[hayden]

Merrill Lynch notes that based on industry checks at the recent CTIA conference, they believe Research in Motion Potential launch of Verizon/Sprint Pearl and T-Mobile 83xx WiFi Blackberry on 7-May, coinciding with RIM's Capital Markets Day. MLCO recommends buying May US$140.00 call options ahead of the upcoming catalysts.

Note that RIM stock today jumped to the US$140.00 mark...

The photos above are of the 8300 for Vodafone. No doubt they will be launching soon also.

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[hayden]

uploaded more pics.

[cherrichiodo]

wow! very nice for some junkies on here
thanks hayden :D

[mrcsbrooks]

Wow good stuff Hayden!!! Thanks for the info

[li2327]

~via BB (wap.pinstack.com)~ I have the 8703e. I'm not sure if I'm reasdy to make that switch. :confused:

[paullamm]

~via BB (wap.pinstack.com)~I just bought the 8703e. Don't really need the camera or mp3. I going to wait for the 9xxx. Loving the 8703. 8300 looks like a great addition to the BB line.

[li2327]

~via BB (wap.pinstack.com)~ I just got my 8703e four days ago and I know exactly what you're saying. I'm really enjoying it so far. The other features are nice but not necessary for me.

[oh-crap]

Why is that the Moto-Q, Black-Jack and now this one all look alike?

[li2327]

~via BB (wap.pinstack.com)~ Please don't let it operate as bad as the Q.

[ljbyar]

Awesome! Sign me up!

[akosnitzky]

8300 looks interesting. Any word if Verizon is upgrading beyond the Pearl? There were rumors of an 8800 model coming out.

[wendycharles]

~via BB (wap.pinstack.com)~Great info! I googled Blackberry 8300 and found a boy genius report thats pictures of a cingular/att 8300. Anyone else know anything?

[jloverg]

i am in upgrade here i come

[flash24]

~via BB (wap.pinstack.com)~im ready for that baby! Thanks!

[lcgtr]

~via BB (wap.pinstack.com)~but knowing verizon they will probably lock it up like the rest of their phones. That's why I switched to tmob.

[Don LuiG]

Originally Posted by lcgtr ~via BB (wap.pinstack.com)~but knowing verizon they will probably lock it up like the rest of their phones. That's why I switched to tmob.

yeah i switched to tmo beacuse sprint was charging me twice as much for services i pay like 30 percent less for with tmo.

the phone looks awesome too bad i just bought my pearl

[drummer12]

Can't wait till the Pearl 2.0 comes out! I hear it should be out later this year...

[moses2628]

I can't wait for the 8300!! May 7th can't come any sooner!!~via BB (wap.pinstack.com)~

[titans2323]

i got the pearl the week it came out and i love it. now tmo is getting the 8300 also called the daytona at times, i cant wait. i will be first in line may 7th.

[mrcsbrooks]

It looks like @ this point may 7th is gonna be a killer day for rim, because all carriers look like they may be launching versions of the 83xx platform

[reemobeens19]

~via BB (wap.pinstack.com)~camera, WiFi, qwerty...... By by pearl......

[racinrocker]

~via BB (wap.pinstack.com)~insanity

[hayden]

Didn't want to post the link to to the guys profile on flickr who posted these pics. Esp since they are listed for "Public" use on flickr.com. However, it seems not everyone wants to keep the spotlight off of him. Oh well.

[The SPCS Guy]

Interesting! I wanna see SPRINT with the Pearl! Gotta see this!

JE

[akosnitzky]

Originally Posted by mrcsbrooks It looks like @ this point may 7th is gonna be a killer day for rim, because all carriers look like they may be launching versions of the 83xx platform

???????

[joeperrin212]

~via BB (wap.pinstack.com)~
Hmmm too bad I still have a while before I can upgrade. Oh well, maybe I'll be lucky and the 9xxx versions will be out by then. I'm looking for the do it all wifi, camera, media, GPS model Anyways.

[domjon84]

Hey I hope tmo does get it! I am almost sick of not having the 8800 because we cant get it!!!!

[rhuss]

If the Sprint/Verizon Pearl supports EVDO ATT/TM are going to be hurting....

[Cracked Out]

Awesome.

[pthomas11]

it will be interesting to see exactly what features these phones have.

tmobile should do better with the launch preparations than cingular did as well.

and what happened to the 8820?