The Blackberry Pearl Teaches Consoles a Thing or Two

Acidmods just can't get enough of hacking up our console controllers, and now the company has replaced the Wiimote's A button with a clicking trackball (a la Blackberry Pearl). The result is an easier way to scroll through webpages and certain menu systems, as you can see in this video: More »

RIM Opens Up About BlackBerry Pearl Flip Phone

RIM just got official on its BlackBerry Pearl Flip (aka the Kickstart). Still a kinda clumsy-looking piece, the Pearl Flip is just like the candybar Pearls, but you know, fliptastic, with an an external display for previewing incoming texts, emails and phone calls. Watch for it at T-Mobile soon. More »

T-Mobile Blackberry 8820, 8120 Launch Gets Scheduled

US T-Mobile subscribers who've been eagerly awaiting the arrival of new Blackberrys (I'm sure you're out there guys) can relax. The Blackberry 8820 will be available as soon as March 24th, and its smaller cousin 8120 hits the upgrade program on April 14th. No word on how much they'll cost you, though. [BoyGeniusReport]

WildCharge Releases iPhone, iPod, BlackBerry Pearl/8800 Wireless Charging Adapters

Wildcharge, the device that lets you wirelessly charge your RAZR, has just released new adapters for the iPhone, iPod, BlackBerry Pearl, BlackBerry 8800 and 2nd Gen iPod Nano. It still works the same: put the adapter on the back of your phone, place your phone onto the charging pad and wait for the juice to flow. No pricing information on this quite yet, but the old RAZR chargers were $34 (or $89 for the pad and the charger together). [WildCharge]

Pink BlackBerry Pearl Aimed at Consumer Market as RIM Feels iPhone Heat

RIM's response to the market-share-gulping iPhone is to try to appeal to the female consumer by splashing pink paint all over the BlackBerry Pearl. Sigh. Why do some manufacturers insist on churning out pink versions of their products for women? Research says women are not particularly into it—unless, of course, she is a crack-addled nutcase who has yet to leave her tweenage Barbie phase behind. [Reuters]

Hands-on With Slingplayer Mobile, BlackBerry Version

The last of the major smartphone operating systems, RIM's BlackBerry, has finally received support for SlingPlayer Mobile. Not only can stock brokers, businessmen, bankers, analysts and other jerks email their co-workers at their lunch meetings, they now can catch the game at the same time. We demoed this earlier in the week for ourselves, and saw that the quality was actually very good, even over EDGE. More »

Wi-Fi Blackberry Pearl Hits the FCC

The Blackberry Pearl 8120 has been spotted on the FCC, with GPS, a standard headphone jack, Stereo A2DP Bluetooth and Wi-Fi (no 3G, however). Could be a great T-Mobile@Home phone for roaming between hotspots and cell towers, seamlessly. [PhoneScoop]

Confirmed: Sprint Will Ship BlackBerry Pearl 8130 on Black Friday; Moto Q and i335 Coming Too

Rumor confirmed. On Friday, November 23, better known to you Dealzmodo nuts as Black Friday, Sprint plans to roll out the BlackBerry Pearl 8130 ($200 with two-year contract and $50 mail-in rebate). Buyers of the BlackBerry can also get the new Power Vision BlackBerry Pack: For $30 per month on top of your voice plan, you get unlimited web and data access, unlimited text messaging, support for 10 email accounts, plus Sprint Navigation and Sprint TV, all on the EV-DO network. Black Friday will also bring Motorola's Windows-Mobile Q9c ($150 with two-year contract and $100 mail-in rebate) and the slim, sexy and military-grade dust- shock- and vibration-resistant Moto i335 for Nextel ($50 with two-year contract and $50 mail-in rebate). [Sprint]

RIM Sues LG Over the Words "Black," "Berry" and "Pearl"

