BlackBerry Pearl 2 in the wild

by Chris Ziegler, posted Aug 28th 2007 at 10:13AM

If you're trying to figure out what's different here from the original... well, first of all, you're probably not a Pearl owner, and second, most of the fun stuff is under the hood. Pinstack has scored a plethora of high quality shots detailing the GSM / WiFi variant of the Pearl 2, OS 4.3 and all. As we'd heard before, the presence of WiFi excludes the presence of GPS here and it'll be up to carriers to decide which model to carry -- an especially tough decision considering that there's no 3G radio. Most of the Pearl 2's rumored improvements are in full display in this gallery, too: the 3.5mm headphone jack, external microSD slot, moderately improved keypad, and a fresh coat of paint. Hit the Pinstack link for the remainder of the visual stimulation.

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

Tags: blackberry, pearl, pearl 2, Pearl2, rim

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cdma-yo @ Aug 28th 2007 11:04AM

No 3G radio if you're on GSM... get on CDMA with some evdo love and have your GPS too... it just makes too much sense.

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MasterCKO @ Aug 28th 2007 2:53PM

Well, I think that Sprint is getting a version of this phone (IIRC from their "upcoming tech" showcase a little while ago), so for those who want it, it's an option.

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frank @ Aug 28th 2007 2:30PM

I have to agree with cdma-yo. I'm usually a CDMA hater but when you're faced with a decision like this, it's the only way to go. What I don't understand is why CDMA carriers haven't implemented some kind of SIM card system. It's not like it's physically impossible. And for that matter, why don't GSM carriers advertise the fact that you can have a different phone for every day of the week? Seems like a no-brainer money maker for them.

Whatever.