Where on earth is the 4.3 firmware the pearl alrdy has it why hasent the 8800 series If anyoen nos an EST release date cud u please inform me thanks

"cud u please inform me"

No one knows. RIM does not announce these things early. Anyone who give you a date is just spreading rumor!

Wow, this has been a long wait. Never been able to get an 8 GB micro SD card to work, even WITH the RIM proposed workaround of formatting the card externally. Still doesn't work. Spoke today with a genuine RIM guy who confirmed that he understands that 4.3 WILL INDEED address this problem, but that the 8820 might NOT be slated for this 4.3 upgrade. Hard to imagine.

its not called 4.3 anymore. Hasn't been for months. You are looking for 4.5. And it can be found online, though not official.