Comments on: The 8100 is the BlackBerry Pearl!!!! Coming September 18th http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/08/09/the-8100-is-the-blackberry-pearl-coming-september-18th/ The voice of the BlackBerry community. Sat, 25 May 2013 13:02:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Official Pearl Announcement Sept 6th? | blackberry phone reviews http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/08/09/the-8100-is-the-blackberry-pearl-coming-september-18th/comment-page-1/#comment-523433 Official Pearl Announcement Sept 6th? | blackberry phone reviews Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:52:20 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/08/09/002120/#comment-523433 [...] Stealth/8100/Pearl that we’ve all been waiting for. September 6th is also fairly close to the release date of the Pearl, which makes all the data we’ve collected so far fit into a nice, neat package. [...]

]]> By: BlackBerry Cool » ThoughtPiece: RIM’s Business Model http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/08/09/the-8100-is-the-blackberry-pearl-coming-september-18th/comment-page-1/#comment-49940 BlackBerry Cool » ThoughtPiece: RIM’s Business Model Tue, 10 Oct 2006 03:40:27 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/08/09/002120/#comment-49940 [...] The astute BlackBerry Cool reader knows Thought — he’s the guy that makes about four comments on every post and once won a contest by rewriting War and Peace. Well, we dig his style so much that we asked him to write a guest article for us. Read on to see why Thought thinks RIM can beat Microsoft… by imitating them. [...]

]]> By: admin http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/08/09/the-8100-is-the-blackberry-pearl-coming-september-18th/comment-page-1/#comment-46242 admin Tue, 12 Sep 2006 18:18:39 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/08/09/002120/#comment-46242 Elsie.
I had that thought with the keyboard, too. Interesting choice for your ringtone. I’d actually like to know what users are putting as their first ringtone – it’s a huge honour. “Love Song” is an excellent choice, but I think the main riff in “Six Different Ways” would make an excellent tone.

What is this, a music blog?

]]> By: admin http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/08/09/the-8100-is-the-blackberry-pearl-coming-september-18th/comment-page-1/#comment-483254 admin Tue, 12 Sep 2006 18:18:00 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/08/09/002120/#comment-483254 Elsie.
I had that thought with the keyboard, too. Interesting choice for your ringtone. I’d actually like to know what users are putting as their first ringtone – it’s a huge honour. “Love Song” is an excellent choice, but I think the main riff in “Six Different Ways” would make an excellent tone.

What is this, a music blog?

]]> By: Elsie Gilmore http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/08/09/the-8100-is-the-blackberry-pearl-coming-september-18th/comment-page-1/#comment-46239 Elsie Gilmore Tue, 12 Sep 2006 17:46:39 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/08/09/002120/#comment-46239 Just bought the Pearl. Wish they’d stuck with the overall dimensions of my 7100 – the keyboard shrunk a bit too much. Other than that, the thing is perfect. I bought a Motorola Q last week and returned it because that keyboard sucked even more. The camera works great on here – internet is fast – going to buy a microSD card this afternoon so I can put some music on it. It sure is nice to hear Love Song by The Cure as my rington now, instead of the polyphonic version of Axel F.

]]> By: Elsie Gilmore http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/08/09/the-8100-is-the-blackberry-pearl-coming-september-18th/comment-page-1/#comment-483253 Elsie Gilmore Tue, 12 Sep 2006 17:46:00 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/08/09/002120/#comment-483253 Just bought the Pearl. Wish they’d stuck with the overall dimensions of my 7100 – the keyboard shrunk a bit too much. Other than that, the thing is perfect. I bought a Motorola Q last week and returned it because that keyboard sucked even more. The camera works great on here – internet is fast – going to buy a microSD card this afternoon so I can put some music on it. It sure is nice to hear Love Song by The Cure as my rington now, instead of the polyphonic version of Axel F.

