Alltel Wireless BlackBerry Pearl 8130 for $149.99 after a $100 mail-in-rebate

Alltel Wireless today announced that the new BlackBerry Pearl 8130 is now available on www.shopalltel.com and in Alltel retail stores. This smartphone makes the perfect holiday gift and includes email, Web browser, text messaging, instant messaging and organizer applications.

The phone also features GPS capabilities and mapping applications such as TeleNav and BlackBerry Maps; a 2 MP camera with flash, zoom and video capture; an advanced media player with 3.5mm jack, Bluetooth® stereo support and dedicated volume controls; 64 MB of built-in memory with an expandable microSD/SDHC memory card slot; and much more.

Alltel Wireless is offering the BlackBerry Pearl 8130 for $149.99 after a $100 mail-in-rebate.

[via MobileWhack]

Blue, Sunset (red) and Pale Gold BlackBerry Pearl 8100 Smartphone from T-Mobile USA

Research In Motion has the BlackBerry Pearl 8100 smartphone in spiffy new colors for T-Mobile USA. The colors include blue, sunset red and pale gold. Added to the existing white and black, customers now have a choice of five colors when it comes to their Pearl.

What's more, with the introduction of these new colors, T-Mobile is slated to introduce an affordable BlackBerry email-only service for US $9.99/month which includes access to email accounts like Yahoo!, AOL or Gmail.

Priced at US $149.99 (after a $100.00 instant discount and $50.00 mail-in rebate) for a 2 year service agreement, the quad-band BlackBerry Pearl 8100 is available from T-Mobile.

Sprint to launch BlackBerry Pearl 2 on Thanksgiving Day weekend?

The story of the BlackBerry Pearl 2 release slowly starts reminding me on the iPhone launch, except that RIM can’t generate as much as buzz as Apple can.

First, we thought the next Pearl — also known as BlackBerry 8130 — is coming to AT&T and Vodafone this September. Later, Sprint’s 2007 and 2008 product roadmap revealed we could expect the RIM’s stylish baby to hit the streets on November 4. Now, we have a new piece of information, suggesting Pearl fans will have to wait for the end of November (Thanksgiving Day weekend) to get their hands on the next iteration of Pearl.

Apparently, the Pearl 2 will add GPS and a new media player on top of the existing BlackBerry functionalities. And while this is kinda cool, we still want the built-in WiFi as well!

[Via: BoyGeniusReport]