The lowdown on T-Mobile's BlackBerry Pearl 8120!
by Chris Ziegler 
posted Dec 16th 2007 at 10:37PM
We're sorry in advance if we're ruining anyone's plans to give or receive a T-Mobile branded Pearl 8100 for the holidays, but you know what they say, don't shoot the messenger. Word on the street is that T-Mob will be replacing the 8100 with the WiFi-equipped 8120 on February 18 (it could've been selling them already, but there's apparently a push to clear out the 8100s for the holidays first). The initial model will be gray and will feature a redesigned keyboard and trackball along with an external card slot -- in other words, much of the same joy Verizon, Sprint, and Alltel customers are already enjoying with the 8130 -- with the addition of Hotspot @Home support like its big sib, the Curve. Only question left is, how long until we can get a full rainbow going?
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Adam @ Dec 16th 2007 10:52PM
wish i didnt just switch to verizon...
oh wait, t-mobile sucks at life. (cool phone though)
Mark Richardson @ Dec 16th 2007 11:55PM
"sucks at life"? what?
Ashraf @ Dec 16th 2007 10:55PM
It should have 3G in it since it is right around the corner for T-Mobile.
If you were paying attention, you would've saw T-Mobile's first 3G phone which isn't released yet.
http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/Nokia-6263-phone-p_2342.html
Will @ Dec 16th 2007 11:21PM
the first 3G blackberry's will be the 9000 series and AT&T will get them first
joe @ Dec 17th 2007 1:41AM
Actually if you woulda been paying attention ;-) you would see that the nokia 6263 was released on december 5th and is available for purchase.
evan @ Dec 17th 2007 1:57AM
@Will
The first 3G blackberry *was* the 8707, which came out in 2006:
http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/03/24/vodafone-first-to-get-umts-blackberry-8707v/
Only Band I though.
mingkee @ Dec 16th 2007 11:49PM
this bb will have wifi + @Home support right from the box
and watch out 9320 2Q (AWS HSDPA + wifi/@Home)
Backlin @ Dec 17th 2007 11:55AM
I guess it's worth quoting.
Phoneking13 @ Dec 19th 2007 5:02PM
State your source on the 9320
Nick Catalano @ Dec 17th 2007 4:17AM
OK, so it is the 8130 with Wifi and thus @Home. I love my 8130
Mark @ Dec 17th 2007 11:59AM
No GPS? Boo
dweechin @ Dec 17th 2007 4:17PM
Good, although 3G should have been included since TMO has been working at it. It doesn't matter, I'm not buying the data plans anyway - I'm all for the WiFi and the Hotspot@Home! Hopefully by Feb. 18, AT&T will be honoring their 'pro-rated' early termination fees, cause I can't stand them anymore. Oh...
@ADAM
"wish i didn't just switch to verizon...
oh wait, t-mobile sucks at life."
It's too bad Verizon is effing expensive, and holds a tight grip on their phones. Oh yeah, their phones suck too. Though, I have to agree they were my next choice since their network is unparalleled in terms of call quality and coverage.
Actually, TMO is considered next to Verizon by J.D. Power (in terms of overall call quality, dropped/failed calls, and customer satisfaction). Now if we were talking AT&T, I'd have to say they can eat their network. Anyone know how their pro-rated early term. fees will work?