BlackBerry Bold giveaway winners!
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It’s certainly been a long time coming, but it took us forever to sit down, scroll through over 500 photos, and the finally choose some winners. Here we go! Stephen Birdsong is the winner of the AT&T Bold, Richard Baker is the winner of the Orange UK Bold, Andrei Clark for Rogers, Georg Sisow for T-Mobile Germany, and Ho Gao for PCCW. Congrats guys, emails are going out soon to arrange shipping. Thanks to everyone who entered!
Tags: AT&T, blackberry bold, contest, orange uk, pccw, Rogers, tmobile germany, winners
Well it’s about time!
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Post the winning pics!
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wow bg thanks for being disloyal to ya real homies!!
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what about the us man?
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Oh god, bring on the haters..lol I however got tired of waiting for BG to sift through that BlackBerry abuse and bought one anyways. Congrats to the winners
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Depressed, but would still like to see the winning pics. Congrats everybody!
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disloyal in deed i spent hours on this blog and never win so much for my crippled ass
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Im happy for them, I am being patient and staying positive for Oct 2nd
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I too would like to see the winning pictures. I’m not trying to be a hater, but I just wanna make sure they beat me. I was the only one who set theirs on fire for goodness sake.
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my pic wasnt considered, although i did everything right, incl. posts., sent additional email etc. Getting into a contest with 500 pics, and only 50-100 of them for t-mobile germany, there is a gut chance of winning, so i didnt like being left out.
Is there anybody out there thats also left out?
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Luuuuuucky!! congrats to the winners.
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It would be nice to see what pics won the contest. Can you show them to us? I didn’t enter because I don’t do BB; but saw some of the pics, and was curious to know which ones’s won.
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i think they should have did the 5 best photos then give it out for the carrier not the best photo for each carrier…
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Holy crap! I’ve never won any contest before! Could this be the start of something new?!? I’m going to buy some lottery tickets now!
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U.S. iPhone traffic clogs RIM’s Bold plans
Article Comments (11) MATT HARTLEY
From Wednesday’s Globe and Mail
September 17, 2008 at 9:33 AM EDT
It looks as though BlackBerry enthusiasts in the U.S. have yet another reason to hate the iPhone.
Research In Motion Ltd.’s BlackBerry Bold has yet to launch with its exclusive U.S. carrier and it appears that Apple Inc.’s latest iPhone may be the reason why.
Even though the Bold is available in more than a dozen countries, AT&T Inc. has yet to offer the device in the U.S. because iPhone data traffic is clogging the telecom giant’s networks, according to analysts.
Both devices use the same next generation (3G) network technology, but it now appears AT&T wasn’t prepared for the bandwidth-hogging Apple device and doesn’t have the resources to launch the Bold until it cures its iPhone issues.
One reason is that the iPhone lacks the data compression technology that is a hallmark of RIM’s BlackBerry devices.
“AT&T really relied upon RIM for its data network management,” Canaccord Adams analyst Peter Misek wrote in a note to clients this week. “Recall that RIM manages virtually all of the data traffic for its carriers globally … AT&T in our view was spoiled by the fact that RIM essentially shielded the carrier from the full burden on the network.”
Also, whereas BlackBerry data traffic is channelled through RIM’s servers, the iPhone utilizes a “ping-pong” technology which must constantly access AT&T’s network in order to receive data and e-mails, placing a great strain on the telecom company’s cellular infrastructure. “We believe that AT&T is now realizing that it can have up to 20 BlackBerrys for every iPhone on its network,” Mr. Misek said. AT&T will need to spend as much as $1-billion (U.S.) to repair its network, he added.
The Bold launched in Canada with Rogers Wireless Communications Inc. on Aug. 21.
RIM co-chief executive officer Jim Balsillie told a wireless industry conference last week that he expects the Bold will be available in the U.S. through AT&T in October.
AT&T’s wireless business did not respond to requests for comment. RIM (TSX) rose $3.03 (Canadian) to $107.63. ATT (NYSE) fell 27 cents to $24.65. Matt Hartley
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Im over the moon, all I can say is thanks BGR
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Oh, I was so excited I didn’t realize how rude I was being. Thanks BGR!
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LOL @ andrei
congrats! hope you win big with those lottery tickets! wish my pic had won but thank god for ebay bb curve for me =DDDDD
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damn I killed my curve sure I had a winning pic, you only live once
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lol @ JB
@dead curve owners
anyone still have an undamaged screen lens they want to get rid of? =D lol hit my gmail its my username here
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Congrats you lucky !@#$%^&
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im so jelly, i wish it was me.
yeah i agree. post the winning pics!
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Yeah, bring on the pics.
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I would also like to see the winning pictures!
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Boy Genius -
Could you POST the WINNING pictures, please?
Thanks.
Q
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