[jcarter21]

Has anyone else seen this?

http://www.t-mobile.net/CDA/tmd_blac...d-5382,en.html

good find.

[N8DBB]

Yeah it's launching on VodaFone and 02 over in Europe this month too.

Dang Europeans get to have all the fun...

[oxide-tones]

Originally Posted by N8DBB Yeah it's launching on VodaFone and 02 over in Europe this month too. Dang Europeans get to have all the fun...

happen to have any links/info on any of these, this is the first ive heard....

[oxide-tones]

so I just mailed t-mobile germany asking for availability dates and prices... no dates known, not prices available

[oppiTronic]

~via BB (wap.pinstack.com)~
t-mobile will launch it in March. Press releases are already out.
Press:
http://www.t-mobile.de/unternehmen/p...8117-_,00.html
Pictures:
http://www.t-mobile.de/unternehmen/p...7928-_,00.html

[flash24]

that can't be right.. RIM will release it here in US first before some other foreign countries.

[oxide-tones]

Originally Posted by flash24 that can't be right.. RIM will release it here in US first before some other foreign countries.

its been released in the US.... If Cingular gets the first go in US, and Rogers in CA, why not Tmo in Germany?

Vodapfone had the exclusive on the 8707v in Germany

[oppiTronic]

Right or wrong...it is the truth.
In the "some other foreign country" Germany I will be a proud user of a 8800 in a very few days.

excerpt of the official press release:

Das BlackBerry 8800 Smartphone ist ab März 2007 bei T-Mobile verfügbar und kostet 179,95 Euro in Verbindung mit einem 24 Monate Laufzeitvertrag im Tarif Relax 100.

Translation:

The BlackBerry 8800 Smartphone is available from T-Mobile starting March 2007 and costs 179.95 Euro together with a 24 month subscription to the Relax 100 data plan.

:D

[jerrycrabb]

http://blackberryforums.pinstack.com...tml#post174683

I posted this a week ago. #22

Originally Posted by mistadobolin T-mobile International has already announced the 8800, and it's the Indigo. http://www.t-mobile.net/CDA/news_det...thid-9,en.html

[jerrycrabb]

Also... If you go to www.blackberry8820.com

The "this site is in progress" text is written in german.

-I don't know if that means anything-

[oxide-tones]

Originally Posted by oppiTronic Right or wrong...it is the truth. In the "some other foreign country" Germany I will be a proud user of a 8800 in a very few days. :D

same here.... if you find it online somewhere, id appreciate a PM

Originally Posted by mistadobolin Also... If you go to www.blackberry8820.com The this site is in progress text is written in german. -I don't know if that means anything-

that site is available in a few languages

[jerrycrabb]

How do you get other languages?

[N8DBB]

Originally Posted by oxide-tones happen to have any links/info on any of these, this is the first ive heard....

VodaFone:
http://www.vodafonebusinessshop.co.u...ls&prodid=2896

TMO UK (same as above)
http://www.t-mobile.net/CDA/tmd_blac...d-5382,en.html

Not sure where 02 is...I saw it once but didn't pay it any mind since I'm not in Europe.

[oxide-tones]

Originally Posted by mistadobolin How do you get other languages?

Good question, I think I just changed the url (.de etc)

thanks N8, no DE sites have the 8800 listed yet apart from the previously posted Tmo site.

[oppiTronic]

If you look up blackberry8820.com in the whois database you see it belongs to a private person. This looks like someone wants to make money with it...or wants to see if he can stand the RIM lawyers

[jerrycrabb]

Wow thats interesting..... I wonder how much RIM would pay for that when its time to release?

[N8DBB]

Originally Posted by mistadobolin Wow thats interesting..... I wonder how much RIM would pay for that when its time to release?

Depends on when the domain was purchased probably...If it was recent after talk of the 8820 was leaked, then I would guess nothing because of "cyber-squatting" laws".

[jerrycrabb]

Here is an interesting one: www.blackberry9000.com (not owned by RIM)

Registrant:
Rich Hevesi
1520 Tweleve Mile Lake Rd.
RR3
Minden, Ontario K0M2K0
Canada

Registered through: GoDaddy.com, Inc. (http://www.godaddy.com)
Domain Name: BLACKBERRY9000.COM
Created on: 20-Dec-06
Expires on: 20-Dec-08
Last Updated on:

Administrative Contact:
Hevesi, Rich breakthru@gmail.com
1520 Tweleve Mile Lake Rd.
RR3
Minden, Ontario K0M2K0
Canada
(705) 854-0077

Technical Contact:
Hevesi, Rich breakthru@gmail.com
1520 Tweleve Mile Lake Rd.
RR3
Minden, Ontario K0M2K0
Canada
(705) 854-0077

Domain servers in listed order:
NS1.BREAKTHRUDESIGNS.NET
NS2.BREAKTHRUDESIGNS.NET

[benway]

vodafone business in the UK has the 8800. no camera or wifi

[oxide-tones]

i saw that... online only available with a data plan tho. im gonna call em tomorrow

(on a side note, this post just made me stack level 3 )

[zentient]

FYI, I called a T-Mobile UK sales rep yesterday, and she said that the 8800 was showing on their system as "coming soon" but no exact date was given.

Separately, a Vodafone UK rep offered me the 8800 as part of a contract plan; he gave the impression I could have had it straight away.

So, does anyone know what is the common window of exclusivity for a single carrier? In other words, if we assume Vodafone has exclusive right over the BB 8800 in the UK for a period, is that period likely to be 30 days, 90 days, or something else?