Report: BlackBerry 8900 around mid-year, 8800 quite a bit sooner

Posted Jan 15th 2007 8:48AM by Russell Shaw
Filed under: 8800

BlackBerry Forums poster bbhubnewsfromafar uses his first-ever post on that Forum to tell us that in fact, he's a veteran poster but is now doing so from a new account because he doesn't want his identity to be traced.

He writes that he has some news about the Blackberry 8800 and 8900.

"8800: Due out late Feb, Early March. Cingular Only. No Wi-Fi or camera. Does includes GPS, SD slot. 1400 mah battery. Edge only. All the other 4.2 goodies. Slim form-factor like 8100.

8900: Due out about mid-year. This is supposed to include Wi-Fi and camera. No other info.

Reader Comments

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1. "8800: Due out late Feb, Early March. CINGULAR ONLY. No Wi-Fi or camera. Does includes GPS, SD slot. 1400 mah battery. Edge only. All the other 4.2 goodies. Slim form-factor like 8100."

$50 says this information isn't accurate...

Posted at 12:32PM on Jan 15th 2007 by N8DBB

2. no wi-fi, no camera, sounds like a very small upgrade. is rim just begging to lose business to apple?

Posted at 9:54PM on Jan 16th 2007 by gary conrad

3. I bet the 8900 is the one T-Mobile will get. With it having WiFi built in, I think you'll see that tied in with T-Mo. Maybe even a plan; BB Unlimited + TMo Hotspot access for $30-40 maybe?

Posted at 11:52PM on Jan 21st 2007 by Onyx

4. 8800: I am glad that there is no camera or wifi--wifi eats battery and camera slows the system down. SD slot is much more useful. I cannot find any fault in 8700c, so I believe a 8700c like upgrade is going to be my dream phone. BlackBerry is not iPhone, it's designed for business use, I can care less about watching video, taking pictures or such, I want it to work flawlessly, fast, reliable, stable, responsive, intuitive, which so far only BlackBerry delivers, out of all the smart phones out there (Treo, E62, 8125, etc)

Posted at 3:12AM on Feb 6th 2007 by gary chou

5. I thought the new BB 8800 from Cingular was going to have Wi-Fi, built in GPS, and voice activation.
I just heard the Wi-Fi will not happen... but what about the built in GPS and voice activation?

Thanks to anyone that has credible info. ;^)

Diane

Posted at 11:50AM on Feb 6th 2007 by Diane

6. Yes, it will have VAD (voice activated dialing) and GPS, but again, no Wi-Fi.

Posted at 6:52PM on Feb 20th 2007 by Graham

7. Is he saying that t-mobile wont have the 8800 either. I doubt that. T-Mobile couldnt afford such a slip up.

Posted at 8:14AM on Feb 23rd 2007 by jpf

8. If you go to the RIM website, http://www.RIM.com/ you will a picture of the 8800 on the main page. It explains all the features and such.

Posted at 12:09PM on Mar 17th 2007 by Steven

9. when in the hell is Nextel going to get a new version, after 7100?

Posted at 10:46AM on Mar 29th 2007 by bbgirl

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