Mark the date down. On December 7th, 2005, I actually laid my eyes on a BlackBerry 8700c in a store. To be fair I really haven’t gone out of my way to look for them passed a couple of days after Thanksgiving, however, I did happen pass through a Cingular store the other day and they had 4 of them in stock.
The 8700c has been reviewed to death so I will just give one observation based on the 30 seconds that I held the fake display unit. The keys seem to be a bit too close together especially for those of us who have very large hands. I know that sounds kind of strange from coming from someone who absolutely adores BlackBerry 71xx models, however, when you compare to a 7290, the keys definitely have a cramped together feel.
You guys are crazy – I got my 8700c the day after Thanksgiving at a Cingular store in Plano, Texas. Now if I could only get some better rings tones and apps I would be really happy with it.
dogten,
You were one of the lucky ones. There are dozons of reports of people not being able to fine BlackBerry 8700cs immediately after Thanksgiving. I still have yet to see them in Best Buy stores.