New BlackBerries: Bold on Sept 29, Flip in Red for Pre-Order
A couple of updates for you BlackBerry fiends out there: First, reports have surfaced that the BlackBerry Bold will, at long last, launch on AT&T in the U.S. as early as Sep 29th (just under two weeks from today). BlackBerry News is pegging "the last week of September" for the long-awaited launch here in the States, and they're tabbing $299 as the on contract, after rebate price. I'll admit it, I'm excited about this one. Will I personally be willing to trade iPhone's touchscreen and eye candy UI for Bold's QWERTY board, trackball, and time-proven (mostly) Email service? Don't know, but I can't wait to find out. Second, the BlackBerry Flip 8220 has been peeped in red. Looks like T-Mo will be launched Flip in at least two colors, and I'm liking the red relative to the fact that I'm not really liking the Flip on the whole. But I know lots of you are excited for the first-ever flip CrackBerry, so we'll be bringing you a full review just as soon as we can. Preferably a full review of the red version of the Flip, that is.
Meantime, you can drool over the red Flip - and even pre-register to get yourself one - on the T-Mobile product page. 
Fetch me more...Quickly jump to more information about related topics, cell phones, carriers or phone manufacturers mentioned in this Blog Article by using the links below. Our fancy algorithm says this stuff is related...At long last, it's the BlackBerry Bold for AT&T! Noah unboxes what may very well be the best BlackBerry ever. Part 2 of Noah's 2-part review of the BlackBerry 8220. The first-ever BlackBerry flip phone hides the buttons away for a sleek look, but does it have the juice to keep Crackberry addicts happy? Part 1 of Noah's 2-part review of the BlackBerry 8220. The first-ever BlackBerry flip phone hides the buttons away for a sleek look, but does it have the juice to keep Crackberry addicts happy? If only my BlackBerry would flip shut! Hey, it does! Noah unboxes the new BB Pearl Flip 8220 for T-Mobile and gives us a (long) quick tour around the phone. Noah goes hands-on with Blackberry's first flip phone ever - the T-Mobile exclusive Flip 8220. Is it cool? Is it too big? Will it blend? Check it out. Noah hits the show floor and gets up close and personal with the new Blackberry Bold. The display is gorgeous, the form factor is nice, and the whole thing's done up in black and chrome. Check it out. Last week, I posted about the launch of MySpace for BlackBerry, which joined BlackBerry's social networking crew of Facebook and Flickr. Now MySpace and Blackberry maker Research In Motion announce that their joint venture has broken opening-week records for app downloads at both companies, with more than 400,000 downloads and counting. Users of the MySpace app have already transmitted more than 15
million messages and performed over two... Pros: Vivid, rich display; Very good QWERTY board; 3G and WiFi; Upgraded OS and HTML browser; Legendary BlackBerry push emailCons: Browser not as good as Opera, Android, or Mobile Safari; Device crashed hard on me twice during testing; Phone is bigBold has basically lived up to the "Best BlackBerry Ever!" hype that preceded it, if you ask me. Featuring a super-sharp HVGA display, the upgraded BlackBerry OS, and a solid but lightweight... On your BlackBerry Bold the easiest way to turn on and off the speakerphone is through the shortcut key on the keyboard. Simply press Alt and the $ key to activate and deactivate the speaker. The highly anticipated BlackBerry 9000 Bold has finally arrived and it just might have been worth the wait. The Bold sports all the favorite features wanted on a smartphone: WiFi, 3G data speeds for fast surfing while simultaneously conducting calls, stereo Bluetooth, multiple e-mail options and of course, the ability to view and edit word, excel and PowerPoint docs. But the real story here is that the Bold isn’t just the workhorse productivity... Straight up, I'm drinking the Kool-Aid here. I went into my review of the new BlackBerry Bold fully expecting it to knock my socks off. Why lie about it - I am and will continue to be objective as I review the device, but I also was and still am very, very excited about it. Why? As I've said before, on paper the Bold is everything I want a smartphone to be: It features a big, vivid display, 3G and WiFi connectivity, a... Carrier: AT&TRetail Price:$549.99 or via ebayContract Price:$299.99 or via Let's TalkHot Feature: 3G + High Res Screen
The 3G enabled BlackBerry 9000 sports the biggest and brightest display of any other BlackBerry to date. Key features include a 2.0 megapixel camera, GPS, Wifi, media player with improved stereo speakers, super fast 624MHz processer, MicroSD slot and "push"/attachment viewer e-mail client. iPhone: Pros: Standard Headphone jackGreat Web BrowserTouchscreen with the gesturesOver 10,000 (and counting) 3rd party appsYoutube ClientGreat iPod Wi-FiBig Colorful DisplayVisual Voicemail(Many features are missing like voice command calling but 3rd party apps fix that. Same with no mms 3rd party apps fix that. So anything that is missing can be fixed with the help of an application).Cons:No Widescreen Qwerty for texting or email. (3rd fixes... I want one of the two... i need your guys opinion. ive been tryin 2 decide 4 the last 3 days and cnt at first i was all for the fuze but now im fallin for the bold wats ur opinion? I am looking for a cool fun messaging phone but i can type perfectly on my ipod touch so the iphones keyboard shouldnt be a problem....
Which do u preffer?? If you hit "space" twice after a word it will put a full stop and start your new word with a capital letter. if you simply type 'i' as lower case and press space it will automatically change it to a capital. When scrolling through emails/sms/of web pages hit the "space" button to mimic the "page down" on your personal computer. Use "T" to return to the top of the page and "B" for the bottom. On the web browser you can zoon in using the "o"... AndreyI'm on the lookout for a similar device as you - a good smartphone that can work on TMobileA few options you could consider:TMobile G1First-Gen iPhone Unlocked Nokia E71 UnlockedBlackberry CurveBlackberry FlipHTC Touch Diamond or Touch Pro or Touch HD UnlockedAnd a few coming soon you might want to wait for:BlackBerry Javelin (aka Curve II)Nokia E63 UnlockedSony Xperia X1 UnlockedNote that the unlocked phones should work just fine via GSM,... |
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