I had a chance to look at the first Blackberry flip phone the 8220 when I was at a T-Mobile Store

Unfortunately , the phone was low on battery and I could not do much other than just appreciate the looks ..
few pics after the jump

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RIM, the maker of the BlackBerry, is taking on Apple. with a touch-screen phone that puts a new twist on the technology. With the new model being announced Wednesday, the Blackberry Storm 9500, RIM is for the first time giving up the physical keypad in favor of a large screen, just like the one on [...]

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The first ever touchscreen Blackberry handset, Storm, has been confirmed after Vodafone offered the device as a competition prize on its website.
It is not known exactly when the device will be available yet, but the fact that Vodafone is already pushing it suggests it could hit stores in time for the Christmas market. RIM has [...]

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The latest in line from RIM, the BlackBerry Bold, previously known as the 9000 is gunning for the deep pockets of business professionals and power users, promising “unprecedented functionality and performance”.
Mike Lazaridis, president and co-CEO, Research In Motion: “The new BlackBerry Bold represents a tremendous step forward in business-grade smartphones and lives up to its [...]

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At last, a BlackBerry that looks good and is loaded with goodies. Research In Motion (RIM) unveiled the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 smartphone. It is the first BlackBerry phone to come in the flip form factor.

Specs & features:
• Quad-band EDGE-based
• Weight 3.6 ounces
• 3.9 x 1.9 x 0.7-inch
• Two high-resolution, light-sensing colour displays
• External LCD
• [...]

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The BlackBerry will be on offer from Tata by October 2008.
Despite the controversy courted by the BlackBerry by the Department of Telecommunications, Government of India, Tata has undertaken to stand up for any policy changes that the government may undertake.

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The Thunder is BlackBerry’s first ever Touch Screen Device. It is touted to be a piece of mobile perfection.
It runs on OS 4.7 and is also known as the BlackBerry 9500. The user interface is quite similar to the iPhone, while the media player is already up and running. Other confirmed specs include a 360 [...]

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The BlackBerry® Bold™ smartphone embodies elegant design – without sacrificing the features or functionality you expect from a premium smartphone. Well this is the official statement in the BlackBerry Website. Well Bold turns out to be the official name of the device we have come to know as the 9000.
UPDATE : Blackberry Bold 9000 is [...]

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The first ever clamshell from BlackBerry maker RIM, its dubbed the KickStart. The phone really looks great and awesome. With looks matching that of a Nokia N93i and the Panasonic phones mixed together, the phone surely would appeal to the business folk as well who didn’t have options till date to hold a blackberry that [...]

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We have been tracking the BlackBerry issue. Read our post here for a run-up on the moot controversy.
The issue may be resolved — at least for a year.
The Department of Telecom (DoT) has proposed an interim solution stating that the data exchanged between BlackBerry users will be stored on the servers of telecom operators who [...]

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