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Who else but Boy Genius has received a solid tip about the un-released BlackBerry Slider. Apparently the device (or one of the devices) will be modeled the 9900 or 9930, and will be available in both CDMA and GSM/HSPA radios. Apparently Sprint has been testing this new unreleased Slider and so far it has failed 4 of the 5 tests. According to the tipster, the last time a device failed this many tests was the BlackBerry Pearl Flip. Boy Genius also suggests that Sprint might be heading towards an exclusive launch for the Slider 9930, although we doubt it. The GSM/HSPA version will be the 9900, and will feautre GSM/HSPA 850/1900MHz meaning we may see it on AT&T, Rogers, Bell and TELUS.

[...] Sprint has made some tests to Blackberry Slider, but unfortunately some of those tests, 4 from 5 tests, have failed. Previously, there was other model of Blackberry had experienced the same failure. It was Blackberry Pearl Flip. Then, following the info, we doubt that Sprint will be headed for the launch of Slider 9930. The model 9900 will be GSM/HSPA version. The phone will be featured with GSM/HSPA 850/1900MHz. So it means that perhaps the phone will be under Rogers, TELUS, Bell and AT&T. via [...]

According to them, the device actually failed in early diagnostic testing a whopping 4 out of 5 times (which is supposed to be extremely rare for RIM devices). The only other handset that failed, we're told, is the BlackBerry Pearl Flip. What's even more interesting, is that the BlackBerry slider our guy saw was Sprint branded. Want to go one step further? We've been told there is also a GSM/HSPA version and that the model numbers are BlackBerry 9900 and BlackBerry 9930. Lastly, it looks like the HSPA version of the device will support 850/1900MHz UMTS bands which would make it compatible with both AT&T and Rogers' 3G networks.

Heading back to our Google Analytics for CrackBerry, which as you might guess attracts a lot of visits from people on BlackBerry Smartphones, including pre-release ones, it's interesting to note that just over the past week we've seen two new BlackBerry device models pop up, including the BlackBerry9999 and BlackBerry9650x. Maybe the 9999 is the test CDMA version of the slider (AT&T's being the 9700a) prior to us seeing the 9900/9930 in final form? Or 9700a is just older and has moved onto 9999 for now? And maybe the 9650x is the revamped Tour2 which is now a Bold. Who knows. But it's so crazy it might just be true. One thing is for sure... there is still a lot more we want to know about this BlackBerry Slider.