Fear squasher: BlackBerry Curve 8900 still coming to AT&T
With the influx of BlackBerry Curve 8900 news lately as a result of T-Mobile’s official announcement that the highly anticipated handset would be available next month, many AT&T customers found themselves wondering why AT&T has been so quiet to date. Comments and emails have flooded BGR and plenty of other sites as well, wondering if AT&T would be passing on the Curve 8900 due to lack of 3G or as a result of botched negotiations, T-Mobile exclusivity, etc. As such, it will surely come as welcome news to AT&T-contracted BlackBerry fans that the Curve 8900 is indeed still on its way to the nations largest carrier second-largest carrier. RIM hit CES this week with a booth full of ‘Berrys and among them, a sleek new Curve 8900 all dressed up in AT&T branding. In short, nothing has changed and the Curve 8900 is still on its way to Big Blue. AT&T would hardly pass on the update to one of its best-selling handsets of course, despite the glaring lack of WCDMA. But then, that’s where the Bold comes in. While it still looks like T-Mobile will be the first to bring the Curve 8900 to market in the US, expect news on the AT&T release soon.
Thanks, Laurie!
I agree with the “why do you need 3G on a bb?” comments. i live in an edge town. Love the looks, os of the Bold. But when I go to my local 3g city (vega$) my battery goes to hell, and I don’t use 3g much for anything. If i can get 3g without the murdered battery life, then sign me up. if not, then… eh.
Engadgetmobile.com recently followed up on this post and they said that they went to the rim booth also but found no att branded 8900 in sight!
This is good news for those who currently have curves and who don’t mind using EDGE. I personally need 3G, hense why I have a Bold.
lack of 3G on the 8900 = lame
It looks like the screen says “AT&T . Celcom” or something like that.
Like someone took another BB 8900, uploaded an AT&T background, and used one of those applications to change the name of the “service”.
^ If you would bother to go the linked page in the report, you can see the pic of the phone back–with AT&T branding. The PHONE is AT&T, not just the service.
Doesn’t make a bit of sense… Why would Ralph de la Vega (President and CEO of AT&T Mobility) make a statement about scaling back EDGE network to make every device 3G, go for the Javelin. It sounds like a bunch of marketing garbage to offset the TMo – 8900 buzz….
I hope that it does come to AT&T. I’ve been shopping for a smartphone for some time, and this looks like “The One!”
where’s the link for De La Vega’s statement?? because as far as i know this is nothing but an unconfirmed rumor
my Bold doesn’t seem any faster on 3G than on Edge, I think wifi and gps are more important features. But with at&t supposedly cutting down Edge services in some areas it is scary. That and most phones are terrible at switching between edge 3g and wifi. The Bold is 100 times better than the iPhone for that.
@Carlberry:
Here you go….ya’ll better take off those blinders or email him and call him a liar.
http://www.blackberryforums.com/media-center/140457-fix-media-player-not-scanning-music-stuck-scan-constant-reboots.html
My mistake…..
http://gizmodo.com/375314/straight-from-att-mobility-ceos-mouth-3g-iphone-coming-in-months
All this talk about”AT&T, puhleez hurry and release a release date”. If you are willing to wait until march, sign a 3 year contract, still pay $199 go ahead. But would you rather just buy the unlocked version without contract for $400+/- And then you verizon customers don’t have to wait until 2010 to get the 8900. Lol. 1 year from now the same schmucks begging for the curve 8900 series are going to say they “need” not “want” the next new BB phone. RIM is so smart they have 8 hour meetings on how to market properly so they can sell ppl like you who say you “need” a new phone a new BB Curve 8900 when it’s exactly like the 8300 series minus a 16 second video recorder! Wow these things just trip me out. And, am I the only one reading all these and smh?
have a vz storm, and tmob 8900 now.. anyone know if i can unlock my 8900 and use it on at&t’s network..?
PLEASE HELP, i’ve been waiting so long for the 8900 to come on at&t and its still not here. any update or info?