Verizon Wireless Gets its Mitts on BlackBerry 8830 World Phone - Gizmodo

"The 8830 looks like the 8800 and will pack a QVGA screen, microSD slot, and 3G EV-DO support. The bad news (to me at least) is that there's no camera."

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Have to see the silver in person to form an opinion. It could either be really slick or really toy looking. CDMA/GSM hybrid?

Nice Find ... wondering if the GSM slot will be locked, or do you have to call to inform of such travels to GSM only land.

Check out the image, "world edition"...this is the rumored one that works on both networks...

***moving to Rumor Mill***

original story: Verizon Wireless gets RIM BlackBerry 8830 Cyclone CDMA/GSM hybrid world-phone (phone Arena)

I don't like Silver phones in general.

the GSM band of verizon phones will only work outside of U.S. so you cannot use it on cingular or tmobile. In the U.S. it will only work on verizon's network. This isn't their first "world" phone. They have a couple of samsungs thats also dual band, but only CDMA in U.S.

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Any news on a date or when it might come to sprint?

Looks great, but no camera.

IMO Black and silver looks much better

Every single one of their previous CDMA/GSM world phones has been locked to vodaphone internationally.


It looks awful in silver, I really hope Sprint brings theirs out in black.

looks just like the silver Q minus the crappy OS...

funny hoe the screen says fri may 25, this may 25 is a fri.... mmmmmm

thats funny, I didn't even think to look at that. The date on the calendar icon is 25 as well...every bb I had would only show a 31 on that icon...

They all say may 25th, every press picture RIM puts out says the same thing.... 12:21 pm, Friday may 25th...(virtually every picture)...

This should have been posted here:
http://www.blackberryforums.com/rumo...rld-phone.html
No need to have multiple rumor threads on the same phone. Maybe a mod could merge

Yea, I saw that. I originally posted this in the 8800 forum because it seemed a little more concrete then just "rumors"...

What does it take to get out of the rumor mill?

IMO it seems that once the device is launched (ie. on sale) then it doesn't belong in rumor mill. Rumor mill is for discussion of prerelease devices, even if they are guaranteed to be released.

Thats what I was thinking, but then I remembered the 8300 got its own section well before launch...oh well live an learn...they should combine them

Read the article...

"looks like"..."rumored to"...speculation at best. Send me something photoshopped...I can write an article about it, too!

The 8300 got it's section because it's whole new genre of BB. It also was created around the time real pictures of real handhelds in the hands of real people started showing up everywhere. When we start seeing real stats and something other than mere artist renderings, the mysterious VZ 8830 will see its place in the proper forum.

Hope that lends a bit of clarity.

Who can confirm when this will be available? So many members with so many contacts but no date! Who has the guts to supply this info?

Nice blog.
I agree with you in part. The problem is that this information is like a roller coaster ride. It seems that it is sometimes difficult to determine what is true and what is not as these companies intentionally leak information. Hence, we have what are called "rumors."

As a 7250 user, what do you all think of the 8830 keyboard based on the picture? They seem kind of bunched together.

Yea, seems like cingulars bb8800...I tried typing on that and the buttons are too close for my comfort...

Same keyboard as the 8800c. It takes a little getting used to, but it is really nice.

I don't think this is a rumor anymore......

Is it something you can used to? I guess it is up to the market. I can type significantly more e-mails on my bb compared with a desktop or laptop. I am referring to e-mails of multiple paragraphs. I guess they assume, we will not type much. If that is the case, maybe the Pearl is a better option.

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Sitting and watching the masters with the hope that someone eill confirm the date that this device will be available at the retail level- you guys know it is just a matter of gettong it out ot you! Let the BB community know!

Can someone explain this more in detail?
What do you mean by locked to vodaphone? vodaphone is provide in Europe?
Do you think there is a way to unlock it?

Also I heard of release date of May 14th.
Can anyone confirm and what is the best way to get it on May 14th?
Thru verizon's website?
thanks

Vodaphone funded the creation of Verizon in the USA. I don't know if it can be unlocked.

May 14th for business accounts from what I hear.