Welcome to the DNC, featuring Barack Obama and the T-Mobile Bold
By Chris Ziegler 
posted Sep 28th 2008 2:28PM
posted Sep 28th 2008 2:28PM
[Thanks, Vince C. and goke]
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I WANT TO BELIEVE
Time until FlashPoint makes a comment about how Obama is our savior: 3 seconds.
Idiotic attempt by Engadget to shoehorn politics AGAIN onto a tech news site.
Now watch it crash and burn like all the others.
Fuck politics. At least for the sake of this article.
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.
Whoa, so something that McCain invented is endorsing Obama?!
That was pure genius!!
"genius" might be a bit strong...
Serving Jimmy Carter's 2nd term does not equate to change.
I thought McCain invented the Blackberry in another Engadget article?
The Blackberry changes positions more often than John Kerry.
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.
Obama/Biden '08!!!
Obama will bring change......
To T-Mobile's phone lineup!!!
Who can argue with that?
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.
What the fuck is this post about?
Camo blackberry holders, I don't know.
I guess Obama doesn't go for an iPhone? INTERESTING.
yeah seriously? what the hell is this about?
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.
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
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.
@JJV
no one implied that this is Obamas phone..
@ Cesium,
Yes they did
Quote from Decoy :
"I guess Obama doesn't go for an iPhone? INTERESTING."
.... 'nuff said
The internet is serious business.
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)
@ JJV... have you ever fucking heard of humor? Or jokes?
I guess I can't buy a Blackberry Bold now. :-/
lol
McCain-Palin '08!
You wont be able to buy much of anything if you vote for McSame since our economy will go to sh!t.
This just isn't the right place to argue about politics. Sorry.
"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.
I'm prepared to declare October 2nd 2008 the funniest day in history.
Its just a hunch.
What do you have to say about Obama getting $126k in 4 years from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac?
well, i would say this:
http://www.newsweek.com/id/161218
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
"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
@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?
Praise Jesus!
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
Putin '08
lol
this character...
I think I'm getting the fear, man.......
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
Yay, an intelligent/useful post! Nice catch!
+1 on that catch; I noticed it was a US keyboard, but had no clue whether German crackberriers were stuck with QWERTY or not.
introducing the QWERTZ keyboard layout...
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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check out the camo / lv case
hella fooglay
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
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
What the "he'll" are you talking about?!?!?!
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.
@ chris "cause Bush has experience" Yea, real great experience. He's almost driven our economy into the ground. I'll take intelligence over "experience" any day.
EVERYONE should watch this video about the TRUTH behind our economic crisis. If you are a die hard Dem with heart disease or high blood pressure, be forewarned: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5tZc8oH--o
Wow, I never would have guessed the Bold to be out for T-mobile first, especially since AT&T has a much wider 3G coverage area. Maybe RIM will launch them together?
Upside down flag on announcement - doesn't that mean distress, bad news????
It also says August, and because it's September, I'd think they must be pretty distressed.
Um... Obama's speech at the convention was in August. Der
Hahaha. I noticed that too. I'm thinking "Uh, why is the flag on the back upside down?" And yes, it means distress.
i thought att had a 90 day exclusive on the bold? the earliest i thought the bold would come out would be quarter 1 of '09. unless rim had a stipulation about att delaying the phone. i know the delays really hurt rim's 3rd 1/4 projections (since it was supposed to come out in july, and now they're saying november for att).
Get the fucking politics out engadget. SERIOUSLY. No one wants to see that shit here, except fanatics, and NO ONE likes a fanatic, I don't give a shit WHO YOU ARE.
Make a new blog for them, don't ruin this fucking site with them.
In hatred of your bullshit, and forever CANADIAN,
--0mega
maybe it was to make a political statement, or maybe it was to show that it's in the us.
Not a chance. They could have EASILY come up with a completely bullshit free title. "Blackberry Bold spotted... With T-Mobile badging?" See how easy that was? The body of the post doesn't matter, the catchy title does.
oh look a LV case for the Bold... probably cost the same as the phone itself!
I was just going to post that same comment. Whoever that belongs to has some expensive taste. Probably a good example of how high-ranking government officials spend taxpayer money.
bleearrrup*
I just threw up in my mouth, a little
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By the way - FOR THE RECORD:
I believe in Harvey Dent
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I'm not, I "repeat" NOT voting for Pablo
Well, you should. Pedro lacks leadership experience
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It seems everyone is forgetting the Bold 9000 doesn't have the 1700mhz band for T-Mobile 3G. If there is a Bold with the AWS bands it hasn't passed through the FCC.
My guess is that this is a photochop of a rogers Bold or somebody could have sold their german T-mobile bold and swapped keys off the Canadian one just swapped shells, etc. I too thought AT&T had an exclusive on the bold so this could just be a tester?
I want the Blackberry Bold it looks like a great setup! I hope AT&T will pick it up for real. It's not exactly a good deal on ebay yet...
I have a German T-Mobile Bold. It is QWERTZ. The one shown, is not a released T-Mobile German Bold. However, that is the German T-Mobile logo. the US T-Mobile logo has 4 dots, German, 6. Maybe this is a mock up, maybe a Photoshop, or a special T-Mobile German phone where the keyboard was replaced to a QWERTY one.
He's right. That's a German T-Mobile logo with an American keyboard. I'm calling shopped on this one.
Something involving Obama is not as it seems? Thats never happened before.
I saw a Bold Friday on my flight from DC to Charlotte. Didn't think to ask the guy where he got it...
Could be a forthcoming T-Mo UK phone if it has a QWERTY layout.
That Bold belongs to KanYe West's Manager Don C!
That case is a LV camo Murakami.
Is not photoshopped either!
Itson his blog
Deadstockdon.com
Check out the Louis Vuitton camouflage case!
wasting money on a Camo Louis Vuitton case
Wow, you would think tech savy people would be smart enough to realize Obama/Biden is the right choice this November. His focus on keeping and building a strong military in our defense and offense. Returning diplomacy and regaining friends to help win the war on terror. (In America, a witness to a crime tells the police "I didn't see sh1t" If people don't like you, they won't tell you anything. Apply that on a global scale) Advancing American technology and rebuilding our infastructure to compete with and surpass technologically advanced Japan. Obama can't do it alone, we Americans have to take personal responsibility for our actions and educate ourselves to compete in a global marketplace.
Honestly I think Obama read a book called 'The World Is Flat' by Thomas L Friedman because his policies reflect the message of that book.
I saw the debate and McCain could not even look Obama in the eye. Obama is a fellow American, how is McCain going to deal with world leaders he doesn't like?
One last point, Obama has a lot more to lose if he fails the American people period. Just like Bush, McCain has nothing to lose when he fails you.
It's sad. The comments here are nothing, compared to those on Don's blog, linked above. I quote:
"Yo FuZz Fred Perry spolo is killin em!!! Fresh from london!!!! Camo loui!!!! Keep handlin biz!! FuZz"
AT&T has 90 days exclusivity period on the BOLD and after that T-Mobile may be releasing it, given that all the bugs in the phone are fixed.