Well, it looks like that long, painful wait is finally over. According to all kinds of tipsters, the BlackBerry
Bold touches down for the first time in North America (in its home country of Canada, obviously) come August 21st (that's this Thursday, in case you don't own a calendar, computer, or have any friends). That's right -- the Bold will land on Rogers (where else?) with a price tag set somewhere between the dark valley of $300 and $400, according to Research In Motion co-CEO Jim Balsillie. Reports say the phone will be available from other carriers by the end of the week, though we don't have any definitive rumblings that confirm such heavenly ideas. You'll know more when we do, of course.
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
posted Aug 19th 2008 3:08PM
that's right. get your thumb outta your ass 'cause you'll need to make room...
ouch! don't downrate me, Rogers fanboys, i know you'll pay them whatever they ask just to get the latest toy
LOL. I don't think I've ever laughed so hard from a comment before.
I know Rogers. They infest my W810i every time I take a trip to Montreal.
everyone quit your job, you will need the extra time to figure out how to work it
You sir, are a hapless twat.
no no, that's just for fanboys with fanboyesque nicknames who are presumably a little slower than the rest of us.
what's going on here?
hmm.. i was supposed to be named "phanbouyesque" but my plot hath failed
so your going to argue that blackberries are easy to use?
ok, im going to give everyone an example, please be open minded.
i have done this test with my grandmother, she knows how to use a computer, but is slow with phones.
so i handed her my grandfathers blackberry (not sure what model but its about 6 months old) and i handed her my iphone.
one at a time i asked her to open certain applications (i.e. pics, make a call, search through contacts, internet)
anyway, after a minute of the blackberry, i kid you not, she got frustrated, and asked why they made them so hard to use. i then asked her to open the application on my iphone, it took her a minute to adjust to the touch screen, but after that she didnt even need to ask questions, she was doing what i asked her to do easily and without frustration. She even was surprised at how the internet on my iphone was just like the one on the computer, and asked why other phone makers didnt make it easy to use like that. i told her i honestly didnt know
and for my final argument, I assume that blackberry comes with one of those fat starter manuels, that tells you how to work everything? yeah, well iphone doesnt come with a Manuel, honestly. Wanna know why? cuz it doesnt need one, its so easy to use, self explanatory.
Save yer story, they were just arguing that you're a hapless twat.
I understand usability and simplicity is obviously important, but please take your head out of your ass and realize no one gives a $hit if your grandma can use a BlackBerry or not.
Maybe you should ask your grandma to compare Exchange email on the BB vs. BES email on the BlackBerry, cause that's what RIM does. Email. It's core functionality in itself is not a simple task, let alone making it available 24/7 on the go.
For the record, I worked at RIM and I'm not a big fan of them at all. But I-phone Is I-sexaayy is a good example of someone who got an iPhone and became iGay with it.
Of course the iPhone doesn't come with a Manuel!
He's returned to Barcelona!
i think if your got your grandmother a Manuel instead she'd be a bit less frustrated.
anyway take your fail and gtfo.
well you all can keep denying :)
iphone will has and will outsell any bb device, rimm will soon be out of bussiness.
too badd
:)
I know that you may think Apple is doing the right thing now by making their devices simple. However in a few years nobody is going to care about simplicity -- they'll want efficiency.
We are in a currently technical age where we have to accommodate both the tech-savvy and the tech-clueless. You have your grandmas who can barely work a phone, and then there's the rest of us. But look at kids these days: they are practically network admins by age 11! The tech-clueless are becoming more and more scarce, and the tech-savvy are becoming the norm. These kids are going to know how to use command line and hotkeys. They are not going to settle for a slow interface.
Apple seems to make things that are simplistic and pretty, but inefficient. In the near future, this minimalistic fad will end and people will actually want to get work done.
@Iphone is isexxy
You're an idoit... there I said it, we're all sitting here thinking it.
You honestly think the iphone has outsold blackberry? RIM has over 14 million subscribers, versus Apples 4 million. RIMS revenue are more than double what they were last year.
Why is Blackberry so popular, its simple.. its cheaper than Iphone, easier to use, more efficient and it works.
How much is steve jobs paying you to sit here and preach the likes of apple. are you going to start a new religon? Apples witness and go door to door "recruiting" people to join you and your crazy mixed up beliefs?
The funny thing is you can tell he's typing this on an iphone, because the constant doubled characters and all.
@ Generally: You obviously don't have young kids or even teenagers for that matter. They all want - and are getting their parents to buy - Macs...
E has a point
I'm new here... how can i block this "I-phone Is I-sexaayy" guy ???
And AT&T's release date is stil unknown.
Engadget, this article wouldn't help someone without access to a PC ANYWAY.
Fail.
Thanks for clearing that up.
Unless someone printed it to show to a friend...
One of those friends Engadget assumed we didn't have?
Fartworthy but when will ATT get it? Will ebay go down in price now?
you're really trying to push this new fart meme of yours, huh? i know the readers here are young, but THAT young?
Yes I am, it's not a name its a state of being. You don't like it?
http://www.beanogas.com
A leak Rogers ad said that the bold will be $399
I hope it's not $399/$349 on AT&T! $299 should be the max, but if RIM really wants to complete with the iphone, they should price it at $199....
Where's the AT&T release info + pricing??
-_-
I wish Rogers would quietly go away. anyone familiar with their latest marketing scheme "MyHomeAdvantage" ? it's just a repackaged version of their old plans and tiered services at higher prices with less product delivered, ie high speed internet.
