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BlackBerry 8210 and 8820 Flip Phones Leaked by Web Retailer
Posted by Kit Eaton at 12:15 AM on August 21, 2008
A tiny mistake by online retailer Expansys has revealed two new quad-band BlackBerry clamshell phones. Some info on the 8220 has surfaced before, but the 8210 seems new. The phones are apparently very similar, with both having a 2.6-inch internal 240x 320 pixel screen, a small 160 x 128 external screen, and clamshell format. Both have SureType keyboards and a trackball, 2-megapixel cam and microSD expansion. But while the 8210 has in-built GPS, the 8220 sports Wi-Fi connectivity. There was no release date or price available on the leaked page before it was whipped down by Expansys. [Reghardware]
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DucatiGuy
Posted 1:10 AM 21/8/08
A clam-shell Blackberry... This kind of reminds of when they came out with clear Pepsi...
DucatiGuy
12-Inch Idongivafuck Sandwich
Posted 12:50 AM 21/8/08
They did the same thing with the second round of the Pearl (8120 Wi-fi, 8210 GPS).
Also, I've always been a fan of the flip phone, and this phone is growing on me more and more...
12-Inch Idongivafuck Sandwich
Hectorvex
Posted 12:47 AM 21/8/08
Awesome. I am totally going to make my work buy me this.
Hectorvex
MikeHerbst
Posted 5:13 AM 21/8/08
Oh hello. You're my new phone. Welcome to my pocket.
I switched to a Pearl a couple of years back for the software (coming from a Moto phone, the Office integration and user input experience was a revelation), but I've always lamented getting away from a clamshell form factor.
I hate having the same phone-on-my-belt equipment as the marketing douches in my company, but a candybar phone in a pocket full of keys is a recipe for short phone lives. If I can have all of my mostly-blackberry-but-still-a-phone functionality in a form factor that I can put back into a pocket, then I'll be a happy customer.
MikeHerbst
sharkync
Posted 1:23 PM 21/8/08
What is up with either built in GPS or WIFI with crackberry? Why not both? That's why I got an iphone. Bummer for you!
sharkync
Tarv
Posted 3:12 PM 21/8/08
this news has upset my pearl.
Tarv