[mcchaz]

I was on the phone with Nextel Customer service activating my 7520 and the rep informed me that a Blackberry 7100 was coming out in the fall! Anyone know anything about this?

Charles

[purephase]

The thread right below this one (at least, when I write this) is about the exact same topic.

Also, using the forum search I found these two threads as well.

In sum, yes. It looks like there may be a new 7100 series (or 8000 series as someone else mentioned) that is in production this month (August). Hopefully that means that it will be available sometime this fall for Nextel (and hopefully Bell/Telus in Canada).

[Dawg]

who wants to make a bet on this my money will be first quarter next year

[jibi]

Dawg, looks to be sooner than that. Here is the latest information found in the Platform.alx file:

<os radio="IDEN" series="7100" Colour="True" Theme="Normal" JVMLevel="1.0" KeyboardType="Reduced" SystemSize="normal" Bluetooth="Yes" EScreens="New">IDEN/rimiCharm.bin</os>

I doubt they'd be including that in a production installation if it weren't soon to be ready for release (the CDMA is not there)...

[Dawg]

yuck Im too attached to my keyboard i couldnt begin to use the 7100

[1badss]

I agree, I like the full keyboard function, don't think I could use the 7100 series

[Dawg]

now my wife says she wants a bb so that may be the option for her..

[jibi]

you know, i am the same way about the 7100 now. i had to do some work on a 7290 today and just about pulled out my hair! talk about being used to pushing ALT+SYM ...ugh!

[Dawg]

lol

[Sith_Apprentice]

Originally Posted by Dawg

who wants to make a bet on this my money will be first quarter next year

They are still pushing for a November Release.

[Dawg]

dont matter to me sith I just dont think I can switch to the smaller keyboard would have to offer me so much more than my 7520 can give me to make me switch

[Sith_Apprentice]

I think at first the 7520 will drop in price which is great. However i think the main offering of the 7100 will be that the java apps will work on it right away.

[Dawg]

explain java apps working right away

[Mr Pink57]

I would maybe use it as a weekend BB, since more calls come in on the weekends then emails do.

pink

[southwestcomm]

I have seen the 7100 series and most Java apps will need to be re-written so they display on the new screen - since it is not as wide.

[!SexyChica!]

I don't like the keypad but I love the screen.I love the qwerty keypad. The other thing is the backlight will have to stay lit in order to even read the screen on that one. I don't have to have my light on w/ my 7520.