We’ve just received word that Canada’s Fido Wireless has begun shipping out the first batch of Blackberry Pearl 8100 devices to its retail stores. A number of shops have already received their first packages, well ahead of the anticipated February 4th release date. The actual boxes are an oh-so-pretty baby blue color, similar to the current Bell Blackberry packaging. This is all well and good, but if you’ve been hankering for a Fido branded ‘Berry you’re still gonna have to wait. Their POS system still doesn’t contain any actual Blackberry plans, so reps won’t be able to activate the devices even if you find one friendly enough to give it a shot.

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Good news for all of the Fido BlackBerry wannabes out there. As expected and just like we told you last week, Fido did indeed begin training its employees for the arrival of BlackBerry with a targeted launch date of February 4. Sadly it looks like Fido really is going to start things off with the Pearl 8100, but at least it’s going to allow people to BYOBB. Well, unofficially at least.

The 8100 will go for $400 month-to-month/off contract, $350 on a 2-year, and $25 on a 3-year with voice and data. As for the data plans to be offered, they are as follows:

$15 – Unlimited personal email and IM
$25 – 500MB
$30 – 1GB
$60 – 3GB

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One of our secret agents sent in some info about the upcoming FIDO BlackBerry 8100 launch. He found the info on Howard Forums but I cannot find the thread now.

FIDO is Launching BIS Services along with the Blackberry Pearl 8100 on February 4th.

The Pearl will be priced at:

$400 MTM / No Contract
$350 on a 2 Year
$25 on a 3 year w/ Voice + Data (no minimum monthly total cost required).
The data plans will be:
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If you might want to lock your vision on Fido’s latest release, the Nokia 3500 Classic ‘ll jump right in the eye. A traditional candy-bar design, the 3500 Classic has a 2 megapixel camera, a music player and a FM radio. It’s wrapped with a protective solid metal rim around the outside edges of the phone, weighs a mere 81 grams and offers up to 3 hours of talk time and 12 days of standby time.

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