T-Mobile’s BlackBerry 8100 gets facelift

New Pearl ColoursBoy Genius’ T-Mobile snitch has dug a few more tidbits of goodness, although it might not be as exciting as a BlackBerry 8320 release date. By the looks of another leaked slide, T-Mobile’s planning on having a red, gold and blue BlackBerry 8100 available for sale come September 4th. Although the Pearl is nearing the end of its life cycle what with the Pearl 2 coming around the bend, RIM and carriers can still squeeze out a few bucks with a relatively cheap aesthetic makeover. One of the bullets claims that these Pearls are packing “real HTML web browsing”, we’re more inclined to believe that nothing has changed under the Pearl’s hood; this is strictly a paint job, and probably the last bit of love the BlackBerry 8100 will get before the new kid gets on the block.


New Pearl Colours

Posted by Simon Sage in News, Rumors

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Sneak peak at the red Curve | BlackBerry Cool
October 9th, 2007 at 3:11 pm

[...] confirmed with a little eye candy. It’s not exactly the red you’re used to seeing on a BlackBerry 8100, but more of a crimson. The keypad is getting an inverted colour job, for extra spice. Anyone [...]

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