'8100 Pearl'

Fido to offer BlackBerry as of February 4

By: |Jan 21st, 2009 at 10:05AM
Filed Under: BlackBerry, Retail, RIM, Services
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Good news for all of the Fido BlackBerry wannabes out there. As expected and just like we told you last week, Fido did indeed begin training its employees for the arrival of BlackBerry with a targeted launch date of February 4. Sadly it looks like Fido really is going to start things off with the Pearl 8100, but at least it’s going to allow people to BYOBB. Well, unofficially at least.The 8100 will go for $400 month-to-month/off contract, $350 on a 2-year, and $25 on a 3-year with voice and data. As for...

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Fido decides to offer BlackBerry afterall; training starts next week

By: |Jan 11th, 2009 at 01:27PM
Filed Under: BlackBerry, Exclusives, RIM
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For a while we’ve been saying that Fido is going to start selling BlackBerry devices and services, and now it looks like the company is finally ready take the leap. Fido reps and CSRs have been told that BlackBerry is on its way and training will begin sometime next week. Good news, right? Maybe not at first. Quite a few Fido employees have told us that Fido is going make the Pearl 8100 its first available device. We’re hoping that this isn’t the case and Fido is full steam ahead with the 82...