So
Boy Genius Report reported on a shot of what seems to be a
Curve 8900 running on AT&T -- which seems like a pretty good idea, may we add -- and we're trying to make sense of what's really going on. We hit up RIM's booth at
CES to get the lowdown on the situation, and what do you know, the mythical beast is nowhere to be found. The reps on the floor said that it's only for T-Mobile and when we checked every 8900 on the show floor, we couldn't find one running on any other carrier. 'Course, we'd be shocked if RIM wasn't chronically refreshing
BGR every fifteen seconds, so it's entirely possible that they saw the news, realized their grave error, and pulled the offending phone posthaste. Either way, it's a great idea, is it not?
[Via
Boy Genius Report]
posted Jan 9th 2009 4:36PM
OMG that's such a ripoff of a ..................................phone.
no 3g = doo doo butter
verizon...please?
The Lesson: Anything can run on anything !!
Yes, please. I'll take two. Thank you very much.
Or its completely possible the phone locked onto the AT&T signal for a few minutes and then switched back. My Pearl did this very same thing on a recent trip to Florida. Went from displaying T-Mobile in the carrier line to AT&T and then back again.
I believe that's called "roaming"...
And it wouldn't change your background to the AT&T Logo...
only if Verizon would get a phone like this!
please dont kill my joy!!!!
i want this phone on att...please make it happen
Palm Pre is the new hotness, sorry BB.
The back of the phone picture has AT&T branding--it is not just on the AT&T signal.
Maybe they realized they didn't have a SIM card when they got to the show, and an employee just decided to stick his AT&T card in there.
Here's the link to the blog where the pictures came from.
http://michaelyork.org/2009/01/08/ces-2009-day-1-in-vegas/
No not cool. I JUST bought a Bold.
Be happy you bought a bold. I mean 8900 is just a slightly thinner bold seemingly, and personally I think the bold looks better. Screen Resolution is the same. I wouldn't be surprised if the software is perfectly compatible, meaning I could go download the os from AT&T site and load it in a 8900. Don't know about that At&t logo on the back though. At&t store may have the ability to brand stuff.