[Gmouth]

Tmobile wouldn't cut their own throat like that....thats just plain BS!

[ezrunner]

Heard the same thing at a TMO RIM vendor meeting. 8800 would be for B2B and upgrades.

[takeshi]

Originally Posted by nabitheking

I am not SUFFERING but anxious to get my hands on a TMO one in the very very near future.

I was hoping that it was just hyperbole but you can't be sure with electronic media like this.

[ARHYTHMATIK]

I don't get what the big deal is-- I have TMo and have an unlocked 8800-- it's the same dang thing as the Cingular 8800. Works just the same, looks just the same, sounds just the same. What's the big deal? Unless you want to save money and get an upgrade, just get an 8800 and unlock it.

Personally, I think the 8800 only offered to B2B sounds pretty on point with TMo and their consumer base. TMo does not have nearly as many business users as the other carriers, and the 8800 is a business device. TMo has a more youthful, consumer-oriented, demographic that use their services (i.e the Sidekick crowd). So TMo will most likely wait and release the Papa Bear 8300 (GPS, wifi, camera, etc.) to compete with Cingular, when they are most likely only going to release the Mama Bear or Baby Bear 8300. Just my 2 pesos.

[jpfchicago]

After reading some of these entries, I am getting the opinion that I may be with the wrong carrier. I never had a major problem with t-mobile but if their slowness to get the 8800 is due to their need to get with the consumer crowd and thus indicative of the future, I feel inclined to go with a carrier who feels the need to serve business needs.

[ARHYTHMATIK]

Yeah- the lateness in adding 3G is almost reason enough. Especially because there are no handsets on the horizon that will even be compatible with T-Mobile's upcoming 3G bands. But the price of plans and the quality of customer service (i.e. 24 hours) and excellent coverage (at least where I'm at) can't be beat.

[takeshi]

TMO's user base does seem to be more consumer-oriented but they do have a pretty good number of business clients as well. They'll definitely offer the 8800 unless they want to lose their corporate client base which I can't imagine.

What good would unusable 3G on a BB be to businesses? Has anyone bothered to read about the bottleneck that even makes EVDO's speed advantage negligible over EDGE when browsing on a BB? The only real benefit is when tethering. None of our users tether. Really, none of them use anything but email and 3G's not going to help any with that.

[splitsick]

Initially I had the impression that the Wifi would work like the Wifi on a laptop (free). I was told by a T-mobile rep that in order for the Wifi to work you would need the Tmobile blackberry internet plan for $20 dollars a month. She said no internet will work at all unless you have the internet plan even if the phone has Wifi. Can anyone confirm this?

Because ideally I would just want the voice plan with a Wifi enabled phone to browse the internet for free!

[ARHYTHMATIK]

Yeah- 3G wouldn't help much at this point on Blackberries because of the bottlenecking. I was thinking for more media-centric devices like the Blackjack and other WM phones that do alot of streaming video and audio. I use a Blackjack along with my 8800 at this point.

[jpfchicago]

I was just reading a few other threads. It seems that T-Mobile will be providing an 8800 only to their B2B customers and everyone else can go to the 8300 model. If I had known this I could have gotten a 8800 from Cingular 6 weeks ago.
My contract with T-Mobile is up sometime in April, I'm gone.

[jpfchicago]

I just got that date from another thread. I checked with a manager fro t-mobile whom I know and he told me the week of April 9. He also said the 8800 will be available to the general public not just B2B.

There is so much misinfo out there. I think this is accurate.

[jpfchicago]

Originally Posted by jpfchicago

Does anyone know when T-Mobile will come out with the 8800?

Is anybody hearing anything about the release date? I think its next week.

[drgoodtymes]

According to RIM, it will be B2B only at least for now on T-Mobile

[Galvatron]

hmm check the thread on 8300 seris its coming to tmo in may

[drgoodtymes]

Originally Posted by Galvatron

hmm check the thread on 8300 seris its coming to tmo in may

That's what they say, however the 8800 is going to B2B only on Tmo, at least for now

[nike30]

T-Mo UK started selling the 8800 this past Monday, FYI.

Blackberry 8800g - Pay Monthly - T Mobile

[Outrigger]

for what its worth

Originally Posted by Outrigger

Well, I just got off the phone with a Tmobile CS, now I know that you really can't rely anything on what they say but I asked about the 83xx that might come out in May and whether or not she has heard anything of that sort figuring that if its going to come out in May and we're already in April, they MIGHT know something. To my surprise, she said she knows for a fact that the 8800 will be out in May which makes sense since Cingular has the 90 day exclusive. But, if thats the case, I don't see Tmo releasing the 8800 and the 83xx in the same month. She said the 8800 is simliar to the current Pearl so I know she wasn't talking about anything else EXCEPT the 8800. I really hate to see cingular come out with the 8300 first and having ANOTHER 90 day exclusive because Tmo only charges $40 for BES and 300 free sms and cingular charges $50 with no sms. I'm just waiting to switch to Tmo. For what its worth, I thought I'd share this.

[Black Bart]

I met some chick in a bar last night, she caught my attention because she had legs that wouldnt stop and an 8800. Then I find out that she works for Tmobile. Now she has my attention. I ask her why I cant get get a 8800. She says I can.
Long story, we wind up in her pad and lets just say she gave me a demonstration of her 8800. She also said that it will be available in "about 4 weeks". She asked me if I would like to be in a program where Tmobile test new prototypes on existing Tmobile customers. I'm signed up for that and I'm meeting her again tonight.

[nike30]

sniff sniff

what's that I smell?

[drgoodtymes]

Originally Posted by Black Bart

I met some chick in a bar last night, she caught my attention because she had legs that wouldnt stop and an 8800. Then I find out that she works for Tmobile. Now she has my attention. I ask her why I cant get get a 8800. She says I can.
Long story, we wind up in her pad and lets just say she gave me a demonstration of her 8800. She also said that it will be available in "about 4 weeks". She asked me if I would like to be in a program where Tmobile test new prototypes on existing Tmobile customers. I'm signed up for that and I'm meeting her again tonight.

Now that's funny