[hayden]

Cingular revealed it will get its own version of the new RIM BlackBerry Pearl by latest the end of 1st quarter next year. The Cingular Pearl is expected to be largely similar to the T-Mobile version except that it also will support push to talk. *yawn* When asked why the carrier was taking so long to acquire the new BlackBerry, a Cingular exec said his company likes to test their devices rigorously. That's a plus eh!

[d_fisher]

Originally Posted by Hayden When asked why the carrier was taking so long to acquire the new BlackBerry, a Cingular exec said his company likes to test their devices rigorously.

Thats probably a good thing considering the issues that are being reported with the T-Mobile Pearl.

[BBadBoy]

I hate the thought of waiting so long, but maybe they'll get the trackball problem squared away by then. Its interesting that the Cingular people I spoke to just yesterday, both at a company store and kiosk, had no idea what I was talking about when I asked them when they expected to get the BlackBerry Pearl. It was clear they had no idea what I was talking about.

~via BB (wap.pinstack.com)~

[option94]

~via BB (wap.pinstack.com)~ I've always wanted them to out push to talk on a blackberry.

[shafferds]

cant wait for the pearl with cingular than

[digitalslack]

~via BB (wap.pinstack.com)~cant wait!!!

[jigxerjay]

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

[urbanshortie]

hmm. the push-talk function could be useful, but for me personally id just get annoyed if it was anything like the chirp function on a nextel.

i wonder if itll be a newer and more updated verison of the pearl 8100

[walds11]

I heard the Cingular release date will be Nov 6th or close to that.

[eta2892]

LOL @ walds11. What's up TRF man?
U are right about November 6th. As of this moment, that is the date that I have for the release. (with the Treo Nitro and Lennon, and the Samsung Blackjack between then and Christmas)

[walds11]

Is that you Chip? LOLOL!!! It's a small world.

[I7oobie]

Are they adding another key? Or are they going to use one of the keys designated for camera and voice dialing?

[walds11]

What the heck is taking so long?

[laz]

Ooo November would be sweet, but I might just stick to my original plan and get the SE W850, 4GB baby lol

[bwgregg]

According to the other threads in the forum on this topic, it's looking more like 1st Quarter of 2007.

[walds11]

1st Q '07 looks like the consensus

Originally Posted by bwgregg According to the other threads in the forum on this topic, it's looking more like 1st Quarter of 2007.

[sanfrancisco]

Originally Posted by hayden When asked why the carrier was taking so long to acquire the new BlackBerry, a Cingular exec said his company likes to test their devices rigorously. That's a plus eh!

That Cingular rep gave his salesman answer, which means he was fibbing or puffing. They are releasing the phone for sale as soon as it is legally possible for them to do so.

No carrier is going to test a phone and wait to release it, giving the competition the opportuniuty to sell thousands more units during that time. Besides, there is nothing so buggy about the phone that Cingular would hold off selling the Pearl.

Also consider this: Cingular decides to forego selling the Pearl through the 2006 Holiday gift giving season, supposedly to rigorously test the Pearl, which they know is a confirmed hit that is flying off the shelves? I don't think so.

My understanding is that carriers who get exclusive rights to sell a phone get such for about three to five months. Three being typical, five being the exception, four being the average.

His answer calculates the release date about 4 months after T-Mo has had exclusive U.S. rights. Seems that maybe T-Mo had a four month exclusive deal?

[twheeler]

~via BB (wap.pinstack.com)~ what's the deal I read about the trackball problem? I haven't read anything else about it. What's up? Anyone with answers can direct me to a thread or PM me as to keep this thread on subject.

Edit: Is this the trackball ring problem?