some personal, more technical – by Thomas Einwaller
In: Blackberry|Mobile|RIM
1 Jan 2008They are all around the web: BlackBerryForums, BoyGenius and others. Could these be the first pictures of the an early BlackBerry 9000:

I am not convinced. I can not tell what makes me doubt – it just looks somehow fake. We will see …
7 Responses to First BlackBerry 9000 prototype pics leaked
Smitty
January 2nd, 2008 at 12:30 am
Just so you know…. This was being sold on eBay as an ‘Unknown’ dead device. After it was brought forward that it was a 9000 series, the bid price went from $125 to over $450. From only about 300 views to over 2000.
The other rumours were obtained by the person from random sources. Although they know people that work at RIM, this person found out from random RIM employees they had run into.
tOMPSON’s blog » Blog Archive » New BlackBerry 8xxx series device
January 6th, 2008 at 3:24 pm
[...] turns out that the pictures leaked this week were pictures of a new BlackBerry 8xxx series model. BoyGenius has all the details about this new [...]
tOMPSON’s blog » Blog Archive » Leaked pictures are Blackberry 9000?
January 24th, 2008 at 8:13 am
[...] weeks ago pictures of a new BlackBerry were leaked. Nobody was sure what device it really was and when it will be officially announced. Some said it [...]
kerry shipp
May 1st, 2008 at 5:41 pm
I feel they should give us a hint if there is a blackberry 9000 I love my 8830 so if there is one coming let me know
Eric Ng
May 6th, 2008 at 10:45 pm
There is a video of it on Youtube.
It’s real.
tompson
May 6th, 2008 at 10:48 pm
Yes Eric, some time has past since this post and today there is another interesting update – see http://dertompson.com/index.php/2008/05/06/blackberry-9000-unboxing-pictures/
Guy
May 7th, 2008 at 7:46 am
Don’t want to say “I told you so” from when it was posted…. but I did provide accurate info