]]> By: Keith http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/08/09/the-8100-is-the-blackberry-pearl-coming-september-18th/comment-page-1/#comment-45010 Keith Wed, 06 Sep 2006 03:03:40 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/08/09/002120/#comment-45010 I have to question that keyboard though…

]]> By: Keith http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/08/09/the-8100-is-the-blackberry-pearl-coming-september-18th/comment-page-1/#comment-483252 Keith Wed, 06 Sep 2006 03:03:00 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/08/09/002120/#comment-483252 I have to question that keyboard though…

]]> By: BlackBerry Cool » BlackBerry Pearl launch details, pics http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/08/09/the-8100-is-the-blackberry-pearl-coming-september-18th/comment-page-1/#comment-42227 BlackBerry Cool » BlackBerry Pearl launch details, pics Mon, 28 Aug 2006 13:34:06 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/08/09/002120/#comment-42227 [...] It’s becoming so common that it’s not even exciting any more, but Boy Genius has struck again, this time with revised T-Mobile launch details of the BlackBerry Pearl. Looks like the previously reported date of September 18th was a little off the mark, with September 12th being the new zero hour for the BlackBerry 8100. What’s interesting, however, is the video that indicates T-Mobile will ship the devices out to stores this week, but keep their employees under strict NDA. Oh well. Boy Genius, pull a Robin Hood and get some Pearls to the (high-tech) poor. [...]

]]> By: thajimc http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/08/09/the-8100-is-the-blackberry-pearl-coming-september-18th/comment-page-1/#comment-40343 thajimc Sat, 12 Aug 2006 15:31:22 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/08/09/002120/#comment-40343 all i know is theres a full on high school cheerleader car wash DIRECTLY infront of my office right now.

]]> By: thajimc http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/08/09/the-8100-is-the-blackberry-pearl-coming-september-18th/comment-page-1/#comment-483251 thajimc Sat, 12 Aug 2006 15:31:00 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/08/09/002120/#comment-483251 all i know is theres a full on high school cheerleader car wash DIRECTLY infront of my office right now.

]]> By: thought http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/08/09/the-8100-is-the-blackberry-pearl-coming-september-18th/comment-page-1/#comment-39916 thought Thu, 10 Aug 2006 00:32:37 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/08/09/002120/#comment-39916 I must also say that the price point is right.

RIM couldn’t release this device with a Treo-like pricepoint; it would have narrowed the market too much.

Now they can compete on price against devices like the Q, and indeed, at this pricepoint, the cost is competitive with many high end conventional phones.

An interesting question: currently the BB 8700 retails for 299 w/contract on both T-mo and Cingular…will this force a price drop in that model?

]]> By: thought http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/08/09/the-8100-is-the-blackberry-pearl-coming-september-18th/comment-page-1/#comment-483250 thought Thu, 10 Aug 2006 00:32:00 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/08/09/002120/#comment-483250 I must also say that the price point is right.

RIM couldn’t release this device with a Treo-like pricepoint; it would have narrowed the market too much.

Now they can compete on price against devices like the Q, and indeed, at this pricepoint, the cost is competitive with many high end conventional phones.

An interesting question: currently the BB 8700 retails for 299 w/contract on both T-mo and Cingular…will this force a price drop in that model?

]]> By: thought http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/08/09/the-8100-is-the-blackberry-pearl-coming-september-18th/comment-page-1/#comment-39910 thought Wed, 09 Aug 2006 23:39:36 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/08/09/002120/#comment-39910 I love the name…it’s a stroke of marketing genius. Classy, easy to remember…

Plus, the name reminds me of the “Black Pearl” in the Pirates of the Caribbean movies!…you can tell I live close to Disney World :)

]]> By: thought http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/08/09/the-8100-is-the-blackberry-pearl-coming-september-18th/comment-page-1/#comment-483249 thought Wed, 09 Aug 2006 23:39:00 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/08/09/002120/#comment-483249 I love the name…it’s a stroke of marketing genius. Classy, easy to remember…

Plus, the name reminds me of the “Black Pearl” in the Pirates of the Caribbean movies!…you can tell I live close to Disney World :)

]]> By: optimus http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/08/09/the-8100-is-the-blackberry-pearl-coming-september-18th/comment-page-1/#comment-39906 optimus Wed, 09 Aug 2006 23:09:15 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/08/09/002120/#comment-39906 I fell in love with the scroll wheel on the Sony cm-1300, Clearnet’s first CDMA handset. I still love it. What possible reason is there to ditch it?

]]> By: optimus http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/08/09/the-8100-is-the-blackberry-pearl-coming-september-18th/comment-page-1/#comment-483248 optimus Wed, 09 Aug 2006 23:09:00 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/08/09/002120/#comment-483248 I fell in love with the scroll wheel on the Sony cm-1300, Clearnet’s first CDMA handset. I still love it. What possible reason is there to ditch it?

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