Sprint 8830 delayed until mid-July?

A popular BlackBerry forum is placing Sprint’s release of the BlackBerry 8830 Worldphone a full month after its initially rumored release date. This seems entirely possible, given Verizon’s recent rollout issues, and Sprint’s general track record for botched/delayed release dates. As predictable as this might be, it’s still a significant blow to Sprint subscribers that were looking forward to getting their hands on the newest ‘Berry. Argh. No specifics were given as to why the date has been pushed back, though we can bet that it has nothing to do with increased functionality. Could it be that RIM is having some supply issues? Coupled with Verizon’s low stock at launch, this seems to be the most logical explanation. For once the best guess doesn’t fault Sprint.

31 Responses to “Sprint 8830 delayed until mid-July?”

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    Takeanotherlook says:

    I heard the same as Jeffola but I heard the Iden network is good through 2010. Did anyone else hear that?

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    Jay Hova says:

    Nextel just released the ic902, does anyone know if they are releasing any PDA or smart phones?

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    Crystal says:

    Does your govt. rep. say anything about a blackberry with camera coming out with sprint? AT&T coming out with Blackberry curve, it seems like they get all the cool phones, any commments on this?

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    LCanela says:

    Did anyone here of sprint coming out with a camera 8830? I have nextel(7100) now, but am looking at the 8830 from either sprint, verizon or the curve from att. I def. Need a blackberry for my line of work but at the same time it would be nice to have a camera.(might just go to sprint because of the free incoming.) how’s there cust. Support, is it as good as nextel?

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    LCanela says:

    Or of the blackberry coming with ptt

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    JasonC says:

    As someone who works for a local government emergency services, I’ve been involved with the Great Band Migration. The migration which will force iden into obsolescence is at least 6 years, YEARS behind schedule, and get’s more behind every day. I don’t see the demise of iden for at least that long.

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