Cingular Premier customers can pre-order BlackBerry Pearl

by Darren Murph posted Nov 28th 2006 at 11:28AM

Apparently today was the agreed upon date to launch (or "prelaunch," anyway) svelte new mobiles that we'd been waiting ever so patiently on, as this discovery comes just hours after Motorola officially released its MOTOFONE F3. While we've known the BlackBerry Pearl was coming, sneaked a few peeks of it in action, heard all about the pre-release reviews, and had strong suspicions (twice) that it was headed to Cingular, today we can finally say it's here -- well, almost. Accessible through Cingular's Premier web portal, the Pearl is available for pre-order as an interestingly-labeled prelaunch affair. While the design nor the specs have changed up on us, we're finally getting some concrete info on the price; it'll run you $579.99 straight up, or around $179.99 after corporate and web discounts, and while we're sure plain ole consumer pricing will be similar, you'll (probably) only snag this jewel for under $200 if you sign away your cellular soul for a couple years.

[Thanks, Scott V.]

Filed under: Handsets, RIM, ATT, GSM, GPRS, EDGE

Tags: 8100c, blackberry, date, pearl, premier, price, release

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Josh L @ Nov 28th 2006 12:14PM

http://business.cingular.com/businesscenter/blackberry_pearl/?_requestid=592847

That might of given it away also ;)

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Kyle (FungFlex) @ Nov 28th 2006 11:20PM

2.
http://www.howardforums.com/showpost.php?p=8301513&postcount=98

might have noticed the nice picture I took and sent in made a tad smaller...

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Ryan @ Nov 28th 2006 6:44PM

I heard people have had problems with the keypad

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James @ Nov 29th 2006 11:37AM

just chatted with premier CSR and she said that the prelaunch was premature and i should check back on the 1st to order.

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Cactus @ Nov 30th 2006 1:33PM

http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/phones/detail.aspx?device=6d4fca92-916c-48bd-a991-e1f1dc91bc0d

Officially launched on T-Mobile as of this morning for $200 after discounts, w/2-year contract. And labeled on their homepage as a "T-Mobile Exclusive"...

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