[patches152]

and so far personal reviews are good...

you know, i was skeptical about the date on the roadmap, but now...i think they might get it out by their release date...

but they've only had it for a short while, we'll see...

[JustinD2473#IM]

good to hear

[Devil]

And what's the release date?

[bighap]

And what's the release date?

Said to be Sept 29 for businesses and Oct 14 for others.

[ricoe320]

wowo i cant wait i had to reactivate my curve till the new storm

[Devil]

Said to be Sept 29 for businesses and Oct 14 for others.

Thank you. Any idea on dates for other carriers like TELUS, etc?

[briankeith513]

What does IRL stand for?

[patches152]

IRL is what i call friendly user testing

[patches152]

IRL = nerd gamer speak for "in real life"

i use that because that's the testing environment that friendly users test at, day to day use, most use it as their corporate device as well as their testing script

[briankeith513]

IRL is what i call friendly user testing

So what stage is that in the testing process?

[patches152]

friendly user testing for VZW is the last stage before a product is released...

[briankeith513]

friendly user testing for VZW is the last stage before a product is released...

Cool, great to hear! Can you tell them that I'm a "friendly" person, and don't mind testing?

[patches152]

i will, but you won't get one...

[RicanMedic78]

I friendly .... I test

[briankeith513]

i will, but you won't get one...

lol oh well.

[Card Storm]

Patches gotta say I appreciate your knowledgeable input on this topic.

/sarcasm

\ jk

But seriously.

[cdaiscool]

Sweet. If it's in IRL testing, does that mean it's passed the FCC?

[leoleon09]

I wonder why they aren't advertising it yet.

[patches152]

Sweet. If it's in IRL testing, does that mean it's passed the FCC?

if you have to ask that question, then i won't answer it because i can't NOT give you a sarcastic response, and i don't want to confuse or insult you.

good day

[Nendroidz]

Wow lets all hope that is true lol

[jcom86]

I wonder why they aren't advertising it yet.

Excellent question... now that we're less than a month away from the supposed release you would think that Verizon would start hyping what could turn out to be one of the best Blackberry's available. In another thread I read that Verizon is pushing hard to release this at about the same time as Vondaphone, and with this being the last step it may be safe to assume we'll be seeing a commercial or too within a few weeks... I hope...

[patches152]

They usually don't advertise pre launch. They launch, announce and advertise.

Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com

[Card Storm]

Guys, Verizon will not hype this device as much until late November/December

[AaronWasHere]

Guys, Verizon will not hype this device as much until late November/December

true story, because then the oversensitive certifications begin and if vzw finds 1 thing wrong... delay delay delay

[Card Storm]

true story, because then the oversensitive certifications begin and if vzw finds 1 thing wrong... delay delay delay

Well thing is they don't want to over hype this device they want to rely on WOM in the beginning. Reviews publicity will kick in late November as well as 5.0 roll out publicity which will probably happen in November.