Stefano’s all a-twitter after hearing that TIM will be carrying the BlackBerry 9000 on the second week of July, and going for 450/500€. Vodafone was one of the earliest carriers that we had heard was going to carry the newest BlackBerry, so the fact that the Bold is coming to Europe isn’t so much a surprise, but it does give credence to other supposed release dates. It sounds like this is going to be a worldwide release in a very closely packed timeframe. This is great, since generally we’ve seen devices released at one end of the pond and then take their sweet time swimming over to the other (heck, Rogers still hasn’t got the 8120 yet, and it was released last fall).
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BlackBerry Bold coming to Italy
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Stefano at BBWorld has been cordially invited to RIM and Vodafone’s party for the Italian launch of the BlackBerry 8110, happening on January 30th. The GPS-enabled Pearl’s launch was predicted by Jibi last November, and will be available in 3 colors – red, blue, and grey – and also features a 2 megapixel camera. There’s no word yet on when the rest of the world will get their hot little hands on it, but if past experience with the 8120 release is any indicator, the GPS Pearl will spread to other European countries pretty quickly and North America will get it… well, sooner or later.
While we’ve been mostly buzzing about the BlackBerry 8130 lately, the 8120 with Wi-Fi is starting to make the rounds in Europe. Telecom Italia Mobile announced yesterday their release of the BlackBerry 8120 in Italy, with all of the Wi-Fi, 2mpx camera, video capture, external microSD slot, 3.5 mm headphone jack, and quad-band GSM you can handle. TIM will be the exclusive carrier of this beauty in Italy until December, but no word on pricing just yet. Their 8100 is running 299 €, so you can expect to pay something in that range. The last we really heard of the 8120 was of its initial launch in Spain, and taking a look at its European profile, the Pearl hasn’t reached anywhere else just yet. It’s only been two weeks mind you, so let’s hold out for some more releases before Christmas. We got any Italian readers looking to grab one of these?
