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We just heard that OS 6.0.0.448 for the BlackBerry Bold 9780 has been leaked and can be found online here. As with any leaked BlackBerry OS, OS 6.0.0.448 is not supported. Download and install at your own risk, and for heaven’s sake, make sure you have a good back of your BlackBerry before you do.
Download OS 6.0.0.448 for the BlackBerry Bold 9780
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Many AT&T BlackBerry users have been wondering what the delay on the AT&T branded version of the BlackBerry Bold 9780 is seeing how the device has been available on T-Mobile since mid November of last year. Rumor has it, however, that AT&T may skip over the BlackBerry Bold 9780 and go straight to the, yet to be officially announced, BlackBerry Dakota…
Fudzilla is reporting that its sources are stating that AT&T is move the last of it’s BlackBerry Bold 9700 inventory and that it has no intention on ordering more.
The new Bold, or Dakota if you will, is a bit closer than we were first led to believe. Apparently from the whispers we hear, AT&T could have the new member of the Bold family on the shelf for sale as soon as early or mid-spring, but significant quantity is likely not expected at the store and authorized reseller level till very early summer.
If the release scale for the BlackBerry Dakota, the first QWERTY BlackBerry with a fixed touchscreen, is accurate the rumor that AT&T may forgo the BlackBerry 9780 seems very plausible. This seems to be the route that Verizon took with the BlackBerry Storm 9750, deciding to hold off on the device possibly for the rumored BlackBerry Monaco.
Even though the BlackBerry Bold 9780 is available in the U.S. on T-Mobile, many are still waiting for it to hit the nation’s largest GSM carrier, AT&T. Something tells me that AT&T Is trying to sell as many BlackBerry Torch 9800 devices as they possibly can before releasing the their branded version of the Bold 9780, however, the wait may not be too much longer.
This is a shot of the AT&T BlackBerry Bold 9780 taken in the wild. We still don’t have a definitive release date, however, it usually isn’t too long after we start seeing photos of devices before the device itself hits the shelves.
[Via BerryCN]
Just like they said it would be, the BlackBerry Bold 9780 is now available on T-Mobile. Just the third device in the U.S. to come pre-loaded with BlackBerry 6, the T-Mobile BlackBerry Bold 9780 will set you back $129.99 on a two-year contract.
Get more information over on T-Mobile’s website…
As estimated, the BlackBerry Bold 9780, officially announced this morning, will hit T-Mobile on November 17th and cost $129.99 on a 2-year service plan after a $50 mail-in rebate. 180 bucks out the door for a BlackBerry device of this caliber is not bad… Not bad at all..
Get more details by heading over to http://blackberry.t-mobile.com/bold.
The worst kept secret in smartphones, the BlackBerry Bold 9780, which is basically BlackBerry 6 running refresh of the BlackBerry Bold 9700 with more memory and a better camera, has been officially announced by Research in Motion. The Bold 9780 will launch on multiple carriers starting next month. Head over to http://www.blackberry.com/blackberrybold to get more information…
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TmoNews has come across an internal presentation from T-Mobile with a slide showing an estimated November 17th release date for the BlackBerry Bold 9780. The Bold 9780 is basically a refresh of the the BlackBerry Bold 9700 and sports a fast 624 MHz process, 512 MB of memory, and a 5 megapixel camera with an LED flash, autofocus, and a digital zoom. This device will also run BlackBerry 6 out of the box.
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Even though Research in Motion has yet to officially announce the BlackBerry Bold 9780, the device is listed on the BlackBerry.com website. The link to view the BlackBerry Bold 9780 Demo may be a bit premature, as, it leads to a 404 error page, however, the link is there and probably means that the launch, or, at least the official announcement of the BlackBerry Bold 9780 is imminent…
[Via BGR]
Word on the street is that the BlackBerry Bold 9780 Refresh will be released on Virgin Mobile in Canada on the 21st of October. The BlackBerry Bold 9870 will cost $149.99 on a three-year contract, $549.99 unsubsidized, and come running BlackBerry 6.
One could easily assume that, if this rumor is true, the Bold 9780 will hit other Canadian wireless carriers around this time as well. We wonder how long it will be before we see this device Stateside?
[Via MobileSyrup]
Kevin from CrackBerry.com found what appears to be a legitimate auction for an unlocked white BlackBerry Bold 9780 over on eBay. There have currently been 11 bids and the price is up to almost $1100. White BlackBerry devices are pretty sweet looking, but, I can’t even imagine shelling out that kind of cash just to be the first one to have it.
White BlackBerry Bold 9780 on eBay