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Well, chalk another win up for the people who dont like contracts, T-Mobile is offering the BlackBerry Pearl 2 for $299.99 with no contracts and no commitments, a completely "pay as you go" package. Of course the downside being that you have to drop a $300 large for that freedom. As of now this seems to be primarily a test run for pay as you go phones on T-Mobile, and while the original information was for New Jersey, going off various information this is becoming available in other areas as well, but you may want to call ahead or check before you may any plans.
Frankly, I think this is great and hope that all BlackBerry devices and all phones will soon fall under this pricing plan on this and other carriers. Unfortunately, I doubt it will be well received considering the large up front price tags on most devices these days. It seems that there is little room between getting shackled into a contract and paying a large up front cost aside from just getting a super low-end phone, but I have some hope someone will come up with a solution or some middle ground maybe pay as you go and monthly payments to pay off the device? . Regardless, I applaud T-Mobile a bit for this course of action and hope they expand soon. | |
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T-Mobiles BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 now available as per the carriers website. The cost of the device is only $149.99 after rebates and discounts. This is RIMs first flip phone device and was initially code-named kickstart. | |
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The blackberry Pearl 8220 on T-mobile USA will be selling this fall and it will be priced on higher side then expected, may be it will see a price drop like BOLD did in Canada.
here are the prices
New Activation 2 Year Contract $149.99 after $50 MIR
New Activation 1 Year Contract $199.99 after $50 MIR
Full Upgrade 2 Year Contract $167.99 after $50 MIR
Full Upgrade 1 Year Contract $217.99 after $50 MIR
Retail Price: $349.99
Dealer Price: $249.99
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Fusion Voicemail Plus for BlackBerry smartphones is out of beta announced PhoneFusion. The beta version is a free visual voicemail application which can be downloaded. This application enables BlackBerry users to centralize their voicemail boxes and see the full list of messages on the right of their BlackBerry screen.
Whats more, BlackBerry users can listen to their voice mails directly from their device. Users need not be PhoneFusion customers to access Fusion Voicemail Plus v 1.0 at the fusionvoicemailplus website. This service is free and included as a standard feature in the PhoneFusion One solution.
Users can look forward to new features in the service including Sync Fusion Voicemail Plus with OS profile notifications like custom ringtones and quiet mode. Message playback through headphones and deleting multiple messages in one go are other new features.
Fusion Voicemail Plus application can be downloaded from a link received on the device on signing up. The user can change from any other voicemail number to a PhoneFusion One phone number where multiple voicemail boxes are centralized. This is accessible from the BlackBerry device.
All the user has to do is listen to the voicemail from his or her smartphone when alerted by an audible, visual or tactile signal. All the voicemail messages are listed on the screen without going to other voicemail boxes. Fusion Voicemail Plus allows the user to access his voicemail from any Web browser or the traditional phone too.
Besides being free, the service does not limit the number of messages sent to user’s phones.
Users can find Fusion Voicemail Plus in any cell phone network for Windows Mobile 5 or 6. There are plans ahead for releases compatible with Palm, Symbian, Android and LINUX mobiles apart from a J2ME version.
With PhoneFusion One features like call forwarding, voicemail, virtual attendant, fax to email, conference calling and call screening, BlackBerry users can satisfy all their communication needs with just one phone number.
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You know you need it. Dont get caught with low battery life and without a place to charge your new BlackBerry Flip Pearl 8220 phone. Its a great phone. We all know that. So, keep it charged and ready to go with a spare OEM RIM BlackBerry battery. | |
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With the spotlight on the other Blackberry devices. i.e. Storm and Bold, Most of us sort of left the Blackberry Flip 8220 in the shadows. But we shouldnt underestimate this Flip after all it is the first flip phone from RIM. The 8220 hit stores in Oct and luckily enough I already encountered a one-on-one with this phone. The phone features two high-resolution, light-sensing color displays, SureType QWERTY keyboard, microSD/SDHC memory card slot and 2 megapixel camera. The phone looks sleek and has a chrome-finished frame.
The Blackberry Flip might not be as stunning and advanced as its big brothers storm and bold but this little packs a punch. Rumor is that soon there will be a Pink Flip available at Rogers before Christmas and a Red Flip coming to T-Mobile. This phone will be available for 50 bucks with a three year contract. I personally dont like the three year contract part. No doubt in my mind that soon it will be available in many other colors as well.
Source:Digitalhome.com, crackberry.com | |
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Press release, November 3, 2008
Rogers to offer first BlackBerry flip smartphone from $49.99 on Canada’s most reliable wireless network
Toronto and Waterloo, ON - Rogers Wireless TSX: RCI;NYSE:RCI and Research In Motion RIM Nasdaq: RIMM, TSX: RIM are launching the BlackBerry® Pearl™ Flip 8220 smartphone, the first BlackBerry® phone to come in the popular flip form factor. The BlackBerry Pearl Flip will be available in a stylish black finish from Rogers Wireless starting November 4, with the stunning pink BlackBerry Pearl Flip coming soon.
