Spotted: Curve 8900 running on AT&T

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]

[Kris120890 @ Jan 9th 2009 4:45PM]

OMG that's such a ripoff of a ..................................phone.

[Sean @ Jan 10th 2009 7:56PM]

no 3g = doo doo butter

[ehtoanokuso @ Jan 9th 2009 4:49PM]

verizon...please?

[Jash Sayani @ Jan 9th 2009 4:49PM]

The Lesson: Anything can run on anything !!

[Reginald @ Jan 9th 2009 4:56PM]

Yes, please. I'll take two. Thank you very much.

[hiko36 @ Jan 9th 2009 5:28PM]

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.

[Shawn @ Jan 9th 2009 5:50PM]

I believe that's called "roaming"...

[DrzNight @ Jan 9th 2009 8:36PM]

And it wouldn't change your background to the AT&T Logo...

[sam @ Jan 9th 2009 5:53PM]

only if Verizon would get a phone like this!

[zayra @ Jan 9th 2009 5:58PM]

please dont kill my joy!!!!

i want this phone on att...please make it happen

[Apetruck @ Jan 9th 2009 6:12PM]

Palm Pre is the new hotness, sorry BB.

[Marty @ Jan 9th 2009 6:44PM]

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.

[BBgirl @ Jan 9th 2009 7:37PM]

The back of the phone picture has AT&T branding--it is not just on the AT&T signal.

[BBgirl @ Jan 9th 2009 7:42PM]

Here's the link to the blog where the pictures came from.

http://michaelyork.org/2009/01/08/ces-2009-day-1-in-vegas/

[Ace @ Jan 10th 2009 7:19AM]

No not cool. I JUST bought a Bold.

[papa2hot @ Jan 10th 2009 11:44AM]

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.