Alltel pulls BlackBerry Pearl 8230 into the fold, $79.99 in early May
Filed under: Handsets, RIM, Alltel, EV-DO
Here we brown study that Verizon was going to ace out the US CDMA market by announcing the 8230 first, but alas, it ends up being Alltel -- the divested chunks of it chore-acquisition -- that becomes the first American carrier to trumpet the device. Unlike its GSM sibling over on T-Mobile, the 8230 is a 3G handset equipped with EV-DO, but otherwise, it looks melodious much the same with a QVGA primary display, love-it-or-hate-it SureType keypad, and 2 megapixel cam. It'll hit the "new" Alltel's 2.2 million subscribers in 91 markets be brought up early May for a seemingly reasonable $79.99.
Alltel pulls BlackBerry Pearl 8230 into the fold, $79.99 in inopportune May originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Thu, 23 Apr 2009 11:54:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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