The interesting thing to notice is that the price for BlackBerry Visual Voicemail is $0.00.  I don’t know if this will change when BlackBerry Visual Voicemail actually launches, but, I am guessing that it will not since visual voicemail is free on the iPhone.

I wonder how much longer Verizon will be able to charge for their BlackBerry Visual Voicemail, especially when their biggest competitor may offer it for free?

[Via BlackBerry News]

At least this was the case until Michael York posted a pic of that he took at the BlackBerry booth a CES on his blog which was picked up by BGR followed by Engadget Mobile, and then pretty much the rest of earth.

Research in Motion and AT&T today announced the launch of the BlackBerry Curve 8320 with WiFi support and free WiFi access to any of over 17,000 hotspots nationwide.

Available in sapphire blue, the BlackBerry Curve 8320 smartphone makes it easy to connect to home or campus Wi-Fi networks and to automatically connect to any of the more than 17,000 AT&T Hot Spots nationwide. These include Starbucks, Barnes & Noble and thousands more restaurants, airports, hotels and other convenient locations across the U.S. Those customers who subscribe to unlimited corporate or personal BlackBerry service plans can access these AT&T Hot Spots at no charge.

You can read the full press release here…

Just like they said it would be, after the two or three other times that they said it would be, the BlackBerry Bold is now officially on sale on AT&T’s website.

As I’ve said before, the AT&T Bold is expensive.  It will cost you 400 bucks up front but they do give you a $100 mail-in rebate that most people willing to shell out $399  will forget to mail in.

I won’t be surprised at all to see another $100 instant rebate or something tacked on to the Bold before the holidays…

De La Vega said AT&T is projecting record service revenues from the new BlackBerry around the world. He said the device is already generating record revenues in Japan and in other countries where it was introduced. He continued, “BlackBerry Bold is so powerful and fast, we are expecting it to replace PC use in many cases, and data revenues will far exceed the AT&T’s subsidy cost of marketing the device.”

It looks like AT&T is expecting to make money hand over fist with the BlackBerry Bold…

[Source]

We have recieved a few emails from RIMarkable readers this morning saying that the BlackBerry Bold is available in some AT&T stores right now that you can buy them a day early if you ask nicely.

One reader said “Is there anyway that I can buy one today because I will be standing in line to vote tomorrow and would love to be able to browse the internet while I am waiting.”

I haven’t been able to confirm this yet but if you hear anything like this let us know via the comments…

Gizmodo got their hands on an AT&T branded BlackBerry Curve 8900. It looks like AT&T will have a big seller on it’s hands…

RIM excels at many things, but keeping secrets ain’t one of ‘em, so we’d eyeballed the BlackBerry Curve 8900 (nee Javelin) quite a bit before this AT&T-branded one dropped in our laps. It’s a Bolder version of the current Curve that improves it in basically every way: Lighter, tighter, but more powerful-and it feels like a phone that was produced in 2008, not when you were still keeping your 2006 resolutions.

Like a lot of BlackBerry users, I can’t wait until the BlackBerry Storm comes out, however, I know that a lot of Verizon subscribers want a new device but would prefer one with a physical keyboard.

I wonder how long it will take Verizon to get the BlackBerry Curve 8930?

There are rumors floating around that the BlackBerry Bold will go on sale today at various Best Buy locations around the country. If the rumors are true, you will pay a premium to get it.

We are hearing that the Best Buy BlackBerry Bold Price will be $349 with a 2-year contract. That is $50 dollars more than the AT&T price and $150 more than the iPhone that will be sitting about 10 feet away.

Now, I now that the BlackBerry Bold is targeting business users whereas the iPhone targets consumers. I don’t think, however, that smart business people pay 20% premiums to get devices with an expected two your shelf life a week or so earlier than everyone else.

[Via BGR]

In case you haven’t heard by now, AT&T and RIM have officially announced that the BlackBerry Bold will be released Tuesday after next on Nov. 4th.

As expected, the AT&T BlackBerry Bold will retail for $299 with a 2-year contract. This is 50% more than the iPhone. I don’t think that the Bold was really ever intended to compete with the iPhone but I would still like to know what you think about the $300 price tag?

Rant Alert!

Is is just me or do the collective marketing departments of AT&T and Research in Motion lack a single person with a frigging clue? These geniuses are releasing the Bold on same day as the general election.

Does anyone really think that the Bold will receive any type of news cycles on the same day as the biggest presidential election in United States history?  I simply don’t understand some of these decisions…