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]