rumors about Fido carrying the BlackBerry Pearl 8100 has been confirmed more by the BerryReview team. It seems Fido will start selling BlackBerry with BIS (BlackBerry Internet Service) only service. Pricing for the old school Pearl 8100 starts at $25 with three year term and ends at $400 with no contract/month to month. A couple things to point out Fido will not be offering BES (BlackBerry Enterprise Server) support but they will allow tethering with their data plans. Fido will not officially support any other BlackBerry models, however if you were to pick up an unlocked Berry you would be able to use it!
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The folks over at BGR are reporting that Fido employees will start BlackBerry sales training as early as next week. This is great news for Fido customers but now heres the bad part. Rumor has it Fido will be launching the Pearl 8100 (yes 8100 not 8110 or 8120) then followed by several other models such as Pearl Flip and Curve 8900 down the road. We aren;t too sure why Fido is launching the classic Pearl 8100… Maybe it’s to bring BlackBerry at a low cost with a two year term? or BGR seems to think they might just be using up what is left of Rogers’ Pearl 8100 stock. Who knows. Regardless Fido will be offering BlackBerry within the next month or so.
More Rogers/Fido leaks have arrived today. Looks like BlackBerry will be coming to Fido between Febuary to April 2009! Fido will be lauching three BlackBerry models in 2009. It includes BlackBerry Pearl Flip 82xx, Pearl 8110 and wait for it… Curve 8900. No pricing is known at this time but stay tuned when we get some details…
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Here are a couple of new rumors for Rogers WIreless here in Canada. Apparently Rogers will be releasing the BlackBerry Curve 8900 in January 2009 for a price tag of $149.99 with three year term, next up is Rogers might be picking up a Pink colored BlackBerry Bold. And the last rumor thats floating around is it seems Fido will in fact be trying to introduce BlackBerry to their lineup within the first two weeks of December. Fido will start with the Peral 8120 then followed by the Pearl Flip 8220.
Boy Genius also included a mock up of what the Pink Bold may look like.
That’s all for now but stay tuned!
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Rogers’ budget brand Fido under went some crazy re branding lately. A new rumor has arrived over at BGR and apparently Fido is trying to push out their first BlackBerry smartphone for this Christmas season. Earlier this year Fido killed off their BlackBerry Connect service which only ran on the Nokia E62. Apparently Fido might follow a similar suit to both Solo and Virgin Mobile by offering the Pearl as their first BlackBerry.
One interesting note is Fido seems to want to launch the Pearl 8120, the Wi-Fi enabled BlackBerry. After the Holiday season Fido may launch the BlackBerry Pearl Flip as well.
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