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.

[BGR]

Did you know that as of June 3rd Fido has killed off the BlackBerry connect package for new subscribers? Me either. According to a post over at HowardForums the service was killed off due to the introduction of new data products. Previously clients could use the BlackBerry connect option for the Nokia E62 or an unlocked BlackBerry device. Current Fido customers with this option on their account are allowed to keep it as a grandfathered feature. All we can say is damn you iPhone.