[bonoz]

Dropped my 8130. Scratched up real bad. Should have got myself a skin. Didn't. Want to get the whole housing.

So I found this on cnn.cn:

BlackBerry 8130 OEM Amethyst housing set - Sprint- Alcatel, SonyEricsson, Nokia, NEC, Acer, Samsung, Tools, Microsoft, LG, Accessor

and the keyboard:

BlackBerry 8110/8120 OEM amethyst keyboard - QWERTZ- Accessories Store, Alcatel, SonyEricsson, LG, Microsoft, Acer, Motorola, BenQ-Si

My questions are:

a) The housings they sell, are they original OEM blackberry? anyone has experience with them? how did you find the quality of the housing they sent?

b) I'm guessing the little silver/gold button on the back to pop open the battery door does not come with the housing? seems like the way it works is that the buttons on the side, and the that battery button, etc. remain a part of the main chassis?

Thanks very much

[Ronin_81]

I ordered a black one for my 8130, very good quality.

However, that 8110/20 keyboard will not work with your 8130, even tho they look the same, the 8130 keypads are a little more indented behind it, and the 8120's are not