Comments on: And we have lift off: AT&T Bold launches on the 27th

By: Daggering

Daggering — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:30:31 +0000

Thanks for all the help dude.

By: Firefighter

Firefighter — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:34:25 +0000

The hopes and dreams for a “summer release” have long since faded, but at least AT&T’s finally agreed to a hard date for the hotly-anticipated Bold: November 4. The news comes courtesy of the company’s earnings call — not the most obvious place to slip in news this big — but at least it’s coming straight from the horse’s mouth.

[Thanks, Joe]

Update: And the press release just slipped out, too — $299.99 on a two-year contract. Yikes!

By: Crunch

Crunch — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 23:25:18 +0000

I guess we can continue discussing the release date at:

http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/10/22/blackberry-bold-receives-technical-acceptance-at-att/

…now that the official release date is 11/4. lol…

By: Munmeet Kailley

Munmeet Kailley — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:56:04 +0000

I just called 5 AT&T locations.. all of them said different dates ranging from November 4th to November 8th.. Im guessing its going to be somewhere in that week.
They must know something because when I used to call before, they would ALL say they had no idea.

By: Munmeet Kailley

Munmeet Kailley — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:47:00 +0000

I just talked to a AT&T rep in mountainview… she said they got an internal e-mail saying that the officail release will be november 8th..

can anyone confirm this?

By: Gman

Gman — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:09:27 +0000

Like I said before and last night again Nov 4th. thx

By: jk

jk — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:25:53 +0000

trv$ – dead-on

The population of this board and others like it are tiny. There are millions out there who know nothing about the Bold and won’t until they see the shiny object on their TV or in other advertising. Then, they’ll run out and buy it.

By: basehead

basehead — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:49:33 +0000

Wow! Who would of thought. I was right, BGR was once again wrong. I didnt even need a ninja to predict that BGR and his fabricated date would be wrong once again.

By: SCHeckler

SCHeckler — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:50:10 +0000

I’d be happy if AT&T would just publish the latest OS update for my curve. #!@$#@

By: manchild

manchild — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:47:11 +0000

why does the eternity say slider is not going to be like the caught in wild pictures

By: lonely

lonely — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 12:16:50 +0000

I want a Bold because it will download pr0n faster than my curve.

By: that guy

that guy — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 06:11:33 +0000

buncha whining little girls…

I had training on the 20th and when i walked in guess what i saw… a blackberry bold. It was in my hand we demoed them, trained with them, and used them just fine. Att Branded and ready to rock and roll. Now, the trainer did state that they were hot off the shelf directly from rim (he/she had just received them 2 days prior). So basically the only reason why im sharing this information is that it seems VERY VERY likely that the device could be launching in the immediate future.. ie 10/27.. so no real point in making a fuss til after that

just my .02

By: MIKEYMIKE

MIKEYMIKE — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 03:36:28 +0000

Oh yeh and…suck on deeeeez BGR…Crackberry is the only reliable place to get information on Blackberrys (Your pretty solid on some other shit)…Neworking with real intelligent people and solving problems…not a bunch of doctored images posted followed by a bunch fucking morons who dont know their ass from a hole in the ground.

By: MIKEYMIKE

MIKEYMIKE — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 03:32:42 +0000

you heard nothing! No one knows anything…some ATT sores in NYC just got SKU’s in their system…they have no product, and no price…There was an ATT bold for sale on ebay, and due to some super sleuthing we were able to figure out a bunch of shit using that SKU…………………….I will tell you animals nothing because i dont want to be one of these fucking losers who put up incorrect dates……..but it looks like those of you who still want this phone WILL be getting it sooner than you think.

That is all.

By: Gman

Gman — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 02:05:08 +0000

I was told that the 27th was the day that the bold can be ordered/shipped. The day you can buy it is still on Nov. 4th.

By: AMC

AMC — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:53:39 +0000

Just talked with my firms ATT rep and he confirmed October 27 is a go date! It’s about time…..

