[Jawsnj]

My Biz Rep also has confirmed Nov. 8th release, but could not confirm pre-order option. The pre-order options was not on his computer so at minimum we have one more week of waiting...

With Sprint announcing a 11/23 release I would have been surprised if VZW did ot push this out a week or two sooner. Looks like that is exactly what they intend to do...Happy waiting...

[portseven]

My rep is now saying mid-November also. That's a shame, I was hoping for the 11/1 B2B preorder date everyone's been talking about. Oh well.

[Grady White]

The local Verizon store just called me and said that the 8130 would be in the stores on November 9th.

[jayson1219]

you can pre-order for a Nov. 8 release.

[Sarlic]

A friend of mine works at a local store - -they will have it on Nov 8 for sale.

[Mach2]

You can now pre-order your Pearl on Verizon website:

Verizon Wireless:

It also stated that it will be available on Nov 8th

[sprat]

check blackberry in the news forum

its been officially released today

[VicAjax]

I just pre-ordered mine.
does that mean i still have to wait for the Nov. 8th release to actually get it?

[jseah]

Originally Posted by VicAjax

I just pre-ordered mine.
does that mean i still have to wait for the Nov. 8th release to actually get it?

It is released in the stores on Nov 8. So my guess is that since you pre-ordered, they will ship the 7th and you will receive it the 8th?

[Froad'r]

I tried to place my preorder but I am not elidgable for my new every two till April (expected), but the customer service rep told me he had no idea what the price would be retail if I wanted to buy it now instead of waiting. I see that the website says $299 w/ 2 year.

Is anyone else purchasing theirs without the upgrade? Can anyone give me an idea what it would cost?

[fireman]

$319.00 full retail online

[Froad'r]

Is that on the website somewhere?

[akosnitzky]

Wirelessly posted (Verizon 8830: BlackBerry8830/4.2.2 Profile/MIDP-2.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.1 VendorID/105)

What is the comfort level on pre-ordering as opposed to seeing the device first?

[Hanwei]

I pre-ordered mine this afternoon... and I just got a shipment notification! It already shipped! woohoo!

I paid full retail: $319.

[Froad'r]

What did you pay?

[Froad'r]

Originally Posted by akosnitzky

Wirelessly posted (Verizon 8830: BlackBerry8830/4.2.2 Profile/MIDP-2.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.1 VendorID/105)

What is the comfort level on pre-ordering as opposed to seeing the device first?

For those of us that have researched the pearl for the last month or more, I dont think playing with it will make a difference.

[Hanwei]

Originally Posted by Froad'r

What did you pay?

Full retail is $319. Not bad considering $420-499 retail for previous BB's on VZW.

[Ominx]

Originally Posted by Hanwei

Full retail is $319. Not bad considering $420-499 retail for previous BB's on VZW.

I don't want to derail the thread too much, but I'm wondering at the full retail price of $319, would anyone suggest signing a 2 year contract if they plan on breaking it? I mean, if you sign a 2 yr for and get the phone for $199 and then have to pay an ETF of between $125-$175 (assuming you break contract in less than 6 mos), you would more than likely come out ahead just paying the full retail of $319.

Does my logic make sense? Basically if you plan on breaking contract in less than a year, it clearly makes sense to go full retail...which hasn't always been the case.

[Froad'r]

Originally Posted by Ominx

I don't want to derail the thread too much, but I'm wondering at the full retail price of $319, would anyone suggest signing a 2 year contract if they plan on breaking it? I mean, if you sign a 2 yr for and get the phone for $199 and then have to pay an ETF of between $125-$175 (assuming you break contract in less than 6 mos), you would more than likely come out ahead just paying the full retail of $319.

Does my logic make sense? Basically if you plan on breaking contract in less than a year, it clearly makes sense to go full retail...which hasn't always been the case.

It sounds like your currently not a verizon custumer. Correct? Don't you have to have a 2 year contract to use their plan anyways?

[earny99]

I just dropped by a verizon store and they said they had it in stock. Unfortunately didn't get a chance to look at it because I was there for another device and they wouldn't let me see one out of the box. The sales person said it wll be available the 8th of November.