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That mysterious new BlackBerry 8910 that made it through Bluetooth certification last week has popped up again at the FCC. Conspicuously absent is any sign of 3G support – that’s right, quad-band EDGE just like it’s grandaddy 8900 Curve before it. This could, in fact, be the rumoured Atlas handset, and aimed at an Asian/European market initially, but it’s still too early to tell for sure where it will be launching. 3G seemed like the only thing that would have made an update worthwhile, but without it the 8910 may very well be little more than a facelift with a trackpad on the side. There’s the argument that EDGE is good enough for areas without supporting high-speed coverage, especially for a device primarily driven by e-mail, but “good enough” is far from competitive with other data-hungry smartphones out there. Who knows, maybe carriers wanted to cap how much subscribers tax their data network and pressured RIM to continue providing an EDGE-only handset. Whatever the case may be, the 8910 better be offering more than a trackpad and extra memory versus the 8900, if only to be worth the trouble of making it in the first place.
[via PhoneScoop]
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Simon Sage
Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