By: No One

No One — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:29:09 +0000

Let’s see, October 27th, is that your final answer? (Of course not.) I still don’t know what’s taking RIM so long to release the bold. All they have to do is box them up and ship them to AT&T and T-Mobile stores. It’s that simple. So easy, a caveman could do it. (LOL)

By: basehead

basehead — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:43:37 +0000

While the delay of the BOLD isn’t AT&T’s fault to say that ATT test there phone more than any provider is crazy. ATT is consistently rank at or near the bottom of the 4 major providers(check J.D.power or consumer reports).

That being said, the date given by Boy genius is totally made up. I predict that by Thurs (10/23) BGR will be again reporting that the BOLD has once again been “delayed”.I honestly think that BGR just randomly picks dates at 2 week intervals to drum up site traffic. You will know that one of his dates are correct when someone else independently corroborates his release date

By: emag

emag — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:32:09 +0000

@AT&TREP: is this some new policy after the problems with *ahem* another recently-released 3G device that did, in fact, launch with issues, glitchy software, etc? Did AT&T “do that” to their customers up until that point?

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:51:03 +0000

How about they launch the BOLD already and there will be no more anger floating around….LOL

By: MIKEYMIKE

MIKEYMIKE — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:38:41 +0000

@AT&TREP

no one is blaming ATT for fixing the fucking phones. Just how about letting customers know what exactly is going on.

By: AT&TREP

AT&TREP — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:44:39 +0000

It WILL be released on the 27th… Blackberry/AT&T just had the big blackberry Bold launch party. They don’t do that unless they are launching a phone… also, if you are blaming at&t for the delay i would like to explain that at&t tests there devices more extensivly than any other provider. the Bold had issues. that is the only reason it didnt come out… Providers in other countries have pulled it off the shelves because they launched it early and it was glitchy. At&t doesnt want to do that to their customers. By the way, aside from the camera the new Samsung Epix blows the bold away… and I’m a blackberry user.

By: level

level — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:30:20 +0000

…it must be the tps reports.

By: MIKEYMIKE

MIKEYMIKE — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:54:06 +0000

@ the insider

I dont think anyone was calling BS on you buddy, i think EVERYONE is calling BS on the 27th date. Let’s face it, the release of this phone will be a secret until ATT finally grows a set and adresses the public. We can pass around these nice October rumors to comfort our inner toddler that is screaming, “I WANT IT NOW!”, but we will not know a damn thing until ATT wants to let us out of the dark.

By: TheInsider

TheInsider — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:39:41 +0000

In case you’re calling BS on my post, I just want to clarify the fact that I have no reason to make any of this up. I’m currently using a LG-VX5200 (read: POS) until the Bold comes out. I want the release to happen as badly as anyone. I’m just relaying what our business contact told me in our conversation today. Although your blind optimism may prove to be correct on this one, I’m betting heavily against it. If you look at the facts, it REALLY doesn’t look as though they’re going to make Oct 27. I don’t claim to know anything personally, I’m just relaying a conversation that I had with someone who might.

By: Crunch

Crunch — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 18:57:54 +0000

I call BS.

By: TheInsider

TheInsider — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 18:02:32 +0000

I was just told by our account rep that the Oct 27th date will not hold and has been pushed back to early November. I believe the first part of that sentence and I think the second part was a bit ad-libbed. I can’t say for sure whether early November is actually being targeted or whether my rep was just stating the obvious that early November does indeed follow late October.

By: Crunch

Crunch — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:58:01 +0000

Yes, good point, but I don’t agree with it. AT&T constantly releases new phones that I’m often times surprised by, so call me the ultimate optimist, and I AM an optimist in general, we’ll see that baby in now five to six days.

By: kfl989

kfl989 — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:54:00 +0000

Guys its no just going to come out and suprise everyone.. They are gonna have an offical release date so they can build at least a little hype if any about the phone.. It doesnt make sense to basicly NOT tell anyone about the relase date a couple days befor it comes out.

By: JAZ

JAZ — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:45:28 +0000

I just spoke to my Blackberry rep and he says yes, they are training but the only time frame he has heard is December. He has not heard anything about the 27th and says this is very unlikely.
Guess I’m going to have to go Wed and buy a curve. I am REALLY not happy about this. I have been postponing my purchasing of a blackberry since Aug- I should have just gotten it then.