- With the advent of the 85xx series,both in GSM and now announced for CDMA carriers,is there any reason for the 8900 to exist? Once the Driftwood is released for T-Mobile every major carrier will offer a 3G 9000 series device(Bold,Tour,Onyx).If you were switching BBs from an older Curve/Pearl would you choose the 8900 over any 9000 series device?07-29-09 10:41 AMLike 0
- With the advent of the 85xx series,both in GSM and now announced for CDMA carriers,is there any reason for the 8900 to exist? Once the Driftwood is released for T-Mobile every major carrier will offer a 3G 9000 series device(Bold,Tour,Onyx).If you were switching BBs from an older Curve/Pearl would you choose the 8900 over any 9000 series device?07-29-09 10:54 AMLike 0
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- With the advent of the 85xx series,both in GSM and now announced for CDMA carriers,is there any reason for the 8900 to exist? Once the Driftwood is released for T-Mobile every major carrier will offer a 3G 9000 series device(Bold,Tour,Onyx).If you were switching BBs from an older Curve/Pearl would you choose the 8900 over any 9000 series device?
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com07-29-09 11:12 AMLike 0 - With the advent of the 85xx series,both in GSM and now announced for CDMA carriers,is there any reason for the 8900 to exist? Once the Driftwood is released for T-Mobile every major carrier will offer a 3G 9000 series device(Bold,Tour,Onyx).If you were switching BBs from an older Curve/Pearl would you choose the 8900 over any 9000 series device?
The only major difference i see is the 256mb on board memory deal. no biggie.Last edited by mjneid; 07-29-09 at 11:18 AM.
07-29-09 11:14 AMLike 0 - The Curve 8900 is to the Curve 8500, as the Pearl 81xx is to the Pearl Flip.
Does that answer your question?07-29-09 11:15 AMLike 0 - LOL.... if I had a choice between the 9000 and 8900 I would still have the 8900..... I like the size/weight and the extra app memory...plus battery life is better.07-29-09 12:57 PMLike 0
- 3G isn't everything. Look at AT&T. They got the Bold and THEN they got the 8900, which is EDGE only. EDGE phones are still great with battery life and cost less.
There are plenty of EDGE-only BBs left on carriers with 3G BBs available. Until 3G is really widespread and good on battery life in newer phones, I don't see EDGE going away any time soon.07-29-09 01:02 PMLike 0 -
- The 9020 is a replacement for the 8800 family not the 8900 like we initially thought. The 8520 is a budget consumer smartphone while the 8900 is a higher end consumer smartphone.
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com07-29-09 01:13 PMLike 0 -
- 3G isn't everything. Look at AT&T. They got the Bold and THEN they got the 8900, which is EDGE only. EDGE phones are still great with battery life and cost less.
There are plenty of EDGE-only BBs left on carriers with 3G BBs available. Until 3G is really widespread and good on battery life in newer phones, I don't see EDGE going away any time soon.
of made it known that only 3G Blackberry devices would be released from
now on. So it suprised me that they released it to say the least. RIM kind of
screwed them in that regard.
I don't think we'll see another EDGE Blackberry on AT&T ever again. I could
be wrong, but just my gut feeling.07-29-09 01:16 PMLike 0 - 07-29-09 01:22 PMLike 0
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8 months since AT&T has released a new Blackberry. So let's say the Onyx
comes out in January of 2010. Means that AT&T didn't release a new
Blackberry for 13 months. Looks like a lack of new phones.
They can't continue to sell 8310's forever and ever.07-29-09 01:36 PMLike 0 - 07-29-09 01:56 PMLike 0
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But there was obviously a reason for it. Maybe they needed a lower end BB to suit a demographic. Who knows?07-29-09 02:19 PMLike 0 - Your analogy says the 8900 is worse than the 85xx. In your analogy, you equate the 8900 to the pearl and the 85xx to the Pearl Flip. Maybe the opposite is true but the way you have it is not true at all.07-29-09 02:23 PMLike 0
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