RIM's Blackberry 8300 "Daytona" with WiFi?

by Thomas Ricker posted Mar 5th 2007 at 8:04AM

Photos of a purportedly unannounced Blackberry codenamed "Daytona" are making the rounds in Spain this morning. This new RIM device clearly marked "evaluation unit" on the back is said to sport a 2 megapixel camera with LED flash, GPS, and that glorious WiFi we're all missing on the 8800. Spanish site Xataka speculates that this media savvy device will carry an 8300 model number when it hits at the start of summer. Perhaps, but we're still wondering when we'll see the notorious 8820.

Update: A video has been posted by the Mentesdigitales site. Check that and more pictures after the break.

Filed under: Cellphones, GPS, Handhelds

Tags: 8300, 8820, blackberry, daytona, rim

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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The Rushman @ Mar 5th 2007 8:58AM

Wow, I am digging that! Wish I hadn't been in a situation where I had to replace my broken 8700c or I would have held out for this new model.

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Stern @ Mar 5th 2007 9:01AM

RIM employees are using these in the UK at least and I'm led to beleive they're due for a Q2 release on Voda

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grant @ Mar 5th 2007 11:26AM

Any indication what provider it will release for initially?

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Matt @ Mar 5th 2007 11:42AM

Huh, looks just like a Treo to me...

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OGHowie @ Mar 5th 2007 12:46PM

I'd prob think about switching to Cingular for this. The 8800 is a little low on features for me.

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Rico @ Mar 5th 2007 5:25PM

Is RIM going to be doing any more CDMA phones for Sprint?

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mike @ Mar 5th 2007 7:46PM

wow, you'd be crazy to get a pos 700wx when this is an option...sigh rim, release the damn phone already

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john @ Mar 5th 2007 9:20PM

this needs to be released to t-mobile for a decent price asap. it actually looks really good. RIM has been stepping it up

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warren seifert @ Mar 16th 2007 8:49PM

I'd love this thing...my Cing contract w/my dumb phone has been done for 2 mos...I've been waiting to upgrade to Verizon...but when the heck is Verizon going to get a new Blackberry!!!

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steph @ Apr 4th 2007 1:55PM

The 8300 has all that anyone could need in a BB. Hope it will be available in USA soon, especially for GSM network.

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carlos @ Apr 16th 2007 10:52PM

please send me news emails went the blackberry 8300 is released

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RyanG @ Apr 26th 2007 3:22PM

Hey Warren, i'm loving the phone and from what i hear, Cingular/AT&T should be carrying it this summer (most likely middle of May).

You wouldnt have to switch to Verizon to use it, and it has most of the features if not more that Verizon would have. Just a thought...

My question, is how much is anyone hearing that it might be when it comes out.

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Chriss @ May 3rd 2007 6:33PM

This phone will be available in the US for Tmobile the beginning of summer. So about 4-6 weeks. This is by far the best BB I have ever seen and makes you wonder why they even bothered to release the 8800 with the 8300 releasing this soon after. I have a feeling the price may be a bit high on this as well as the 8800 is 349.99 with no rebates currently.

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