RIM and AT&T event next Tuesday -- BlackBerry slider and OS 6 en route?

Well well, what's this? We just got an invite to a joint RIM / AT&T event next Tuesday, and we'd guess that means we're about to see the official unveiling of the well-leaked BlackBerry 9800 slider with a side dish of BlackBerry OS 6. Either that, or RIM CEO Mike Lazaridis is going to explain how working two-way Gmail sync is a real problem that affects every smartphone and give us a tour of RIM's top-secret email integration labs, but yeah -- we've got our bets on new hardware. We'll obviously be there live covering every detail, so make sure to tune in!

[RKN Posted Jul 27th 2010 10:39PM]

@BrookLynnsFinest Sprinkles, what are we going to do with you, you disgusting monkey?

[BrookLynnsFinest Posted Jul 28th 2010 8:53AM]

@RKN

Dude what is your problem? I think you're a racist. And you're not helping your case by calling me a "monkey" every single time.

LEAVE ME ALONE. I'm not talking to you idiot. What is your sick obsession with me?

[AKBlade13 Posted Jul 27th 2010 4:21PM]

RIM, please make a good phone that people in the tech world can care about, please!

[crowl Posted Jul 27th 2010 4:28PM]

@AKBlade13 As long as they keep making phones that customers want to buy, I doubt they care too much about the rantings of a few gadget bloggers.

[VAVA Mk 2 Posted Jul 27th 2010 4:27PM]

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[NISXAN Posted Jul 27th 2010 4:33PM]

If they want to keep me on my BB, then 6 better come out before the end of August when my NE2 kicks in and I order a new Droid X.

[ckeegan Posted Jul 27th 2010 4:37PM]

I wonder what they would do if no one showed up at the event? I personally don't like the look of OS6 anymore than I like the look of WP7.

[Mecha2142 Posted Jul 27th 2010 4:38PM]

Haha, I love that hidden jab towards Apple regarding the gmail sync and the labs. Nice work.

[Anku Posted Jul 27th 2010 7:54PM]

@Mecha2142

THANK YOU! Someone finally mentioned it. +1, good sir. I was beginning to think that absolutely no one understood that...

[EagleyeSmith Posted Jul 27th 2010 4:43PM]

Shwwweeeeeet.

[Alex Posted Jul 27th 2010 4:45PM]

There are so many great phones out there today, I don't know what I'll end up picking upon renewing my contract.

Blackberry slider with OS6?
Dell Thunder (WP7 sider)?
Droid 2?

[giulio Posted Jul 27th 2010 4:47PM]

You know some BB rep is gonna hold the phone with the iPhone 4 death grip just to jab at apple.

I'm excited to see what BB comes up with.

[Hydra Posted Jul 27th 2010 4:51PM]

RIM is going to take blackberry from the year 1995 and bring into 1997! , with slow phones running the laggy OS , that lacks any decent features and doesn't have basic apps (like a youtube app that offers uploads to youtube) The app store is horrible, slow

Worst of all, none of the apps are made to work on just wifi only, so if you are out of a data area , then guess what, none of your apps work

[mattbutsko Posted Jul 27th 2010 7:00PM]

@Hydra Literally nothing you said was factual, nice. 100% fail rate is a rarity.

[Anku Posted Jul 27th 2010 7:59PM]

@Hydra

Wow. I don't quite know what to say. I am actually speechless. Impressive. Wow.

[ExplicitFunction Posted Jul 27th 2010 5:03PM]

"join us"

Is it just me or does that sound more like a demand than a request?

You'll not take me!

[Ucbigmike20 Posted Jul 27th 2010 5:18PM]

Wow. AT&T seems to be getting a lot of new phones this summer. And they cover every OS platform out there, good and bad ones!

[EagleyeSmith Posted Jul 27th 2010 5:30PM]

@Ucbigmike20

Yea, AT&T gets it in, even w/ the bad press. I guess any press is good press, eh?

[kanuck Posted Jul 27th 2010 5:41PM]

CANNOT WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Psyclotr0n Posted Jul 27th 2010 6:13PM]

@kanuck
MORTAL KOMBAAAAAAAT!!!!!!!!

[AckbarsFist Posted Jul 27th 2010 6:35PM]

Since when does AT&T do anything "promptly?"

[Psyclotr0n Posted Jul 27th 2010 6:52PM]

@AckbarsFist
billing statements?

[MRCUR Posted Jul 27th 2010 7:00PM]

@AckbarsFist - Contrary to popular belief, AT&T's network is damn solid with mad fast 3G in many areas.

[AckbarsFist Posted Jul 27th 2010 7:07PM]

@AckbarsFist I wasn't referring the the cell network. I was referring to other factors such as rolling out software updates, etc.

[MRCUR Posted Jul 27th 2010 6:59PM]

For as much as I bash RIM, OS 6 is turning out to be pretty good looking. I might just have to pick up a 9780 at launch, or maybe the 9800 depending on contract-free pricing.

There's just something about BBs that I miss when I'm not using one. Maybe it's the hardware, maybe it's BBM, maybe it's something I can't even think of...

[kenny goo Posted Jul 27th 2010 7:34PM]

Blackberry Torch 9800 FTW!

You think this is gonna be AT&T exclusive since Verizon has the Storm? That would be quite the win for them.

[jamexman Posted Jul 27th 2010 7:37PM]

A few weeks ago, their CEO said they will announce two devices that will blow out the water any other device on the market... So it's gotta be better than the iPhone 4, droid x, evo 4g etc.... We will see, for RIM's hope...

[Inspector Gadget80 Posted Jul 27th 2010 8:34PM]

Um how bout announcing more ANDROID devices too AT&T. getting really tired of you guys not bringing enough phones.

[blazeofglory Posted Jul 27th 2010 9:20PM]

it's still a blackberry, right? Ok, so wake me when it's 2002 again and maybe I'll be impressed.

[iamajim Posted Jul 27th 2010 11:43PM]

i just wish this was coming to vz

[cd5love96 Posted Jul 27th 2010 11:47PM]

Yawn.... A bb will always be a bb.

[John52 Posted Jul 28th 2010 2:08AM]

Whatever side of the fence you sit on ( iOS, Android, Blackberry OS, Meego, Palm OS & Win 7) as a consumer we all win. Better apps, cheaper pricing, more developers, etc, etc. If only something can be done about the carriers limiting the phones, throttling bandwidth, and locking down phones. (Hello AT&T/Verizon)