The new BlackBerry Pearl Flip provides flip phone fans with all the power of a BlackBerry smartphone in a fun and familiar design. You can send a message to your friends or family, make a call, browse the web, snap a picture, watch a video or listen to your favorite song. It’s all in your control with a simple flip. The quad-band EDGE based BlackBerry Pearl Flip smartphone presents a sophisticated look with a sleek design and a chrome-finished frame surrounding its smooth, luminescent face. It features two high-resolution, light-sensing color displays, including an external LCD that makes it easy to preview incoming emails, text messages and phone calls without opening the handset.
“Rogers Wireless continues to bring best-in-class handsets, such as the exclusive BlackBerry Pearl Flip, to the Canadian market, representing a cross-section of the best in smartphone technology, messaging solution as well as design and style,” said John Boynton, Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, Rogers Wireless. “The BlackBerry Pearl Flip offers discerning customers the ultimate full-featured flip paired with the leading mobile messaging solution on the market.”
“The BlackBerry Pearl Flip packs an impressive range of features into an exciting new design and we are very pleased to be working with Rogers Wireless to bring this powerful new smartphone to customers in Canada,” said Mark Guibert, Vice President, Corporate Marketing at Research In Motion. "The BlackBerry Pearl Flip smartphone is a natural choice for customers who are looking to replace their existing flip phone with something more powerful."
The BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 smartphone from Rogers Wireless has numerous advanced features including:
Spacious SureType® QWERTY keyboard that makes typing messages and dialing numbers fast and easy
Large 240 x 320 internal LCD that displays messages, videos and web pages with impressive detail and contrast
Built-in Wi-Fi ® 802.11 b/g with support for Rogers TalkSpot service
2 megapixel camera with digital zoom, built-in flash and video recording*
Advanced media player for viewing pictures, listening to music and watching videos
Externally-accessible microSD/SDHC memory card slot that supports up to 16GB for plenty of storage
Enhanced HTML browser with RTSP support for online streaming video from sites like m.youtube.com andwww.zoovision.com
BlackBerry® Maps, delivering maps, local searches and step-by-step directions quickly and easily
DataViz® Documents To Go® preinstalled, enabling customers to edit Microsoft® Word, Excel and PowerPoint files on the smartphone
BlackBerry® Desktop Manager software, which includes Roxio® Media Manager for BlackBerry®, a powerful media manager application that allows users to easily manage media files on their computer and transfer them to the smartphone; the BlackBerry Pearl Flip also comes with the new BlackBerry® Media Sync application for customers that want a simple way to sync their iTunes® digital music collections with the smartphone**
Premium phone features including voice activated dialing, enhanced background noise cancellation, a low-distortion speakerphone, and Bluetooth® 2.0 support for hands-free use with headsets, car kits, stereo headsets and other Bluetooth peripherals
BlackBerry® Internet Service support that allows access to up to 10 supported personal and corporate email accounts, including most popular ISP email accounts
BlackBerry® Enterprise Server support for enterprise deployments with advanced security and IT controls
PRICING AND AVAILABILITY
The BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 smartphone will be available in black from Rogers starting November 4, from $49.99 with activation on any combination of 3 year voice and data plan with minimum combined monthly service fee of $35 per month from Rogers. Some conditions apply. The pink BlackBerry Pearl Flip will be available in the coming weeks.
For more information please visit: www.BlackBerryPearlFlip.com or www.rogers.com/pearlflip starting November 4.
About Rogers Wireless
Rogers Wireless provides wireless voice and data communications services across Canada to more than 7.7 million customers under both the Rogers Wireless and Fido brands. Proven to operate Canadas most reliable wireless voice and data communications network, Rogers Wireless is Canadas largest wireless provider and the only carrier operating on the global standard GSM and highly advanced HSPA technology platforms. In addition to providing seamless roaming in more than 200 countries/areas with its GSM based services, Rogers Wireless also provides wireless broadband services across Canada utilizing its 2.5GHz fixed wireless spectrum. Rogers Wireless is a subsidiary of Rogers Communications Inc. TSX: RCI; NYSE: RCI, a diversified Canadian communications and media company. For further information, please visit www.rogers.com.
About Research In Motion RIM
Research In Motion is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of innovative wireless solutions for the worldwide mobile communications market. Through the development of integrated hardware, software and services that support multiple wireless network standards, RIM provides platforms and solutions for seamless access to time-sensitive information including email, phone, SMS messaging, Internet and intranet-based applications. RIM technology also enables a broad array of third party developers and manufacturers to enhance their products and services with wireless connectivity to data. RIM’s portfolio of award-winning products, services and embedded technologies are used by thousands of organizations around the world and include the BlackBerry® wireless platform, the RIM Wireless Handheld™ product line, software development tools, radio-modems and software/hardware licensing agreements. Founded in 1984 and based in Waterloo, Ontario, RIM operates offices in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. RIM is listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market Nasdaq: RIMM and the Toronto Stock Exchange TSX: RIM. For more information, visit www.rim.com or www.blackberry.com.
* Video recording requires microSD card, which may be sold separately.
