Original URL: http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/10/09/rim_blackberry_8800_leak/
Research in Motion (RIM) looks set to ship its next-generation standard-size BlackBerry, said to be called the 8800, in Spring 2007, if a leaked presentation slide turning up in the in-trays of a number of fansites over the weekend are to be believed.
(http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/10/02/002379/?www.reghardware.co.uk)
As expected, the 8800 is a stretched - it's 6cm wide - version of the recently launched BlackBerry Pearl 8100, complete with trackball and 1.3 megapixel camera, the latter with a 5x digital zoom, the slide indicates. Apparently, it will also sport an "ultra-slim", 1.6cm-thick design.
Connectivity wise, the device has quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE cellular support, Bluetooth 2.0 and 802.11b/g Wi-Fi. The screen's a 320 x 240 job. The 8800 has 64MB of Flash memory and a Micro SD slot you can use to add more. Like the Pearl, the 8800 has a music- and movie-friendly media player on board. ®
RIM BlackBerry Pearl 8100 (http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/10/02/review_blackberry_pearl/)
RIM releases Pearl-esque BlackBerry 8800 (12 February 2007)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/02/12/rim_releases_blackberry_8800/
RIM readies new UI, CPU for 3G BlackBerry 9000? (18 January 2007)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/01/18/rim_readies_blackberry_9000/
Samsung dealt RIM lawsuit over BlackJack (13 December 2006)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/12/13/rim_sues_samsung/
The BlackBerry Pearl (25 November 2006)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/11/25/pearl_retraction/
Dutch spooks give MPs BlackBerry warning (7 November 2006)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/07/dutch_mps_warned/
Vodafone UK takes a shine to RIM's Pearl (6 October 2006)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/10/06/vodafone_to_offer_rim_pearl/
RIM boss buys Pittsburgh Penguins (5 October 2006)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/05/rim_boss_buys_pittsburgh_penguins/
Vodafone's BlackBerry customers in a jam (5 October 2006)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/05/upgrade_voda/
Options review over-shadows RIM sunny Q2 (29 September 2006)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/09/29/rim_q2_fy2007_earnings/
Naomi Campbell assistant recalls BlackBerry assault trauma (22 September 2006)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/09/22/campbell_assistant_interview/
RIM's enterprise dominance comes to an end (20 September 2006)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/09/20/msrim_poll/
RIM faces OS rewrite headache (14 September 2006)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/09/14/rim_os_rewrite_challenge/
Pearl of the BlackBerry ocean? (7 September 2006)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/09/07/blackberry_8100_pearl/