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Originally Posted by Jack T. Chance
LOL! I hope so, as well!  Well, did you even TRY copying & pasting the URL into your post? Even if it's not a clickable hot link, we still would have known what the URL WAS! You're right, that was merely a misunderstanding on my part. I reread your post and saw that I had missed the part about it being an 8300 case. 
The REAL test of whether or not these cases truly put your phone into Holster Mode is the Vibrating Alert. I have my phone set for Tone only out of the holster, and Vibrate + Tone when in the holster. Before I got the 8900 case, I was using a 3rd party leather holster for the 8700. The magnets that held the flap closed were strong enough to lock my keys when I put it in the holster, and once the keys are locked, the screen turns off within a couple seconds. But it did not RELIABLY enter the TRUE Holster Mode, and I know this because the vibrating alert didn't always happen when it was in the holster. With the RIM 8900 holster, it vibrates every time!  
Now if only RIM would get enough of a clue to put a much stronger vibration motor in these phones... I rarely, if ever, feel it vibrating on my hip. I can only feel it vibrating maybe 1 time out of 10, which defeats the purpose of the vibrating alert.   I assume you're referring to the case I purchased, which is this one...
http://www.shopblackberry.com/prodim...olster_blk.jpg
...in which case, the answer is NO, you can NOT order it directly from RIM. It is NOT available at RIM's Online Store, for reasons I'm not privy to.
I just realized that in my previous post, I completely forgot to mention where I found it... I was at the Mall in Columbia (Columbia, MD) and found it at one of those little cell phone accessory kiosks... I believe the name of the place is Cellairis or something like that. It's on the lower level, near the food court, if any of you happen to live in MD and want to hit them up for an official leather holster for your 8900.
I remember thinking how odd it was that THEY were carrying the official RIM pouches, because those places usually only stock cheap, Chinese-made crap. And they're the ONLY retailer in the area that I've found so far that's stocking any RIM-made pouches for the 8900 at all. 
You can try the cell phone accessory kiosk(s) in your local shopping mall, but there's absolutely NO guarantee that your local dealer will actually stock the official cases from RIM.The design is definitely changed from the swivel clip on my 8700 holster... I don't know that it's necessarily been changed for the better, though. Here's a few pics I snapped with my 8900's camera:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...00Holster1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...00Holster2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...00Holster3.jpg
vinmontRD, you might also want to look for this case and see if you can find it, either in a brick & mortar store, or online. Since you liked the 8300 version, it would probably be right up your alley.
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all the holsters look like that now. They have been for about 6 months. If your still getting the old one, its old inventory.
My "old" 8300 style pouch works on my 8900. The older one doesn't have the logo on the plastic clip, and is looser.