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Nice spot.
From the number (8910 - the 10 gives you the clue) and from reading the release article, this phone has no WiFi.
I've been watching this for a while. It's been in development for the Asian markets mostly but i guess it will come as a lower cost alternative to the 8900 potentially.
I saw a picture of the presentation... and apparently this device has a trackball!! Is this possible? I mean, I thought that RIm had taken a non returning step towards the trackpad.....
Very interesting....
BlackBerry Curve 8910 Unboxed, Announced on China Mobile
RIM just took the 8900 hardware, upped the internal RAM to 512 so's it'll run OS 6. (this bodes ill for many a 256Mb BlackBerry owner) took out the WiFi (don't want those Asians getting free connectivity - thanks- RIM) and wheeled it out the door to those 2G networks in the developping world.
That's the bad news.
The good news is that since they now have a 512Mb 89xx, device and they probably just took the WiFi chip off the board, we could just see and 89xx + WiFi over here.
Of course it will still have a trackball.
So, why did they not do this with the 9700 and make a 9710? Interesting.
If anyone here gets their hands on one of these, please PM me. Have a question. http://images.crackberry.com/forum_i...ons/icon14.gif
The 8900 was/is a great phone but no touch pad or 3G = fail.
I thought the Atlas was the 8910 which has a trackpad?? Hmmm RIM screwing with the Asian markets now by leaving out key features.
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Hmmmm, Trackball???
I guess they ran out of TrackWheels when they were going through the Old Parts bin....
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I don't understand the marketing behind releasing an old BB to an Asian market with phones that are more futuristic than a trackball. This is marketing suicide.
100% agreed!!!!
Apples comes up with the Iphone 4 and HTC with the evo.
And RIM wants to get the leadership with a "old" 8900...
That�s ridiculous!
Don`t get me wrong the 8900 (8910) is still a great device, but
why not an 9700 with 3G?!
I would rather prefer the Bold 9000 with upgraded memory!
The biggest Asian market is China, and RIM has a serious disadvantage there. It's called BIS. The government can't monitor it so they don't allow it. From what I understand you can sign up for a BES service that's controlled by the company though and indirectly by the government.
The Wi-Fi move I am not too sure, but as data connectivity is seriously restricted I suspect they are just taking it out and replacing it with more RAM to become an app phone.
Okay, maybe there are some problems with "freedom".
But why not a device with a faster processor and trackpad?
Maybe its a way to keep costs low for the phone in developing countries.
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