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Remember that designer BlackBerry Pearl that we talked about last week? Well, it is called the Sandstone BlackBerry Pearl 8110 - Pink and it is now available on AT&T’s site.
The fact that the color is separate from the name leads me to believe that the their will be more Sandstone BlackBerry Pearls to come.
Check it out here…
Written by Robb Dunewood on October 13th, 2008 with no comments.
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I know that this sounds like a broken record, but, AT&T is still testing the BlackBerry Bold.
“RIM co-CEO Mike Lazaridis said Thursday that the phone is still undergoing the certification process in which AT&T tests all new handsets to make sure they work well on its wireless network.”
For those of you that haven’t been following, AT&T’s implementation of 3G is about as bad as it possibly could be. Apparently they decided not to take a look at the rest of earth to see how other carriers have successfully implemented and run 3G over the passed several years.
At the end of the day, consumers really could care less about why or where the blame lies for all of the BlackBerry Bold delays. All that I know is it has been over a year since a new BlackBerry device has been released. Different variants and colors on the same device don’t count.
There is no official word on when the Bold will finally appear on AT&T’s network. “This year” is all that we have to go by.
I wonder if the Verizon BlackBerry Storm will make it out first?
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Written by Robb Dunewood on October 4th, 2008 with 7 comments.
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It really looks like the AT&T BlackBerry Bold is going to come out at the beginning of November because RIM has put up registration page for BlackBerry Bold Launch Parties being held at various locations around the country.
- Chicago, IL······October 15, 2008
- Dallas, TX······October 16, 2008
- Atlanta, GA······October 21, 2008
- Miami, FL······October 22, 2008
- Washington, DC······October 28, 2008
- New York, NY······October 30, 2008
Do you find it kind of odd that there isn’t a single party west of Texas or is it just me?
Written by Robb Dunewood on September 30th, 2008 with 4 comments.
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We know that a CDMA only touchscreen BlackBerry is coming to North America. The BlackBerry Storm is rumored to hit Verizon anytime between the end of next month and mid November. A Bell BlackBerry Storm is rumored to hit bill towards the end of Q4.
We also know that a GSM variant of the BlackBerry Storm (or Thunder) is coming to Vodafone over in the UK, however, we haven’t heard any plans about the GSM touchscreen BlackBerry showing up in RIM’s biggest market.
I think that, at this point, it is safe call the AT&T BlackBerry Bold launch, or, lack there of, a complete debacle. Some of it is probably RIM’s fault but much of it, I believe, has to do with AT&T being the exclusive carrier of the iPhone in the U.S.
The fact still remains that AT&T is the worlds largest BlackBerry carrier and the most revolutionary BlackBerry to come out in the passed few years won’t make it on to their network.
I wonder how they will react to that…
Written by Robb Dunewood on September 23rd, 2008 with 7 comments.
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We’ve been saying for a while that the AT&T BlackBerry Bold was being delayed becasue of the iPhone, however, we thought that it was becuase AT&T really wanted to sell a lot of iPhones.
According to the Globe and Mail, the reason, at least in part, that the AT&T BlackBerry Bold hasn’t been launched is becasue the iPhone 3G is such a 3G bandwidth hog it clogs AT&T’s network to the point of not having enough resources to effectively launch the Bold.
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. AT&T will need to spend as much as $1-billion (U.S.) to repair its network.
Written by Robb Dunewood on September 17th, 2008 with 15 comments.
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So, the latest rumor about the AT&T BlackBerry Bold Launch is that it may actually make it out by the end of September. This is according to internal AT&T information gathered by BlackBerry News.
My guess is that AT&T is now in “get the Bold out as soon as possible” mode as they know die-hard BlackBerry users are more loyal to the BlackBerry than they are to AT&T’s network. The BlackBerry Storm and the BlackBerry Javelin will soon be available on other networks and AT&T probably doesn’t want to be in the position of trying to keep a BlackBerry subscriber based on the strength of their network over the coolness of the new device that is out.
Written by Robb Dunewood on September 15th, 2008 with 1 comment.
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Rumor has it that the BlackBerry Bold will finally make it’s debut in the United States launching on AT&T September 12th with a price tag of $299. This is based on a tips from store employees.
Most rumors had it coming out in the first half of the month so this sounds about right. I guessed that the AT&T BlackBerry Bold would costs 300 bucks although I had hoped that they would stick a $199 price tag on it to remove the objection that the iPhone is cheaper.
I still think that it will sell like mad to business users and existing BlackBerry users and even do pretty well with new consumers. You just can’t beat texting with a physical keyboard.
Let’s hope that RIM beats Apple to the punch with a BlackBerry Slider.
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Written by Robb Dunewood on August 29th, 2008 with 7 comments.
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I’ve been saying for a long time that Research in Motion puts too many eggs in one basket by (generally) allowing CDMA BlackBerry development to lag so far behind GSM development. You can tell me that GSM is the global standard until you are blue in the face but the reality is that the United States is RIM’s most important market and, depending on what numbers you look at, more CDMA BlackBerrys are sold in the U.S. than GSM.
RIM has been able to get by with their old release strategy largely in part because Verizon subscribers generally don’t switch carriers. RIM knows that even if a CDMA BlackBerry is released on Verizon a year after it it first released on a GSM carriers that there will be Verizon subscribers eagerly awaiting its launch.
Although I don’t agree with this strategy I can see some of the benefits of it from RIM’s perspective… The main benefit being that it allows RIM to capture lightening in a bottle twice. If a new GSM BlackBerry is a big hit you can pretty much be sure that the CDMA version will hit big as well. The problem, however, with this strategy is that your biggest GSM carrier becomes the flag ship carrier for the the hottest mobile device, well…ever and that device is not named BlackBerry.
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Written by Robb Dunewood on August 4th, 2008 with 9 comments.
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Verizon Wireless still isn’t the nation’s largest Wireless provider. The number one spot still belongs to AT&T. Verizon did, however, make the most money in Q2 posting the industries highest Q2 revenue numbers coming in at $12.1 billion. This is roughly $85 million more than AT&T made.
Verizon also dropped its industry leading churn rate down to 1.12% down from 1.3% last year. I am going to go out on a limb and say that churn will rise modestly in Q3 as AT&T just released the iPhone 3G at a very attractive price point.
This is two quarters in a row that Verizon has made more money than AT&T so apparently, being the biggest doesn’t necessarily mean that you are the best.
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Written by Robb Dunewood on July 28th, 2008 with 7 comments.
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