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FCC Approves BlackBerry Clamshell for CDMA Carriers

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Sep 24, 2010, 2:33 PM   by Philip Berne

The FCC has outed a BlackBerry clamshell phone from RIM. Documents designate the phone the BlackBerry 9670. There are few details left uncovered by the confidential filing, but the phone will support the CDMA networks used by Sprint and Verizon Wireless. The phone will also feature Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n.

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justfinethanku

Sep 25, 2010, 1:06 PM

These guys are going to rake in hundreds of dollars with this!!!

hahahahahahaha


Will someone please explain the advantage of having a blackberry?

E-mail? no works better on nearly ALL competitors.

Web? rofl, no comment

Security? yeah... no

User interface? no.

BBM? well, I guess if your life revolves around it....
Me personally I don't care who makes the device lol. I just want all of the features in this form factor. Im sure others do too or they wouldnt be releasing it.
haha more blackberry trahs talking.

idk but if somebody wanted a smart phone that focused more on usability, efficiency, and quality i'd go with blackberry.

the only thing android and iphone does better than a blackberry is web browsing. that...
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The advantages?

Stability
Security
Flexibility
Quality
Efficiency
Consistency
Dependability
The ability to be able to do actual work with it


At any rate...what are the alternatives?


Android? Sorry, I have no interest in Google sp...
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Two reasons why I love Blackberries, and probably always will.

Battery Life: far better than any other smartphone

Durability: also far better than any other smartphone.

I am a die-hard phone dropper, yet my 8330 curve is still going strong.
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landmarkcm

Sep 24, 2010, 3:09 PM

To all the haters

Im sure there's gonna be alot of posts trashing this phone so I'll kick it off lol yes we get it you dont like clamshells but some of us still do & this has things the Lotus doesn't. Not everyone wants a 5 inch all touchscreen phone. Now hurry up Sprint!! ๐Ÿ˜ So this phone wrapped up in a tidy package what's not to like Full qwerty,apps,wifi,good camera w Flash
I've just got three words for you: Blackberry Pearl Flip

I hope this works out better. ๐Ÿคจ
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I'm kind of torn.

I'll be looking at this flip blackberry. (I personally love flip phones and yet I need a smartphone. I would have gotten a blackberry pearl flip if sprint had offered one.)

Now I'm not that big of fan of the blackberry OS, b...
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MadFatMan

Sep 25, 2010, 11:32 PM

Not For Me...

Blackberries just don't and never had made me say "OMG, I've GOT to HAVE that Device, I don't care HOW MUCH it cost... Make It Happen! "

I'm told they do what they do well and no one else can compete with what it is that they do so well.

Frankly, I find their OS limiting and obnoxious and their devices fell and look cheaper with each new generation of blackberry.

When I had my Treo back in 2003, blackberry was my only other choice for a solid phone with a qwerty. The deal breaker then and for years later was that damn $40 blackberry exchange server data messaging plan. But now, that those plans are for the most part in the past... I just don't see the quality in the build of the devices and I just can't get excited over an OS tha...
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