http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/13/t-mobile-launches-blackberry-pearl-8220-available-today-for-14/ Engadget Comments for T-Mobile launches BlackBerry Pearl 8220, available today for $149.99 http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/13/t-mobile-launches-blackberry-pearl-8220-available-today-for-14/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/13/t-mobile-launches-blackberry-pearl-8220-available-today-for-14/Oct 13th 2008 12:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/13/t-mobile-launches-blackberry-pearl-8220-available-today-for-14/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/13/t-mobile-launches-blackberry-pearl-8220-available-today-for-14/Oct 13th 2008 12:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/13/t-mobile-launches-blackberry-pearl-8220-available-today-for-14/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/13/t-mobile-launches-blackberry-pearl-8220-available-today-for-14/Oct 13th 2008 12:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/13/t-mobile-launches-blackberry-pearl-8220-available-today-for-14/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/13/t-mobile-launches-blackberry-pearl-8220-available-today-for-14/Oct 13th 2008 12:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/13/t-mobile-launches-blackberry-pearl-8220-available-today-for-14/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/13/t-mobile-launches-blackberry-pearl-8220-available-today-for-14/Oct 13th 2008 9:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/13/t-mobile-launches-blackberry-pearl-8220-available-today-for-14/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/13/t-mobile-launches-blackberry-pearl-8220-available-today-for-14/But that may not be a bad thing. We shall see.]]>Oct 13th 2008 12:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/13/t-mobile-launches-blackberry-pearl-8220-available-today-for-14/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/13/t-mobile-launches-blackberry-pearl-8220-available-today-for-14/
does that say Microsoft??]]>Oct 13th 2008 12:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/13/t-mobile-launches-blackberry-pearl-8220-available-today-for-14/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/13/t-mobile-launches-blackberry-pearl-8220-available-today-for-14/
Terrible timing for T-Mobile. The G1 is just around the corner.]]>Oct 13th 2008 12:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/13/t-mobile-launches-blackberry-pearl-8220-available-today-for-14/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/13/t-mobile-launches-blackberry-pearl-8220-available-today-for-14/
Also, the sliding QWERTY and the flip SureType are at total opposite ends of the phone keyboard spectrum. I just don't see these devices competing for sales because it is so unlikely that they will both appeal to the same person.]]>Oct 13th 2008 6:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/13/t-mobile-launches-blackberry-pearl-8220-available-today-for-14/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/13/t-mobile-launches-blackberry-pearl-8220-available-today-for-14/Oct 13th 2008 12:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/13/t-mobile-launches-blackberry-pearl-8220-available-today-for-14/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/13/t-mobile-launches-blackberry-pearl-8220-available-today-for-14/
What does this $149 device have over the 1GB HTC G1 for $179, 8GB iPhone, or 2GB Samsung Instinct for $179... all with 2 year contracts?]]>Oct 13th 2008 12:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/13/t-mobile-launches-blackberry-pearl-8220-available-today-for-14/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/13/t-mobile-launches-blackberry-pearl-8220-available-today-for-14/Oct 13th 2008 12:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/13/t-mobile-launches-blackberry-pearl-8220-available-today-for-14/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/13/t-mobile-launches-blackberry-pearl-8220-available-today-for-14/BIS/BES.
UMA.]]>Oct 13th 2008 12:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/13/t-mobile-launches-blackberry-pearl-8220-available-today-for-14/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/13/t-mobile-launches-blackberry-pearl-8220-available-today-for-14/Oct 13th 2008 12:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/13/t-mobile-launches-blackberry-pearl-8220-available-today-for-14/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/13/t-mobile-launches-blackberry-pearl-8220-available-today-for-14/Oct 13th 2008 11:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/13/t-mobile-launches-blackberry-pearl-8220-available-today-for-14/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/13/t-mobile-launches-blackberry-pearl-8220-available-today-for-14/no AT&T Logo
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The list is endless... but this is a good start.]]>Oct 14th 2008 12:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/13/t-mobile-launches-blackberry-pearl-8220-available-today-for-14/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/13/t-mobile-launches-blackberry-pearl-8220-available-today-for-14/Oct 13th 2008 6:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/13/t-mobile-launches-blackberry-pearl-8220-available-today-for-14/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/13/t-mobile-launches-blackberry-pearl-8220-available-today-for-14/
I don't get the hate that some people have for RIM's first flip phone. I like flip phones, and that humongous suretype keypad must be just awesome.]]>Oct 13th 2008 1:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/13/t-mobile-launches-blackberry-pearl-8220-available-today-for-14/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/13/t-mobile-launches-blackberry-pearl-8220-available-today-for-14/Oct 13th 2008 4:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/13/t-mobile-launches-blackberry-pearl-8220-available-today-for-14/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/13/t-mobile-launches-blackberry-pearl-8220-available-today-for-14/It looks fine to me, but with $150 to drop, this wouldn't be my first choice...
Because, you know, the hot cakes these days are touch screens!! Let's create a touch screen on a touch screen...then add a slider.

