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T-Mobile USA Offers Customers BlackBerry Curve 8900!! | CrackBerry.com

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BlackBerry - BlackBerry Curve 8900 Coming to T-Mobile

[CB_Addiction]

Thanks for the info!!

[gregerator]

Exclusively to TMO, huh?

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[fatboy97]

Exclusively to TMO, huh?

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No, AT&T has it, but they just released the 8320... and they (AT&T) is downplaying their 2G support.

[Garz]

No, AT&T has it, but they just released the 8320... and they (AT&T) is downplaying their 2G support.

Its possible At&t will not release thhe 8900 and just wait for the 3G 9220 to hit. Makes sense since at one time or another, the EDGE may be downgraded to strengthen their 3G network.


Edit*** To add, At&t does not have them yet.

[gregerator]

Nor have they announced them. And the article *does* say "exclusively" to TMO. Not that it means a whole lot. Just that it could be 1 to 3 to 6 months before someone else does get one. On the upside for TMO, if att does not release it, there are no other major GSM carriers here in the US. That would make it pretty exclusive.

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[Made_in_RIM]

Its possible At&t will not release thhe 8900 and just wait for the 3G 9220 to hit. Makes sense since at one time or another, the EDGE may be downgraded to strengthen their 3G network.


Edit*** To add, At&t does not have them yet.

I think you might be right. It wouldn't make sense to release the 8900 after attempting to have their customers upgrade to 3g. Found some good info on this website


Fewer Bars in More Places: AT&T Network Upgrades Degrade Service for 2G Phones - OFB.biz: Open for Business

[aristile]

Yep, we were just talking about all this yesterday in a few other threads.

[m11stephen]

And to think that alot of people on here said AT&T already has theirs there just waiting to be made and they'll get it first. Finally, Tmobile launches a good blackberry.

[Garz]

And to think that alot of people on here said AT&T already has theirs there just waiting to be made and they'll get it first. Finally, Tmobile launches a good blackberry.

Yeah many people just really dont know

[Crucial_Xtreme]

And to think that alot of people on here said AT&T already has theirs there just waiting to be made and they'll get it first. Finally, Tmobile launches a good blackberry.

AT&T does have a shipment of 8900's. That does not mean however thta they will not launch it, or that they have decided not to. What you do not understand, is that things change, especially in this industry. Back from mid-summer last year, AT&T was set to release this device in Dec. But things changed. Not everyone has to be lying.

[Entrical]

Does the 8900 support 3g?

[devildoc0612]

All I can say is that...its about time T-Mo show some B'berry love...woot woot.. Take that at&t lol hehe

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[rootbeersoup]

AT&T does have a shipment of 8900's. That does not mean however thta they will not launch it, or that they have decided not to. What you do not understand, is that things change, especially in this industry. Back from mid-summer last year, AT&T was set to release this device in Dec. But things changed. Not everyone has to be lying.

Exactly... That's what was GOING TO HAPPEN... That doesn't mean everyone here is stupid and just makes this stuff up

[Christi23]

I am so excited. Finally the release is getting closer!

[philanthropy]

yea well i cant wait

because ever since my gf opted to buy me this phone

i've decided ill be one of the first to own it around here

[skelzer]

I'm interested to learn how RIM was able to tweak a non-3G device to run faster on the network...

[uberspeed]

Server side compression, from what I know.

[aristile]

I'm interested to learn how RIM was able to tweak a non-3G device to run faster on the network...

I believe new technology allowed for more "connections/channels" on the physical device to be available so that a data request can be downloaded faster. If I remember correctly the "older" EDGE technology used only 2 "connections/channels" to download data, while the new EDGE technology uses 8.

[Foolo]

i think old curve bottleneck is on processor side, so a faster cpu on 8900 imrpoves browsing speed somehow

[aristile]

Yea, I think the processor was part of the bottleneck. However, on top of that, the EDGE speed was also improved as I mentioned in my previous post.

[howejustin]

Yea, I think the processor was part of the bottleneck. However, on top of that, the EDGE speed was also improved as I mentioned in my previous post.

Does that mean the EDGE speed on my 8320 is the same now as what the 8900 will be? Or will the 8900 be the first EDGE device that has the -ability- to accommodate the increase of channels?

[aristile]

It was a hardware upgrade made to the 8900 so this isn't available on the 8320.

[Artemis68]

Does that mean the EDGE speed on my 8320 is the same now as what the 8900 will be? Or will the 8900 be the first EDGE device that has the -ability- to accommodate the increase of channels?

No it has to do with the phone, not the EDGE connection.

Your 8320 only utilizes 2 Channels, while the 8900 does 8. this is what makes it faster.