Welcome to the DNC, featuring Barack Obama and the T-Mobile Bold

This could've come straight out of Germany where the BlackBerry Bold is already alive and well on T-Mobile's airwaves, but let's pretend for a moment that it didn't. Instead, let's assume that there are a select few copies of T-Mobile USA's Bold floating around in the wild, and one such example just happened to turn up at the Democratic National Convention a few weeks ago. We're not saying that's what's going on here, but... hey, are those beads of sweat forming on your forehead there, AT&T?

[Thanks, Vince C. and goke]

[avester @ Sep 28th 2008 2:33PM]

I WANT TO BELIEVE

[steven @ Sep 28th 2008 2:48PM]

Time until FlashPoint makes a comment about how Obama is our savior: 3 seconds.

[fred @ Sep 28th 2008 2:50PM]

Idiotic attempt by Engadget to shoehorn politics AGAIN onto a tech news site.

Now watch it crash and burn like all the others.

[Samboini @ Sep 28th 2008 3:23PM]

Fuck politics. At least for the sake of this article.

[Flashpoint @ Sep 28th 2008 5:13PM]

Obama isn't going to be able to save America. There is a crisis that's been brewing for the past 50 years and its COMING soon.

The question is, how will the country deal with that crisis. Is it gonna use Bush politics or is it gonna do the intelligent thing.

[Alex P. @ Sep 28th 2008 2:36PM]

Whoa, so something that McCain invented is endorsing Obama?!

[grull27 @ Sep 28th 2008 2:58PM]

That was pure genius!!

[Chris @ Sep 28th 2008 7:15PM]

"genius" might be a bit strong...

[Justin @ Sep 28th 2008 5:49PM]

Serving Jimmy Carter's 2nd term does not equate to change.

[Zinger314 @ Sep 28th 2008 2:38PM]

I thought McCain invented the Blackberry in another Engadget article?

The Blackberry changes positions more often than John Kerry.

[Alex Padilla @ Sep 28th 2008 2:40PM]

I have a feeling that the comment section is going to turn into a Obama/Democrat/Liberal v McCain/Republican/Conservative bash fest.

American first, but we need to change it.

[akfludd @ Sep 28th 2008 2:41PM]

Obama/Biden '08!!!

[brandon @ Sep 28th 2008 3:00PM]

Obama will bring change......
To T-Mobile's phone lineup!!!
Who can argue with that?

[kjb434 @ Sep 29th 2008 9:22AM]

If by change you mean going back to all the policies that existed in 60s and 70s in the use and the complete friendliness to communist tendencies, then yes, he's bringing change.

There is nothing new to Obama. He's an empty suit politician worked up by the Daley family from Chicago. People with more than two brain cells can actually to some searching and find all this.

[spectracide @ Sep 29th 2008 12:42AM]

What the fuck is this post about?

[Decoy @ Sep 28th 2008 2:51PM]

Camo blackberry holders, I don't know.

I guess Obama doesn't go for an iPhone? INTERESTING.

[wako @ Sep 28th 2008 2:51PM]

yeah seriously? what the hell is this about?

[The Dude @ Sep 28th 2008 3:01PM]

It's clearly about the Bold being available on T-Mobile (in America) to the public soon. Because it currently is not.

Back to the fundamentals for you, brah': read the fucking article.

[JJV @ Sep 28th 2008 3:06PM]

Don't you get these to show your seat meaning who ever owns this isnt obama just an obama fan.....

Obama has nothing to do with the blackberry here, its just a picture of a ticket to the DNC

[oGMo @ Sep 28th 2008 3:16PM]

I.e., "I'm so blinded by politics I can't see the obvious." If you were someone who had this problem, you should consider it carefully.

[cesium @ Sep 28th 2008 4:35PM]

@JJV

no one implied that this is Obamas phone..

[JJV @ Sep 28th 2008 4:38PM]

@ Cesium,
Yes they did
Quote from Decoy :
"I guess Obama doesn't go for an iPhone? INTERESTING."

.... 'nuff said

[Decoy @ Sep 28th 2008 5:09PM]

The internet is serious business.

[Brian @ Sep 28th 2008 6:03PM]

This article is about which carrier the Blackberry Bold is going to be on.

No US carrier has it, yet. Only Canada / Rogers has it. (As far as North America is concerned)

[Mikey @ Sep 29th 2008 10:59AM]

@ JJV... have you ever fucking heard of humor? Or jokes?

[grull27 @ Sep 28th 2008 2:42PM]

I guess I can't buy a Blackberry Bold now. :-/

lol

McCain-Palin '08!

[somebody7 @ Sep 28th 2008 2:47PM]

You wont be able to buy much of anything if you vote for McSame since our economy will go to sh!t.

[grull27 @ Sep 28th 2008 2:57PM]

This just isn't the right place to argue about politics. Sorry.

[The Dude @ Sep 28th 2008 2:58PM]

"OH HAI, GUYZ. I can see Russia from my trailer park in Alaska. This makes me knowledgeable in foreign policy. I CAN HAZ VICE PREZIDENCEE NAO PLZ?"
- http://www.newsweek.com/id/161204

What a fuckin' joke.

[Ruben @ Sep 28th 2008 3:09PM]

I'm prepared to declare October 2nd 2008 the funniest day in history.

Its just a hunch.

[steven @ Sep 28th 2008 3:10PM]

What do you have to say about Obama getting $126k in 4 years from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac?