I loathe Rogers.
Sadly, they're the one carrier we can guarantee will be sticking around for quite some time.
"BlackBerry Bold hits Rogers on August 21st"
Says Rogers, "Ouch, damn BlackBerry throwers!!"
So, this is the famed BOLD from RIM that will trigger the downfall of the iPhone. The final BOLD product still ships with the "cheap imitation" plastic chrome trim, and "cheap" plastic screen. Bold indeed.
...er what?
Its a business phone meant for heavy email. Who gives a crap about the iPhone.
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Maybe you should ask your grandma to compare Exchange email on the **iPhone** vs. BES email on the BlackBerry
Will there be obsessive sheep-like coverage on the Blackberry Bold like there was on the iPhone with about 46 articles in the first hour alone? I expect the same kind of coverage, but i doubt it, and I think we all know why.
Because noone cares?
J/k
When do I get it on Verizon???
never its gsm. thats why I'm jumping ship.
The Bold will arrive on Verizon May 2009.
The BB Storm will be on Verizon in October.
Does anyone know if T-mobile will have the Bold? I can't find confirmation anywhere...
good question...
Oh, and I hate my yellow teeth.
I saw one in the PATH train in NJ today. The thing is frigging huge but the interface seemed a lot cleaner and quicker than my current bberry.
iPhone is a great device but it is asking to embrace a keyboard screen.
Typing on a blackberry is much more natural and this is the strength of the device. Once you get one it is almost addictive how comfortable these things are, they don't call them crackberries for nothing.
Keyboards we love to use for our computers are all tactile.
I don't really see any "flat screen" keyboards there for general computer use.
Apple has a great screen on the other hand but Jobs is way too proud to admit that a physical keyboard would be of a great compliment to the device.
Blackberry has a great keyboard and is not really designed for surfing the net to begin with. It does what it promises to do "messaging galore" and it does it GREAT... not just ok, well, very well it does it GREAT!!!
I don't know anyone who switched from blackberries because of the messaging system flaws, they switched because they were using it for other purposes aka surfing the net getting some programs that only run on Windows mobile etc.
When you work on a blackberry things just work. Rim doesn't actually overpromise and this a very rare thing in today's market.
Here is the only question I have...
Don't computers make the best e-mail machines? And, if so the closer you can get to a computer wouldn't that be the best thing going. Now, if you can transcend that into a handheld device again wouldn't that be the better of choices?
I have had multiple BB's and now have the iphone. The mail is just like having it on your computer. (mac or pc)
What amazes me is the non acceptance of technology marching along. BB was cool when handhelds couldn't pop a thing well or look like true e-mail. It is all very late 90's. I suggest all the people concerned about the long lived BES starting planning elsewhere for tech fix. whether it is Iphone or not technology marches on and the BB is simply old hat. You just simply can't polish a turd. And, to the poster regarding 14 million subscribers... Pretty sad given they have been at it for almost twenty years. Not to compare but the Idevice has been out for just over a year total and only a small portion of the world. I think it would be unwise to compare the little company from Waterloo before the wave hits and people realize what they could have vs don't with BB.
Interestingly the direction Rim thinks we want is flip phones that look like KRAZR's with Pearl Balls. Try typing anything on that piece of shit and you will eventually kill yourself anyway.
You don't understand computers and stuff, do you?
One more comment. The I phone has a suck speaker phone. And I can out type anyone on a screen keyboard. They suck...period.....My friend just bought an I phone 3g. He works right beside me and uses AT&T, just like me....He can't use his I phone...cause his widdy biddy I phone doesn't get any reception there.. Guess what.... My BB curve does.......
I have to say I was a fan of the iPhone. Key word here, was.
I am on my 2nd 1st gen iPhone, the first one died in about 3 months. The replacement has been flaky and drops a lot of calls, could just be AT&T, but when it was Cingular my Sony Ericsson hardly ever dropped a call.
Today I looked down at my iPhone and had a little blinking dock me to iTunes message. I did that and I get a blinking apple logo on and off. That's all it will do.
So my 2nd dead iPhone in a year. I'm done with it. I sure as heck don't want a 3G iPhone replacement with all the problems it's having right now. This might be a good time to move to the Blackberry Bold if AT&T is getting it.
The iPhone software has some nice features, but I hate the touch screen keyboard. Way too many errors typing on it and it's slow slow typing. The battery life is horrible on the iPhone and I never used the iPod part of it as it's sure to kill the battery in short order. Not having a user replaceable battery was just nuts. Good for Apple as they make more money on you, but that with the other problems has caused me to switch.
Get your thumbs out and ready, because with rogers you will need to count a few more of them legal tenders for the service.
The Blackberry Bold from Rogers is here. It's $399 CDN on a 3 Year Voice and Data Plan.
Seriously all you iphone fanboys make me laugh!
If the bold would of came out before the iphone like it should of, all you iphone fanboys woulnt be saying iphone this or iphone that for every new device that comes out. Why? because most of you iphone preachers are stuck up steves ass and blinded by shit.
Simply put the iphone is a nice toy. Dont get me wrong here im not saying the iphone is not good. On the contrary but it remains a toy, the blackberry is a more serious device. 90% of the iphone users use them to watch youtube, play simple games and chat on facebook. Blackberry users use them for work so totally 2 different kinds of crowd
How many years of experience does Apple have in mobile device???? Compare that to RIM. Dont ask yourself why companies dont give iphones to their employes ;)