Incensed over a pair of LG handsets that truthfully, probably were named to ape BlackBerry—the Black Cherry and Strawberry—RIM's taking LG to court. Fair enough. But RIM's arguing that any wireless device with the words "black," "berry," or "pearl" in its name isn't kosher, and requires RIM's consent. Apparently, Verizon asked for the okay to use Black Cherry and Blueberry for a set of LG's Chocolate phones, but RIM gave a wag of the finger, obviously leading Verizon and LG to just go for it. RIM's solution: total destruction of all LG wares with any of the forbidden words in its name. Bonfire! [The Globe and Mail via BGR, Flickr]

BlackBerry Pearl Available on Verizon 11/8

The BlackBerry Pearl 8310, which we got our hands on here, is coming to Verizon on 11/8 for $200. If you're too lazy to click over to see the hands-on, there's a GPS and will have a $45 BlackBerry Data plan on top of your voice plan. An extra $15 will let you use it as a 3G modem as well. [Verizon]

T-Mobile Getting Red, Gold and Blue BlackBerry Pearls

It's not quite the Pearl 2, but T-Mobile is going to get a couple pearls in different colors soon. No word on when that is, but Boy Genius says it's any day now. [ via Boy Genius]

BlackBerry Pearl 2 Coming Thanksgiving?

Boy Genius Report says they've been told that the BlackBerry Pearl 2 will be vomited up like so much turkey dinner this Thanksgiving dinner. The bucket? Sprint, who will also add GPS to the mix. Not much other detail on this BB2 as of yet, including pricing. [Boy Genius Report]

Unconfirmed: More BlackBerry Pearl 2 Details

To follow up on our own BlackBerry Pearl 2 details, Boy Genius Report has their own leak that's telling them what RIM has in store for the second-gen Pearl. More »

T-Mobile's White Pearl is Officially Official

What's up with phones named The Pearl that are black instead of white? Examples: the BlackBerry Pearl and the Haier Pearl. Good thing RIM and T-Mobile finally got around to correcting this oversight with this still-dripping-wet White Pearl. More »

QuickPlayer Brings Streaming Audio to Your Crackberry

Blackberrys aren't known for their media-playing capabilities (hence all the excitement over the Pearl), but a small company by the name of QuickPlay Media is trying to change that with a new subscription-based service that lets you stream audio on your Blackberry. Users can choose from over 100 audiocasts, including sites like ABC News and The Wall Street Journal. Anything to keep you from answering that work-related e-mail sounds good to us. – Louis Ramirez More »

Blackberry Pearl is a bit Snug

It's unfortunate because the old, larger Blackberry 8700 costume allowed for the creepy mascot activities (like masturbating in public, obviously). – Travis Hudson More »

Blackberry Pearl Updates: White Before V-Day and Now On Cingular

These are renderings, but Boy Genius promises we'll see a white pearl before Valentines Day. Apparently on T-Mobile. Reversing the natural order of things, the white pearl will be at first more rare than the black. More »

BlackBerry Pearl available Not Available from Cingular

There has been quite some drama going on over at Cingular's website today. The BlackBerry Pearl was available for pre-order. Then magically it was actually available. Now it seems to have vanished completely as mysteriously as it once came. More »

Frankenreview: Cingular 8525

The Cingular 8525 (HTC Hermes) smartphone is unimpressive at first glance, looking remarkably similar to its predecessor, the Cingular 8125. In a day when even Blackberries are getting cosmetic surgery and going organic, the 8525 keeps pounding Krispy Kremes and Whopper Jrs. Despite the persistent odor of onion rings and special sauce, you might just fall in love anyway. More »

Gizmodo Frankenreview: T-Mobile Dash

The new T-Mobile Dash is yet another fine competitor in the bloody arena of smartphones (just ask resident fanboy Jason Chen). Featuring a full QWERTY keyboard, EDGE, WiFi, and enhanced multimedia through Windows Media 10—all on top of a sleek design—the Dash couldn't wait to give the Motorola Q a good push...email. More »