]]>Oct 13th 2008 1:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/13/t-mobile-launches-blackberry-pearl-8220-available-today-for-14/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/13/t-mobile-launches-blackberry-pearl-8220-available-today-for-14/
I've skipped the iPhone, skipped the G1, and definitely skipping this.

T-Mobile, give me an Android phone that isn't made by HTC with a 3.5mm headphone jack at a competitive price point and I'll buy. ]]>Oct 13th 2008 3:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/13/t-mobile-launches-blackberry-pearl-8220-available-today-for-14/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/13/t-mobile-launches-blackberry-pearl-8220-available-today-for-14/
a mini headphone jack and a mini USB jack!!! That's an instant approval from me!]]>Oct 13th 2008 3:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/13/t-mobile-launches-blackberry-pearl-8220-available-today-for-14/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/13/t-mobile-launches-blackberry-pearl-8220-available-today-for-14/Oct 14th 2008 12:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/13/t-mobile-launches-blackberry-pearl-8220-available-today-for-14/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/13/t-mobile-launches-blackberry-pearl-8220-available-today-for-14/Oct 14th 2008 1:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/13/t-mobile-launches-blackberry-pearl-8220-available-today-for-14/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/13/t-mobile-launches-blackberry-pearl-8220-available-today-for-14/Getting the Storms as soon as we can....

Not gettng this. Good idea, buut i don't think it looks as good as it could, even when folded this thing looks massive. Surely it could be smaller? There is a lot of space above and below the screen, and also below the keypad...

But it is a Blackberry, so it still wins.]]>Oct 13th 2008 5:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/13/t-mobile-launches-blackberry-pearl-8220-available-today-for-14/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/13/t-mobile-launches-blackberry-pearl-8220-available-today-for-14/Oct 13th 2008 9:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/13/t-mobile-launches-blackberry-pearl-8220-available-today-for-14/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/13/t-mobile-launches-blackberry-pearl-8220-available-today-for-14/Oct 13th 2008 11:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/13/t-mobile-launches-blackberry-pearl-8220-available-today-for-14/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/13/t-mobile-launches-blackberry-pearl-8220-available-today-for-14/Oct 13th 2008 12:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/13/t-mobile-launches-blackberry-pearl-8220-available-today-for-14/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/13/t-mobile-launches-blackberry-pearl-8220-available-today-for-14/
G1 is obviously a no-brainer for you. But it's not an overall better choice (I come from the field where everyone around me would pick the Blackberry).]]>Oct 14th 2008 1:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/13/t-mobile-launches-blackberry-pearl-8220-available-today-for-14/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/13/t-mobile-launches-blackberry-pearl-8220-available-today-for-14/
Pros that make this better than G1:
-3.5 mm head jack
-Tethered modem capability (using this as a wireless modem for your laptop, etc.)
-Cheaper
-Video capture
-Exchange
-This phone is easier to deal with when you just have one hand to use

Cons that make this worse than G1:
-No touch screen
-Less youtube access
-No streetview GPS system
-No android platform(This can be debatable)]]>Oct 27th 2008 3:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/13/t-mobile-launches-blackberry-pearl-8220-available-today-for-14/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/13/t-mobile-launches-blackberry-pearl-8220-available-today-for-14/Oct 13th 2008 6:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/13/t-mobile-launches-blackberry-pearl-8220-available-today-for-14/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/13/t-mobile-launches-blackberry-pearl-8220-available-today-for-14/Dec 10th 2008 12:51AM