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According to tipsters, the BlackBerry Pearl 9100 (code-named Striker) will be coming to Canada’s TELUS in both black and pink paint jobs.
If you haven’t had a chance to check out the flurry of prerelease sneak peeks, the new Pearl promises Wi-Fi, 3G (AWS bands included, odds are it’ll run on TELUS’ new HSPA+ network), OS 5.0, 256 MB of app memory, a 3.2 megapixel camera, and, of course, an optical trackpad replacing the trackball and a two-letter-per-key SureType keypad. Overall, it seems like the 9100 will be a spec jump on all fronts compared to the last proper Pearl to be released, but the overall style seems fairly unchanged. That’s okay though – the original Pearl was a hit, and as they say, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
As for TELUS’ BlackBerry lineup in particular, the last Pearl they had was the Flip, and that was about a year ago, so it’s certainly safe to say it’s time for some fresh SureType BlackBerrys to hit the shelves. Normally I don’t put too much credence on rumours like this without some pictures to back them up, but I feel pretty confident about the source. The last we heard regarding a release date for the 9100 Striker pointed towards April, and considering hints of it are popping up internally (presumably in SKUs), that seems altogether likely.
[via BlackBerry Sync]
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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.
