Blackberry Bold 9000 announced!

[chezmax]

http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/05/first-look-hand.html
http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9940313-7.html?tag=nefd.top

Yay! No more furtive looks at my device on the bus!

Fun stuff, it has a ridiculous amount of radios:
Quad Band GSM (850/900/1800/1900)
HSDPA/UMTS (850/1900/2100)
GPS
WiFi (802.11 a/b/g)
Bluetooth.

Comments

[deusinnomen.livejournal.com]

It looks absolutely hot and precisely what I want available to get me to give up my iPhone. However, it also looks like it's going to be retardedly expensive. :/

(And, AT&T hates America and won't let you re-sign a contract to get the discounted price. I do miss that feature of Sprint.)

[chezmax]

At least you have carrier choice...

[deusinnomen.livejournal.com]

True. Do you have a remote clue on that price, BTW? I've heard early estimates putting it around $799US to $849US.

[chezmax]

Nope, and if I did, I couldn't reveal it :(

[balatro.livejournal.com]

Heh. I don't know if I can give up my iPhone for it. I've been watching videos of the user interface and it DOES look sexy. But there's something so elegant about my iPhone and the fact that it's also a beautiful media device.

Though if I were to give it up it'd probably be for the BB 9000. I just don't know if I'd want to risk AT&T's 3G or wait for an EVDO version from Verizon.

[balatro.livejournal.com]

PS: Is that a Bold in your pocket or are you just happy to see me. :)

[chezmax]

Oh baby.

[da-lj.livejournal.com]

For the next while, *other* people will be making furtive looks at your device on the bus. ;)

Looks pretty slick.

[annathyst]

D'oh, I just got a Cuve a few weeks ago. Oh well, at least it was free.

Any chance you can hook people up with employee discounts? :)

[chezmax]

There's no employee discount beyond the free BB+service we get for working here. :)

[chuggy.livejournal.com]

I hate/love you max

/Stabs with a Curve

Hehe the bold looks to be a sweet machine. I wish you told me they maybe something coming out Soon (tm) before i got a curve. Lets hope 4.5 is as good as 4.6.

[compwizrd.livejournal.com]

and unavailable in canada, woo!

Telus should get them around the time they're obsolete. :)

[chezmax]

There's very good reasons for RIM launching on GSM networks first. The devices for CDMA are almost completely different inside (including the basic platform), so it's not just a case of just swapping out the GSM radio for a CDMA one.

[compwizrd.livejournal.com]

I'm just bitter that my 7520 is far slower than Dialup, for the 92 bucks a month it costs :)

That, and the front bezel broke a few months after I got it, and RIM wouldn't sell me a new one, and Telus was useless too :)

Granted, the 7520 could be run over by a car and it'd still work.. so RIM still wins :)

[chezmax]

I believe there's several EVDO capable BBs available? (at least, they exist, whether Bell/Telus have them is unknown to me)

[compwizrd.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but I'm stuck with iDEN.. :)

That, and high speed would be bad, because Telus charges 8 bucks a meg anyways :)

Rock, hard place. :)

I'm done bitching now :)

[chezmax]

You're on iDEN?! We have iDEN in Canada?!

[compwizrd.livejournal.com]

800mhz FTW!

Works on Nextel in the US, and Telus in Canada.

[chezmax]

And they're quite available if you work for RIM. I've got four on my desk :P

[masterslacker.livejournal.com]

you know ... I've been reading about that device for almost a month now on various websites ... I'm surprised it took RIM so long to announce it :)

[balatro.livejournal.com]

A good RIMing takes time. :)

Don't Kid Yerself

[epiphany.livejournal.com]

I'd be sneaking furtive looks at yer device no matter what you were doing, on the bus or off!

[asmodeusb.livejournal.com]

What, no 802.11n(both frequencies)? Slacker!
Looks nifty, but the chain that would come with one is a (work-related-)chain I do not want.

egad! what use would n be??

[chezmax]

for a device that never downloads more than a couple k at a time?

still, you could buy one with a personal plan, rather than a corporate one (especially since youd have to use a gsm network anyway!)