As we were expecting the BlackBerry Pearl 8100 has been launched by Fido in Canada. Maybe it’s not such a good idea to get the 8100 when you could be choosing a smarter smartphone. The phone costs $400 with a month-to-month plan or $25 with a 3-year contract. And as for data plans, Fido will charge you $15 for unlimited personal email and IM, $25 for 500MB/month, $30 for 1GB/month and $60 for 3GB of traffic per month.

via Fido

February 4 is the day when Fido will start to sell BlackBerry handsets. We already told you that but now we have more details. Fido has been training employees for the BlackBerry arrival. The first phone to be launched is the Pearl 8100. It will be sold for $400 with a month-to-month/off contract, $350 on a 2-year contract and $25 with a 3-year contract with voice and data. The data plans for it include the
$15 unlimited personal email and IM, $25 for 500MB, $30 for 1GB and $60 for 3GB of traffic. Tethering will be allowed at no additional price as long as you don’t go over your monthly traffic limit but the BlackBerry Exchange Sever won’t be supported.

via BGR

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.

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