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January 25th, 2010, 18:40
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RIM has an interesting reputation in the trade show world: it rarely makes any announcements of interest or consequence during events, but if you look hard enough, you still might just find something juicy. Last year's CES, for example, briefly saw a Curve 8900 mysteriously running AT&T-branded firmware (http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/09/spotted-curve-8900-running-on-atandt/), which we now know foretold a release several months later. This year's shindig in Vegas proved to be a little less bombastic -- or so we thought, anyway, until a dude cleaning out his camera's memory card noticed that Case-Mate (of all companies) allegedly had an unannounced Curve 8910 (http://www.engadget.com/tag/Curve8910/) chilling in its booth. It's pretty common for manufacturers to give valued accessory partners some prototypes ahead of time to make sure there are plenty of add-ons available by the time a device is released, they just don't usually... you know, put those prototypes out at a booth for everyone to enjoy. We actually stopped by Case-Mate this year (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/case-mate-at-ces-2010-its-mostly-about-power/) and didn't catch the 8910, but we don't know how long it was actually out -- and besides, telling the difference between this and a Bold 9700 takes a Mike Lazaridis-like understanding for the subtle differences in RIM's industrial design. Next year, though, be on notice, guys: we'll be scanning your kiosks with a fine-tooth comb.Unannounced BlackBerry Curve 8910 took CES refuge at Case-Mate's booth? (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/unannounced-blackberry-curve-8910-took-ces-refuge-at-case-mates/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:22:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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RIM has an interesting reputation in the trade show world: it rarely makes any announcements of interest or consequence during events, but if you look hard enough, you still might just find something juicy. Last year's CES, for example, briefly saw a Curve 8900 mysteriously running AT&T-branded firmware (http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/09/spotted-curve-8900-running-on-atandt/), which we now know foretold a release several months later. This year's shindig in Vegas proved to be a little less bombastic -- or so we thought, anyway, until a dude cleaning out his camera's memory card noticed that Case-Mate (of all companies) allegedly had an unannounced Curve 8910 (http://www.engadget.com/tag/Curve8910/) chilling in its booth. It's pretty common for manufacturers to give valued accessory partners some prototypes ahead of time to make sure there are plenty of add-ons available by the time a device is released, they just don't usually... you know, put those prototypes out at a booth for everyone to enjoy. We actually stopped by Case-Mate this year (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/case-mate-at-ces-2010-its-mostly-about-power/) and didn't catch the 8910, but we don't know how long it was actually out -- and besides, telling the difference between this and a Bold 9700 takes a Mike Lazaridis-like understanding for the subtle differences in RIM's industrial design. Next year, though, be on notice, guys: we'll be scanning your kiosks with a fine-tooth comb.Unannounced BlackBerry Curve 8910 took CES refuge at Case-Mate's booth? (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/unannounced-blackberry-curve-8910-took-ces-refuge-at-case-mates/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:22:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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