[Brad @ Sep 28th 2008 3:36PM]

well, i would say this:

http://www.newsweek.com/id/161218

[Trent @ Sep 28th 2008 3:52PM]

You won't be able to buy crap if Hope-o-crisy Obama gets into the White House. Expect another terror attack or watch Iran bomb Israel causing gas prices to explode, inflation to sky rocket higher, and our markets to crumble even further than what liberals and Obama have already caused. The truth can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5tZc8oH--o

[steven @ Sep 28th 2008 5:27PM]

"paid his campaign manager's firm $15,000 a month"

First of all, Obama got $126,000 directly. Second of all, Obama talks about how McCain is friends with lobbyists, well Obama is one. Hypocrite

[The Dude @ Sep 28th 2008 9:01PM]

@steven:

LAWLZ. Freddie Mac gives McCain's aide's LOBBYING firm $345,000+ over TWO years for doing almost ZERO WORK and you bring up Obama getting a paltry $126,000 over FOUR years. An aide that McCain calls a "friend." A verifiable lobbyist friend. Everybody's pointing fingers at everybody else. Moot points. Guilt by association and tu quoque fallacies to go around. They all offset each other. There was absolutely no point in bringing it up and it just goes to show that you didn't even think it through. You thought you had an "Oh yeah? Well what about this?! I got you!"-moment but it's just a campaign platitude that came back to bite you in the ass like it did McCain. No one should be walking around like their shit doesn't stink when they've got a turd-packed diaper on. McCain was a moron for doing so and thinking no one would smell the his own fudgie. The masters of the Swift-boating can surely do better, no?

[willyboy @ Sep 29th 2008 12:02AM]

Praise Jesus!

[Tyson @ Sep 29th 2008 3:06AM]

Not to be political on engadget but i say this and be done with it.



somebody7 : You are 100% right, unless you make over $250k you will see your taxes increase and under McCain and it won't matter because when he destroys the economy the US dollar will be worth nothing. This is the first time in my life that i am seriously looking for jobs abroad, because if America is that dumb racist, or whatever it is to see the Palin/McCain ticket is uneducated, deeply misguided, and just wrong for the US and the world if only for the reason that we had a $150 billion + surplus when Bush came in (and i did not for him and i am a registered Republican) and now we have a budget with over $275Billion in deficit, we had 0 wars before Bush now we have 2 and the war on terror, he came into a prosperous country where people had jobs and home now people are losing both, AIG Merrill Lynch(whose associates were McCain's largest contributors), lehman bros (which existed about 100 years +)Silver State Bank (which Mccain's son ran),Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac,Wachovia, Enron, Wordcom, Bear Stearns,and etc, all existed independently now they are either wiped out seized, in bankruptcy or taken over and Palin/McCain is cosigning on continuing all of this for 4 more years. Its simple, as a great man once said, are you better off (economically or security wise)today than you were 8 years ago? If not the vote for Obama because how much worse can he be and its a change. Obama's whole campaign is based on change.



The Dude Thank you for setting stevens right. Fact Obama's money came from individual working in amounts of $200 or less, McCain took money from Fannie mae i the form of lobbyists, executive contributions and corporate contributions. the whole truth.



politics on engadget end

[Sudo @ Sep 28th 2008 2:43PM]

Putin '08

[akfludd @ Sep 28th 2008 2:47PM]

lol
this character...

[brandon @ Sep 28th 2008 3:01PM]

I think I'm getting the fear, man.......

[spezi @ Sep 28th 2008 2:45PM]

Well, AFAIK the German Blackberry Bold has a German keyboard, that means 'z' and 'y' are switched with respect to the US layout.

http://www.t-mobile-academy.net/ek_TMDE/2ek_bb_bold9000_ia/swf/m01.asp

[Valicore @ Sep 28th 2008 3:30PM]

Yay, an intelligent/useful post! Nice catch!

[Benson @ Sep 28th 2008 4:56PM]

+1 on that catch; I noticed it was a US keyboard, but had no clue whether German crackberriers were stuck with QWERTY or not.

[jaedekdee @ Sep 28th 2008 9:05PM]

introducing the QWERTZ keyboard layout...

[zedster @ Sep 28th 2008 2:58PM]

RON PAUL, RON PAUL, RON PAUL, RON PAUL, RON PAUL....(takes a deep breath)...
RON PAUL,RON PAUL, RON PAUL

/If you can't seem I'm joking doors that way ----->>>>> __________________________
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[pe3ko @ Sep 28th 2008 2:59PM]

check out the camo / lv case
hella fooglay

[Kevin @ Sep 28th 2008 3:31PM]

totally off topic here but who the he'll would vote fir McCain ? U mean palin is good, but McCain is just the exact same as bush! He agrees with him on 90% of the issues and he wants to extend the war in Iraq for another 100 years. Seriously, can we really take another 4 years of cough *bush* or McCain as you would like to call him

Obama may have his issues but he is noticably different than bush at least

/end rant

Oh btw the bold looks awesome and it is coming on tmobile hopefully, fuck AT&T and their shitty coverage and ridiculous rates

[chris @ Sep 28th 2008 7:57PM]

90% huh? is that a rough estimate or exact?

100 years? he's said that too

noticably different from bush, you're right, cause Bush has experience, and Obama has a laughable amount


oh.. and AT&T and their shitty coverage? ohhhh because t-mobile just has 3G speeds (the purpose of this phone) EVERYWHERE dont they...

kill yourself

[aaron @ Sep 28th 2008 3:39PM]

What the "he'll" are you talking about?!?!?!

[-Anthony- @ Sep 28th 2008 4:09PM]

Wow! That is probably the most intelligent thing I have ever heard someone say. Ever. Obama should be president because he isn't Bush. That makes perfect sense.

Seriously man, your terrible grammar and spelling already make you look like a retard, but the contents of your post just make me lose all faith in human intelligence.

"Blah blah 90% of the time blah 100 years war", you sound like a f***ing robot. Next time, form your own opinion instead of just spewing out random crap that somehow made its way into your tiny brain (which is pretty surprising since there doesn't seem to be much else in there) while watching some leftist news channel.