** Certain music files may not be supported, including files that contain digital rights management technologies.
Forward-looking statements in this news release are made pursuant to the "safe harbor" provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. When used herein, words such as "intend" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on assumptions made by and information available to Research In Motion Limited. Investors are cautioned that such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements include, without limitation, possible product defects and product liability, risks related to international sales and potential foreign currency exchange fluctuations, the initiation or outcome of litigation, acts or potential acts of terrorism, international conflicts, significant fluctuations of quarterly operating results, changes in Canadian and foreign laws and regulations, continued acceptance of RIMs products, increased levels of competition, technological changes and the successful development of new products, dependence on third-party networks to provide services, dependence on intellectual property rights, and other risks and factors detailed from time to time in RIMs periodic reports filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, and other regulatory authorities. RIM has no intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
The BlackBerry and RIM families of related marks, images and symbols are the exclusive properties and trademarks of Research In Motion Limited. RIM, Research In Motion and BlackBerry are registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and may be pending or registered in other countries. Wi-Fi is a registered trademark of the Wi-Fi Alliance. All other brands, product names, company names, trademarks and service marks are the properties of their respective owners. RIM assumes no obligations or liability and makes no representation, warranty, endorsement or guarantee in relation to any aspect of any third party products or services. | |
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Its November and the year is coming to an end. And what a year its been!
Research in Motion stock is down again - I heard on CNBC this morning. Their showpiece, the BlackBerry Bold 9000, is already out on AT&T but for a hefty price of $299 which includes a rebate of $100 and requires a 2 yr contract. Price that versus the iPhone 3G that is at $199 and its a no-brainer for most of us who are going to be cost-conscious for the rest of this year and well into early 2009.
The BlackBerry Pearl 8220 flip phone is also out without much fanfare. I personally think this wasnt the right time for them to introduce a flip phone - 5 years ago it might have really hit it big time but that era has passed.
So, really the outlook for RIM is stormy and I use that word because it just so happens that I think RIMs best chance for a turn-around in this economy is going to be with the new BlackBerry Storm 9530 touch screen device coming out this month on the Verizon Wireless network.
If the Storm can be a hit, with a price tag of under $200, which is in line to compete well with the G1 and the iPhone, then RIM can start to breathe a sigh of relief. However, we really wont know for sure until the phone actually hits the market and until the holiday shopping season is over.
For now, I think the folks over at BlackBerry are standing around with baited-breath hoping and praying that they have done the right thing by introducing their first touch screen device. The key is going to be getting a new base of customers mostly non-enterprise to look at their device - "the iPhone crowd," if you will, and also to convince their existing loyal base to try out a touch screen phone. | |
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First looks can be deceptive, so it seems with the clamshell BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220. Many feel that BlackBerry should have gone with a Slider form factor and not Flip, as sliders are more popular in a full keypad market.
Quite a large phone even when folded it is a far cry from the rest of the phones introduced by RIM with respect to looks. The design is a combo of a dignified upper half and a cheaper looking lower half. Matching classy design for the two parts would have made it look and feel great.
Being sluggish compared to other phones in this category with slow browsing speeds while navigating around the page it gets on our nerves when zooming in and out. However the BlackBerry OS is easy to use.
YouTube videos can be viewed in portrait form only and the performance of the Media Manager and camera are not fantastic as it should have been for all the hype created before its introduction.
Now for the goodies in the phone. Features like Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, BlackBerry Maps application no GPS by the way, and supported email solutions, assist during work. For play there is MP3, WMA, MPEG4 and more.
Not to forget its cool features like full HTML email, multimedia and web browsing and other smartphone apps. With such features the flip smartphone should have been a raving success.
But it is not to be so.
Supposedly consumer-oriented it does not meet up to the expectations of most consumers especially when they are taking the first step towards a smartphone. But if one is looking for a compact, ‘feels good in the hand’ kind of smartphone or if it is for young users desirous of enjoying a BlackBerry smartphone, then go for it.
Still the general feeling is that the BlackBerry Pearl Flip is priced exorbitantly high that too when customers are no longer interested in a FLIP smartphone. | |
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How to Check Spelling on your BlackBerry® Pearl™ 8220 Smartphone:
Never misspell a word again! You have the ability to check your spelling in messages, calendar entries, tasks, and/or memos that you create.
In a message, calendar entry, task, or memo, press the Menu key.
Click Check Spelling.
Perform any of the following actions:
To accept the suggested spelling, click a word in the list that appears.
To ignore the suggested spelling, press the Escape key.
To ignore all instances of the suggested spelling, press the Menu key. Click Ignore All.
To add the word to the custom dictionary, press the Menu key. Click Add To Dictionary.
To stop checking spelling, press the Menu key. Click Cancel Spell Check.
Correct spelling while you type:
By default your BlackBerry Pearl 8220 smartphone underlines words that it does not recognize.
Place the cursor on the underlined word.
Press the Menu key
Perform one of the following actions
To get spelling suggestions, click Get Suggestions. Click a word or press the Escape key to close the list.
To add the word to the custom dictionary, click Add to Dictionary.
Set up your BlackBerry smartphone to automatically check spelling before sending email messages
1. In the device options, click Spell Check.
2. Select the Spell Check Email Before Sending option.
3. Press the Menu key.
4. Click Save. | |
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