Curse of the new BlackBerry Pearl

For those in the office who persevered with the BlackBerry Pearl’s innovative/annoying (delete as applicable) two-keys-on-one SureType thing, the reward might be just around the corner.Rumours have surfaced on the BlackBerry,er, grapevine that the first Wi-Fi RIM emailer will be an updated Pearl, due out this Autumn. With the 8800 and Curve turning up without wireless on board we’d begun to loose hope of ever having our emails pinged to the sofa for free, but if word from the States is to be believed then the 8120, as it will be numerically known, will get some coveted Wi-Fi seeds.Other specs include a more respectable 2MP camera and, that flavour of the month, GPS, which should go nicely with BlackBerry Maps.No pictures as yet, but word is it’ll be arriving in five fetching colours. Outfit co-ordinating emailing here we come.

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Dan Grabham Editor-in-Chief

About

Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

Areas of expertise

Computing, mobile, audio, smart home