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?
Another thought to consider … “9000″ conjures up fond memories of HAL. And I think this BlackBerry, while lacking the infamously ominous red eye of HAL 9000, by carrying the Precision themes, definitely brings the colour red to the forefront. Now I just want HAL’s voice for some of the sounds. “Dave, you have a new SMS message.” “Dave? Dave? You have a call.”
Verizon hasn’t had a release date BB i think ever…I could be wrong. But definately not recently. They took forever getting all the newest devices, what makes you think that will change now?? My vote is on at&t getting it first, maybe T-Mobile.
I’m retracting my last statement on here,due to further information received…while not the best name RIM could have come up with, BlackBerry Bold it will be.
hmm, seems like blackberrybold.com gets redirected to http://www.blackberry.com/blackberrybold/
which is no longer available. But proof perhaps?
I just went to http://www.blackberrybold.com and got a whole list of “related searches” text links. Plus, the domain still shows as registered to some company called dotster.com:
Domain Name: BLACKBERRYBOLD.COM
Registrar: DOTSTER, INC.
Whois Server: whois.dotster.com
Referral URL: http://www.dotster.com
Name Server: DNS1.CSCDNS.NET
Name Server: DNS2.CSCDNS.NET
Status: clientDeleteProhibited
Status: clientTransferProhibited
Status: clientUpdateProhibited
Updated Date: 11-may-2008
Creation Date: 07-mar-2008
Expiration Date: 07-mar-2009
I agree it is now getting directed to http://www.blackberry.com/blackberrybold/ .. So, you’ll have to hand it to the guys at crackberry for finding out the name… The better question is when will Blackberry 9000 or BOLD be released to the public?
Isn’t Pi a root of something?? Are you serious.. heh.. While I agree that the Blackberry Pi would be a cool name, really who cares. I mean I have a Pearl, and while it sounds kinda cool, I just say I have a blackberry. Who cares if it’s called Bold. Look at the Wii, did Nintendo suffer from that? Ya, all the way to the bank!
AT&T it is!
http://gizmodo.com/389510/att-confirms-first-dibs-on-blackberry-bold
Here’s the rundown:
• Has 802.11a/b/g plus good GPS, typically a tradeoff with BBs
• GPS is enhanced and assisted, and the handset has better map rendering, says Laptop
• 480 x 320 resolution screen with 65,000 colors—Crave says “never seen a better-looking display”
• 624MHz Intel PXA270/Marvell Tavor PXA930 processor (reports differ), up from 312MHz
• Runs BlackBerry OS 4.6
• Keyboard has 8800-style “sculpted keys,” says PC Mag, “but the rows are separated by curved barriers”
• 4.5″ tall x 2.6″ wide x 0.5″ deep, weighing 4.7oz
• Side-loading MicroSD/SDHC slot for up to 16GB additional
• 2MP camera with flash
• Talk time of 5 hours, with standby of 13 days
• MP3, WMA, AAC, DivX4 and WMV3 codec support
• 3.5mm headphone jack
• “Pretty powerful speakers—none of that weak, tinny junk,” says Crave
• 128MB of flash plus 1GB of onboard memory (with encryption)
• Black leather back panel that can be swapped for other color leather plates
• Pricing will be $300 to $500 says BGR, a pretty wide (and obvious) range; Crave narrows it to “$300 to $400″
This is going to be one of the hottest phones on the market. Check out http://www.blackberry-9000.com for more info about this phone.