All Entries in the "8100 Pearl" Category

T-Mobile Pearl 8120 to Finally get Official OS 4.5

Wow, the Pearls are starting to get phased out in my book and T-Mobile is finally offering an update to OS 4.5 starting tomorrow March 13th.  I do remember that when Steve use to upgrade his 8100 to 4.5 it always had a plethora of bugs even if it was an official release on another [...]

Blinged Out Diamond BlackBerry Bold

In Barcelona at the Mobile World Congress Engadget got to see some of Amosu’s (the blinger of mobile phones and accessories) toys.  Here we have a BlackBerry Bold that has the bottom cover Blinged out in pink diamonds.  The camera bezel is also encrusted totalling the whole carat count to about 3.44 carats on the [...]

Fido Launches BlackBerry Pearl 8100

For once a carrier released a phone on a supposed release date!  A few weeks ago we posted that it was rumored that Fido would be launching the BlackBerry Pearl 8100 on February 4th, and they did it!  Yes, you may wonder why I am so enthusiastic about someone launching the oldest new BlackBerry?  Well [...]

Bold, Pearl 8130, and Curve 8330 OS Updates

New OS updates have been getting leaked all over the place these last few weeks and it’s hard to keep up with all of them.  I honestly couldn’t tell you what has come out or not.  This is my feeble attempt to bring you some OS updates.
First we have the Pearl 8130 and the Curve [...]

Orange UK to Launch Pearl 8120 Pay As You Go Early February

A few weeks ago we reported that Orange UK will be launching Pay As You Go for BlackBerry.  I just received notification from Orange UK that they will be launching their BlackBerry Pay As You Go in early February.  Unfortunately as we told you before, they will be only offering the Pearl 8120 at first.  [...]

Fido to Launch Pearl 8100 Feb. 4th?

We knew that Fido was getting close to finally launching BlackBerry, so this is no real surprise.  Ronen over at Berry Review got tipped off that Feb. 4th will be the day.  Fido is going to start off with the Pearl 8100 with BIS only.  The plan and phone rates will be:
Cost

$400 MTM / No [...]

AT&T 3G Network Upgrades Downgrade 2G Phones

Ever wonder why you get less bars on your 2G BlackBerry (all except the Bold on AT&T) then you did before? While AT&T previously used the 850 MHZ band primarily (which offers far better signal strength and better reception indoors), they have moved it over to 1900 MHZ band and started to use the 850 [...]