No I am refering to a Blackberry from tmobile bro I have been around awhile I know when I see a real blackberry. The guy I am refering to works for RIM not samsung. I got the pleasure of playing with the 8700 before it came out as well.

Bro I didnt say you were accusing me of lying I am sorry it sounded like i was saying that. Its all good.

I am not a RIM employee and I have not let anything out of the bag taht i shouldnt have. Thats why I havent posted pictures so he nor I will get in any trouble. Only giving details of what i saw and played with.

The phone I played with looked alot like this one (stealth). I hadnt seenthese pictures before since I generally stay in the off topic since I quit carrying a BB.

One thing I didnt catch before posting the image was that you stated the new BB that you played with was full QWERTY. The image looks as if it is suretype. It looks as if we're looking at 2 possible new models coming this fall.

no it had qwerty that was one of the first things I checked maybe they changed the one that is posted

Wins 5 National Championships?

dawg, its all good. i am not accusing you with anything at all. thats why i said "maybe." i hope your right for fall release of blackberry goodies.

all i want for xmas is a blackberry w/ mp3 player and memory expansion.

If thats wht you want, you'll get it...

I was hoping you would weigh in on this, boygenius. Unfortunately, I can already tell that those of us on Sprint will just be getting the 8700 while the GSM carriers will get the latest greatest. Guess we should be used to it by now, but...

8702 for sprint nextel, 8703 for Verizon, and CAMERA BLACKBERRY FOR GSM BABY...it's not a direct insult to you, you just have to understand IDEN/CDMA is very sparsely used in the world compared to GSM therefore manufacturers aim at GSM because of the return, would you rather target 100 million people or 7 billion?

Oh, I understand. I don't like it, but I understand. Hopefully come September I'll be calling Sprint to order that 8702!

We be calling... 8702 + EVDO

Do you think the GSM model will have HSDPA?

no only EDGE so far from what i've seen

where is the slider BB?? That I'd love to see.

So, What i want to know is if Dawg's friend has a job still? This device is RIM's most highly kept secret and people at RIM have lost jobs talking about it outside Waterloo, let alone showing it to people. I have an NDA with RIM and that still isn't enough for me to get info on on. I just know a new device is coming in a few months.
It is always fun to be the first to bring news but I sure wouldn't do it to risk a friend's job.

Yeah and the Atlanta address would help them narrow it down, wouldn't it? But..... since there is value in creating a 'buzz' around an upcoming rollout I wonder if they really mind. Why would they give a field rep a device like that if it's supposed to be kept under wraps. Maybe it's a fine line.......

Who says he lives in atlanta

Has anyone heard anything new about when T-Mobile will get this new blackberry?

Dawg, I've got your back covered on the T-Mobile prototype. I got to hold one today. Has a camera. Couldn't tell if it has MP3, it didn't have a battery. Very cool form factor, approximately the same size and shape as a 7130c, very unique keypad configuration that seems easy to use.

november december release

Thanks for the info.

Dawg---when do you expect the device to arrive on Cingular?

I have a 7130 in addition to my 8700.The keys must be very tiny if it is a full QWERTY layout. Looking at my 7130 I cannot see how anyone could possibly type on it without Suretype.

dont have a clue only have talked to tmobile guy

do u know if this is likely to reach t-mobile uk at the same time?

Not sure about anywhere else but the US, but US should start seeing this November/December on a GSM carrier like dawg and others have posted...

oops

It is not Qwerty. It will be a SureType device. The sahpe of the keys is waht makes it unique and user-friendly. I will say this though-the rumored "trackball" in the old center key position is actually more like a very small four-way directional key. Seems like this would be difficult for navigation.

Cant see it being that awkward considering most other phones use a 4 way nav in this way. Just be something a lil different to get used to for now. Just hope they make a better agreement with some of there software providers to get more things available in time for its release.

the device i played with was a qwerty keyboard I know qwerty when i see it because i hate suretype

Dont suppose you could draw us a sketch or anything along those lines?

lmao me draw that funny

a piece of ascii art then? lol

HA! Touche', very good point Dawg.

And thank you for the info, very much appreciated, hoss.

oh, I just found out dawgs source with the blackberry...and he doesn't live in ATL, but he does live in a state that doesn't have a Z in it....

Lol, so thats how many to guess from? lol. Think we're gona get more out of RIM at this rate. lol

lmao

Ok well...just found the rumored 8100 device, should have it in a day or two, and there will be 100's of pictures posted by myself. See RIM this is what happens when you don't include me in your device beta program and make me sign an NDA, don't you love journalists?

Looking forward to those pictures of the 8100! Seeing is believing.

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Look for a camera-phone BlackBerry by this fall. I'll even predict a model name: BlackBerry 8180m. Carrier: Verizon Wireless

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