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05-06-2011, 12:59 AM
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[speculation] The next Pearl coming out 2013?
Based on earliest cnet reviews (best i could find):
7100t: 2004
7100i: 2006
8100: 2006
8130: 2007
9100: 2010
It appears that RIM liked to refresh their SureType line every year or so, but the launch of the iPhone must've thrown their schedule out of the window. I believe that RIM would continue to refresh the Pearl line once every year, in which case it's kinda overdue.
The next pearl is not among the leaked 6.1 (er... 7), meaning it most likely will be a QNX handset. that rules out 2011.
The SureType line has always been simply the flagship line slightly aged/refined and shrunken, which rules out it being among the first QNX devices. that rules out 2012.
That lead me to conclude that the next Pearl will launch in 2013, and it will probably stick to the x1xx naming system. A100? Or maybe RIM will finally drop the useless 0 and make it A10.
thoughts?
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