Some of us at Engadget HQ won’t ever be sold on the merits of SureType over good, old-fashioned QWERTY, but there’s clearly a market for it — RIM’s BlackBerry Pearl series almost singlehandedly catapulted Waterloo into the consumer market, after all, and the upcoming 9100 looks to refine the formula to a crisp, golden brown perfection. Here, we’ve got one of the originals — the 8130 — beaming proudly next to its offspring, and RIM seems to have done a commendable job updating the package in all the right ways (optical trackpad, Bold 9700-esque design elements) while carrying over most of what the old model great. And knowing these guys, you’ll be able to get it in a billion colors and special edition designs — but for now, you can have these comparo shots in any color you want, as long as it’s black.
BlackBerry 8130 vs. BlackBerry 9100… fight! originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Wed, 16 Dec 2009 09:12:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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