Last time we went down this road, the Pearl 3G was earning its approvals on WCDMA 850 / 1900, meaning AT&T, Rogers, Bell, and Telus were all theoretically ready to roll. This time, it’s the AWS version getting clearance — in both 20- and 14-key flavors, no less — giving T-Mobile USA along with Canada’s WIND and Mobilicity everything they’d need to launch RIM’s most consumer-friendly model. We still don’t have confirmation either from T-Mobile or AT&T as to what their plans are for this thing, but at least we know we’ve got some legal hardware ready at this point.
BlackBerry Pearl 3G gets FCC clearance again, this time with T-Mobile 3G originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Tue, 25 May 2010 12:42:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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