BlackBerry Bold is the BlackBerry 9000?
We’ve got some intel that we’ve been sitting on that suggests the final name of the BlackBerry 9000 will turn out to be the BlackBerry Bold. This isn’t confirmed, and the domain, which was purchased from a shady-looking comnpany in Canada, currently has text link ads on it. Not a good sign. Let’s see if this pans out. Anyone feeling the name if it turns out to be real?
Uh, no. My CND $0.02 … “Bold” just sounds too contrived, not to mention boring. “Bold” is in the design and the OS. Leave it there. I’m hoping this is just a rumour without standing. RIM needs a better marketing department (or agency, if they outsource) if all that the marketing people come up with is “Bold” … I mean, name notwithstanding, I’ll still buy it but I’ll refer to it as the “9000″ over “Bold” any day …
Nobody is really going to call it “Bold” they are going to call it “the 9000″, especially the CrackBerry users…
I think the final name will turn out to be the 3G Blackberry over bold or 9000
Nope, not feeling it…RIM uses CSC Corporate Domains, which is a part of register.com out of Yarmouth,NS,Canada where their home office is out of New York..look at all the domains..
Blackberry9000.com,
Blackberry9100.com,
Blackberry9310.com,
All the same registrar..and look at the whois information as well..
Registrant:
Research In Motion Limited
Domain Administrator
295 Philip Street
Waterloo, ON N2L3L3
CA
dnsadmin@rim.net
+1.5198887465 Fax: +1.5198887465
Domain Name: BLACKBERRY9130.COM
Registrar of Record: Corporate Domains, Inc.
Administrative Contact:
Research In Motion Limited
Domain Administrator
295 Philip Street
Waterloo, ON N2L3L3
CA
dnsadmin@rim.net
+1.5198887465 Fax: +1.5198887465
Technical Contact:
CSC Corporate Domains
Technical Administrator
PO Box 597
Yarmouth, NS B5A 4B4
CA
admin@internationaladmin.com
+1.9027492792 Fax: +1.4137238334
Aside from that information, the name BOLD sucks ass.
i dont really care too much for the name. i cant wait to see what this has to offer. if it flops ill just end up with the curve !
I don’t like it…
I suggests the final name of the BlackBerry 9000 will turn out to be the BlackBerry UBRAN. Then, You should say yourself ” CALL ME URBAN..” * BLACKBERRY URBAN * instead of BLACKBERRY BOLD
I agree,it should stay at 9000,RIM are trying now to market their devices,about time,cant wait for the iphone killa the 9100 storm
Which U.S. carrier is getting this?
Bold is ok. 9000 is better. I want to know when I’ll be able to buy the ‘berry on UK Vodafone! I phoned them up yesterday and they know NOTHING about it………. pffffff
I get my upgrade on 7th June. Do you think UK Voda will have it by then?
They should call it Turtle about the speed of their releases.
BlackBerry Bold (with or without the SHOUTING upper case) just doesn’t live up to the legacy.
Although, if it were shortened to B3….
BlackBerrry B3
Yea I think I like that!
“9000″ name RULES!!
“Bold” sounds like a name “steve Jobs” wood call his next screwup!!
My whois search on blackberrybold.com comes up with a company in Washington State:
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‘Bold’ doesn’t do anything for me.
Unlike some above, I think it DOES need a name. Consumer devices from RIM seem to have names, business devices don’t (I don’t consider “World Edition” a name though some folks seem to). 9000 is obviously a consumer oriented device for ATT and TMO here stateside.
81xx Pearl and 83xx Curve, versus 87xx and 88xx without names.
I’d call it the Blackberry Eclipse. It’s dark, the red tinges feed into it. It’s curvy like a mother. The chrome gives it an eclipse like look.
Blackberry Eclipse. The world in your hand.
Wow. Now that’s what I like to see, initiative….
This thing absolutely rocks…….however the “Blackberry Bold” really makes it sound a tad HORRIBLE, I can think of a ton of different names for that thing than “Bold”…..
I doubt AT&T will go for it given that they’re colloquially known as the Death Star.
I also thought of
Blackberry Pebl
Blackberry Razr
Blackberry iPhoneknockoff
Blackberry BlackPearl
But they all seemed like fud.
I don’t think the name is half bad. Don’t see what all the fuss is about. Plus, who cares what the name is if its kick butt device?
It’s not like it’s called the Blackberry Pansy or something like that…
SB – Blackberry Pi.
B3??. Better would be B4. I still like Blackberry Pi. Especially with vanilla ice cream. Isn’t Pi the root of something?
Pi or π is one of the most important mathematical constants.
Important – Good.
Constant – Better.
That’ll be $5000.00 please. Just deposit it to my account.
Which U.S. Carrier is getting this?
Please not AT&T