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Feeling overloaded with BlackBerry news and rumors? We know the feeling. We hear new things almost every day, and it can be tough to keep up with it all. that’s why we’re bringing you BlackBerry News from the Wire every Thursday.

We’ll catch you up on everything ‘Berry that happened over the course of the week. Not only that, but we’ll rank ‘em by importance, so you can more easily skim the items and read the ones of most significance. If you only have time to read one article, for instance, you might want to head down to our 5-star section. It’s All the BlackBerry News Fit to Geek.

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A while ago, we talked about why you want the BlackBerry Pearl 8220 flip. It was a neat concept of RIM to design a clamshell BlackBerry, and through it they were able to add a number of improvements over the original Pearl, including larger keys and a longer screen. Still, there are many advantages that go along with the original candybar flip. So which stands up better against the other? Don’t ask me, a regular schlub who writes on the Internet. Take it from Zara, who starter her blog, m0bilechic, earlier this year. She takes a look at both Pearl models, noting the differences between them. It’s absolutely worth a look if you’re going to get yourself a new BlackBerry in the near future.

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Way back in the day, right around the time we launched BBGeeks.com, we published an article called Why you want the Blackberry Pearl. It was a pretty basic article, touching on the reasons why the Pearl was/is in a class of its own. RIM just upped the ante yesterday, as they and T-Mobile announced the availability of the BlackBerry Pearl 8220 flip. So it only makes sense to talk about why you want the new Pearl.

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For the most part, we like to keep our news limited to BlackBerry News from the Wire, but for announcements like this we make exceptions. Today is October 13, 2008. We heard that the device would be out by October 15, so it’s right on schedule. That sounds kinda weird right now, doesn’t it, considering the Bold delays. The pricing is consistent with what we heard a week or so ago. You can check out the Pearl’s page on T-Mobile for further details. We won’t let it go at this, though. We’ve got a little something extra after the jump.

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Judging by Web coverage, it seems that RIM’s announcement of the BlackBerry Pearl 8220 flip phone has been one of the bigger items at CTIA in San Francisco. Then again, I might just be a little biased in that regard. While we at BBGeeks can’t be there this week to bring you the latest from RIM, our pals at Mobile Diner are. They’ve got some video of the Pearl over at Qik. Thanks much to Chris and Emily for the link. After the jump, we’ll toss up the video showing some features of the Pearl.

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It was so much more fun when we could call it the Kickstart. Hell, even the rumored SeaWolf name would have been better, too. Yet we’re stuck with just another BlackBerry Pearl. Well, I shouldn’t say stuck — many people are going to like the new BlackBerry flip phone. According to Cell Phone Signal, we should be seeing this roll out on the T-Mobile network in early October. We’ve been hearing dates ranging from mid-September to mid-October, so this makes enough sense. After the jump, some screen shots of the device, including the T-Mobile myFaves home screen.

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Well, so much for the whole Kickstart thing. While many of us thought it was a quality name for RIM’s first flip phone offering, it appears the name is dead. Documentation suggests that they will go with the ol’ trusty name of Pearl, according to Cell Phone Signal. It will be the Pearl 8220. This actually makes sense in a way. Back in May, we looked at the differences between the Kickstart and the Pearl, and it didn’t amount to much.

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Yesterday, Rogers Wireless announced that they’d be offering the BlackBerry Pearl 8120. That’s the WiFi version, which is significant, since Rogers now offers free home WiFi calling. For a flat monthly rate, users can route calls over their broadband Internet connection, and not waste any airtime.

The press release notes $249.99 as the price with a three-year contract, but it looks like there’s a promotion on Rogers’ website, which has the phone at $149.99. It looks like you’ll need a certain plan to get it that low. Without a contract, it will run $499.99.

So today marks AT&T’s release of the Blackberry Pearl 8110. “Wait a minute,” you might say. Didn’t AT&T just release a new Pearl last month? Indeed they did. So what’ with the new model? If you check out BlackBerry’s nifty compare function, you’ll see that the 8110 adds GPS, but subtracts WiFi. You’d think that they’d just put the two together, a la the 8820. Alas, we will have to wait for such a SureType device.

All right, so this isn’t exactly news — T-Mobile did announce it a couple of weeks ago. But because they blew the release date last time, I thought it worthy to note that the Pearl has been released. It’ll cost $149 with a two-year contract. Yes, it has WiFi (GPS, too), so it’s compatible with T-Mo’s popular Hotspot @Home service.