BlackBerry Bold 9700 now available from T-Mobile
Having been on sale in other countries for almost two weeks, the BlackBerry Bold 9700 has finally made it to American soil. Now available from T-Mobile, the Bold 9700 is the first BlackBerry to have AWS 3G. Other features include a HVGA+ display, 3.2 megapixel camera, optical trackpad, and support for HotSpot @Home and Visual Voicemail, but anyone keeping tabs on Waterloo’s latest surely knows those specs by now. So how much will the Bold 9700 set you back? $199.99 on a 2-year contract (Even More) or $449.99 outright via Even More Plus with the option to finance the device at $22 per month over 20 months. Now then, how many of you are going to be picking this up?
P.S. Nice job with the device pic, T-Mo.
Went to walmart this morning to try and get one with a $100 gift card. They had no idea what the 9700 was or when they would be getting it. Best Buy also had no clue. Showed up to the T-Mobile store about 9:15 and was the first one to get it. It was not even in the system under upgrades yet so they had to call to get the price. A more streamlined launch would have been much better…but coming from an 8320, I absolutely love my 9700!
too bad that the pic shown isn’t even a 9700 in fact that is an 8900.
definitely picked one up this morning at my local t-mo store with the upgrade fee and tax it was 217 and change…
placed an order (9700) w/ATT Premier this morning, $99.00 ($100/Loyalty Discount Instant $100 MIR Instant)
be here on Wed. 
I saw this posted above but I was kind o hard to understand. AT&T will release this for regular customers on the 22 of nov. Posted today AT&T facebook
Gregg, what does AT&T say the price is going to be? I can only get it for $299 through my corporate rep. Ridiculous. Why is it more expensive on AT&T than T-MO?
Its been a long time since I’ve HAD TO HAVE something on launch day and this was one thing. I went on my lunch break (1PM local) to the T-Mo store. 1st person to buy one the the Rep said.
Im waiting to get off before playing with it and its killing me. LOL Coming from a Sidekick Im super geeked. Hope anyone that wants one gets one.
I also was the first one in my local TMo store to get one. Very cool! I just wish BIS wasn’t down tonight. Took a while to figure out how to open up the back to put SIM and battery in but all good!
bought one first thing today, got it home and no 3g coverage in my neighborhood, and told that tethering would be limited to EDGE speeds, doesnt work with Moodio.fm streaming, returned it by lunch time. Thanks a lot tmobile could of saved time and just bought a iphone last year.
I ordered my 9700 this morning….got up @ 6am just to call T-Mobile to ensure I got one before they ran outta stock. It will be here on Wednesday and I can’t wait! Finally, I can put this crappy G1 where it belongs…in the TRASH!!!
Anyone know if the 9700 is still planning to ship with the Amazon MP3 app integrated?
If so, how is it working in terms of downloading songs directly to media cards, etc…?
doing bes activation now for my ATT 9700
You can get the 9700 for ATT?
I got mine yesterday….and its fantastic! Its so much faster than my curve, and it handles online media so much better (couldn’t get much worse). Love this phone!
Best phone I have ever used, bar none.
if anyone could help me. I’m currently away from the US. Can I get my brother to get one outright (by way of the Even More Plus plan)? Will he be tied to the plan? and also, does it come unlocked or do I have to unlock it myself? Thanks.
Blackberry if improves its OS then they are really the king in the field of email centric device. In India they are still not focussing properly on retail and going by conventional understanding of customer here, they are losing a big potential. Their growth can be much faster than what they are getting now.
Blackberry is cult while nokia is generic
Regards,
Ajay Gupta
I picked one up today from my local tmo store. They had them in stock and the guy said lots of people have been getting them since monday. This thing is sweet!! The trackpad is awesome, the keyboard is great, the screen is awesome, and the 3G speed is really quick. Everything about it is better and I am sooo happy i waited for it…its a nice upgrade from my 8320.
All the people hating on tmo cuz they put the wrong pic on their site…haha, what a bunch of losers…get a life. Some web guy f&*@ed up and put up the wrong picture, who cares?