Kevin Michaluk at crackberry.com was mad brave enough to send £420GBP (~ $828USD) through the ether to a (quickly withdrawn) eBay auction which was advertising a pre-release Blackberry 9000, amazingly enough it appears to have been delivered.

He has given a few first impressions and is promising a full review soon.

“the display is AWESOME. I knew it would be an improved display, but I wasn’t expecting it to be as bright and crisp as it is. The 480 by 320 HVDA Color LCD delivers. For the 88xx, Curve and Pearl users reading this who shunned the notion of upgrading to the 9000 when it comes out, let me just say this display alone will make you want to reconsider.”

More pictures after the break

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