BlackBerry Bold 9650 sales kicking off on Verizon this week?

We can't vouch for the authenticity here, but a shot over Berry Reporter alleges that Big Red will finally start taking orders for the Bold 9650 via direct fulfillment this week -- on June 3, to be exact. Considering Verizon's time-honored tradition of being all over RIM's latest CDMA releases on the double (probably because their development is funded largely by Verizon's orders), we're actually kind of surprised it's not on shelves already; it's possible that Sprint negotiated a short, sweet exclusivity period for itself just to get a little bit of a head start, we suppose. Anyhow, if you don't want to mail-order this thing, the shot goes on to say that you'll be able to check it out and buy it in stores on the 10th of the month, so hold tight.

[Thanks, Christopher K.]

[zephxiii Posted May 31st 2010 10:59PM]

yawn....

[QuickSilver98 Posted Jun 1st 2010 12:15AM]

agreed. I wouldn't even consider buying another BlackBerry until OS 6 is released.

[JFH Posted Jun 1st 2010 11:54AM]

S^3, MeeGo, Froyo, Iphone OS 4, I do not think Blackberry is really keeping up here... (even Bada looks better)

[TavarisJohnson Posted Jun 28th 2010 3:57PM]

All of these Blackberrys are basically the same. I don't see the pint of getting another on the shelves. It's pointless. Blackberry needs to pick up the pace and be more creative.