Comments on: Rogers announces official Blackberry Bold release date, August 21st

By: Spencer503

Spencer503 — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:19:39 +0000

What is up with AT& T? The Bold has taken an eternity to be released without even a hint from them about a launch and just the other day Big Red (Verizon) runs an ad on television for the Blackberry Storm. If I had known I would grow old before this phone was released I would have opted for the Iphone.

By: kimo

kimo — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:49:53 +0000

do we know if / when sprint will hve the bold? im thinking of ut buying the world edition unless it comes out soon to sprint….

By: fROGERS

fROGERS — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 01:14:13 +0000

f*ck rogers… it was supposed to come out today and the phone is released but now the shipment is delayed… i f*cking hate this stupid company

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:19:45 +0000

official 399 on 3 year term. Somewhere it was mentioned in a newspaper that it was 299. no dice.
On the website, 599 with no term, or if you’re dumb enough, you can also buy it for 599 on a 1 or 2 year plan. Give us a break, Rogers! The same price for a 0, 1, or 2 year plan and offering a discount ONLY on a 3 yr?
So, for the cost of 2 months service, you can be contract free.
F-U Rogers. And BTW, your website SUCKS, buy some more bandwidth, fukkers! Your profits soared, yet your subscriber base sunk over the last year. That tells you something; Crooks.

By: rory

rory — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:56:40 +0000

To J.P. Michaels…check your spam folder…that’s where I found mine….

By: j.p michaels

j.p michaels — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:13:21 +0000

To Evilstrike
I did sign up but there was never and email update sent out.

By: Julie

Julie — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:58:51 +0000

Damnit…I want one.
Right Nowwwww.
Immeeeeediately.
Post Haste!!!!

By: Perspective

Perspective — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:53:38 +0000

Galvatron: No offense, but I don’t think Apple cares whether a guy that takes his name from a transformer buys their product or not. In light of your punctuation, spelling and grammar issues, this is an idea that will likely sail right over your head. In the meantime, please say hello to “Soundwave” for me.

By: Evilstrike

Evilstrike — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:44:48 +0000

To j.p.michaels.
The reason there is no update is because what you see in this post is an email that I and other received from rogers after signing up to their “release date form” that was on rogers sites when it went public about 2months ago that rogers “would” get the Bold. So this is like a pre-release official public date release email hehe. If im not mistaken then took down the link a couple days later

By: Galvatron

Galvatron — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:50:41 +0000

id take an N95 over an iphone anyday

By: j.p.michaels

j.p.michaels — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:37:40 +0000

399$ is a lot but if you compare it to the N95 which also was 399$ when it came out, the Bold is perhaps a better Deal. The N95 dropped to 199$ before the Iphone release date.
If you compare it to the ~15 Bucks what they charge you for the unit at TMO on a 2 year term (Relax 1000)in Germany, Rogers can’t get close
I went and signed up on Rogers website “no updates at all”. No changes to their website, nothing confirmed in terms of dates. I am not saying BG is not correct, but you would think they make some more noise about the Bold!!??

By: cacao

cacao — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:14:15 +0000

wifi: iphone vs BB
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTq6l9zc48Y

By: cacao

cacao — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:47:37 +0000

Any word on how much it will be without a plan on rogers? how do we get an unlocked one?

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:21:38 +0000

Why get the Bold when the Blackberry Thunder is coming out in September – Better system and hardware if you want an iPhone style with touch screen.

By: J_MC

J_MC — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:15:12 +0000

How did you know? Aug 12th AT&T field testers had to exchange their devices for new ones. Which means this is a RIM problem and not AT&T. We are looking at sometime around Halloween for a release on AT&T.

By: LA

LA — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:25:20 +0000

Oh well, I never thought I’d see the day when the UK get a blackberry before USA & Canada.
Got mine on Saturday with Orange upgrade.
Worth the wait and loving my new BOLD

By: CanisMinor

CanisMinor — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:15:00 +0000

Keep hating on blue till end October / beginning November.

By the time the Bold is out on AT&T, it will be about 18 months since the 8800, its predecessor launched. By this time, RIM is deep in development for the successor of the Bold.

By: Clark

Clark — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:12:08 +0000

Rogers site says the bold is “expandable to 8 gigabytes”….
Thought it was expandable up to 16 gigabytes? Hopefully At&t’s will go up to 16 GB’s….

By: Tyrone D.

Tyrone D. — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:31:15 +0000

I wish I could say I was excited about this…it actually pisses me right off! WTF is up with at&t…bastards!!!

I hate you blue, i hate you!!!

By: spraggab

spraggab — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:12:29 +0000

@cacao: don’t forget rogers has a $30/month for 6GB/month deal on 3G phones right now.

By: erik_cooK

erik_cooK — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:10:28 +0000

Will the bold be available for tmo?

By: beandoc

beandoc — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:05:14 +0000

You definitely have a point. I just don’t understand how, if this device really has been in development for longer than the iPhone’s existence, it is having network/battery/whatever x infinity problems ONLY on AT&T.

Seems like either a load of crap or some serious lack of preparation on a RIM engineer’s part.

By: Ristic

Ristic — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:04:37 +0000

Actually we have a 13% tax rate now

By: cacao

cacao — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:52:26 +0000

all you americans complaining about a 4 week delay at least will get a deal worthy of consideration.
$400 + 15% sales tax and 3 year contract with laughable data plans is nothing to envy.

By: MO

MO — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:42:54 +0000

i guess at&t(assholes) is gonna release its bold after barack mccain win da election…*smh*

By: jon

jon — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:39:41 +0000

iphone 3g came out on time, but “works” is a stretch. just got rid of mine yesterday after barely a week. battery life was a joke and had loads of dropped calls in full signal area. sorry for going off topic.

By: Sheed

Sheed — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:23:44 +0000

old blue, my iphone 3G came out on time and it works, no complaints dude.

By: Kip

Kip — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:19:38 +0000

Isn’t this phone already out
oh ya its that other phone.

By: old bluetooth

old bluetooth — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:17:40 +0000

Maybe when it is released in the states, we should ignore it for the first few days to show them what it feels like to be left till last. hey if the thing is such a piece of garbage that it won’t even run on our network, then who needs it. My old curve is showing its age but at least it came out in a timely fashion and works. Something the iPhone can’t even say the second time around. They drag us around by our noses, then give us garbage.

By: meng

meng — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:16:27 +0000

ain’t nothing wrong with that! haha