So look — RIM’s BlackBerry Torch 9800 isn’t exactly the barnburner-of-a-smartphone that we were hoping it’d be, but at least it looks snazzy, right? Right? Regardless of your answer to that, it’s a bona fide fact that Colorware has outdone itself on this one. Usually, it’s most fun to toy around with the company’s endless array of hues in order to create the most hideous version of your favorite gadget before pretending to hit the order button, but for whatever reason, the first handset to ship with BlackBerry OS 6 actually looks dapper in red and white. Or maybe that’s just the Wolfpack in us talking. Either way, it’s available to customize now in the source link for $250 (send your own) or $1,050 (buy new sans a contract). Video’s after the break, should you need one.

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Say, are you finding your 3G-equipped BlackBerry isn’t looking quite so Pearlescent now that the Curve has also gone 3G and BlackBerry 6 seems to have moved things along (a bit)? Maybe it’s time you gave that zany bunch at Colorware a call, as they’ve just started taking orders for repainting Pearl 3G (aka 9100) handsets into whatever shade of awesome you desire. Prices are still ludicrous, starting out at $165 for a respray or $640 for a brand new phone, though if you want some more affordable customization, you can opt to send in your Flip UltraHD for a $50 change of hue (or grab a new one for $260). Sure, none of it makes much fiscal sense, but then blinging out your gear was never about rationality anyway.

Continue reading Colorware freshens up BlackBerry Pearl 3G and Flip UltraHD with bodacious new paintjobs

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Say, are you finding your 3G-equipped BlackBerry isn’t looking quite so Pearlescent now that the Curve has also gone 3G and BlackBerry 6 seems to have moved things along (a bit)? Maybe it’s time you gave that zany bunch at Colorware a call, as they’ve just started taking orders for repainting Pearl 3G (aka 9100) handsets into whatever shade of awesome you desire. Prices are still ludicrous, starting out at $165 for a respray or $640 for a brand new phone, though if you want some more affordable customization, you can opt to send in your Flip UltraHD for a $50 change of hue (or grab a new one for $260). Sure, none of it makes much fiscal sense, but then blinging out your gear was never about rationality anyway.

Continue reading Colorware freshens up BlackBerry Pearl 3G and Flip UltraHD with bodacious new paintjobs

Colorware freshens up BlackBerry Pearl 3G and Flip UltraHD with bodacious new paintjobs originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 19 Aug 2010 07:38:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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