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Also, considering the stores arent even positive when they are getting it, your guess is just as worthless as any of the others that have posted.. I will wait for at&t to officially announce it.. YOu have a bold, congrats
09-26-08 08:00 PM - I was in San Francisco this week at Oracle's Open World conference, and Rim was one of the exhibitors. They had the Bold and new flip Pearl on display and I played with both of them. Although I have the Pearl 8120 (ATT - wifi) I didn't like the flip Pearl. I spent 1/2 hour with the Bold, and don't know why everyone is drooling over it. The screen was "nice" but I didn't see a big difference from the Curve screen. I think it had OS 4.6, which also looked okay, but not a big change from 4.2, 4.3 or even 4.5. I did notice that the response time was much snappier, with very little hourglassing. (Of course, it didn't have many apps loaded on it.)
For those of you who think the Bold will open up a new world for smartphones, I think you'll be sadly disappointed. It's an evolutionary upgrade at best - not revolutionary.
And I did ask when ATT would be releasing it. The Rim guys didn't know for sure, but they said they'd be hearing mid-Oct. They probably got that from Crackberry, just like the rest of us!
09-26-08 10:17 PM - I have to say, as much as I've been anticipating the Bold. Why is everyone drooling over it? Do you really use the internet on your curve now? Well it's not going to look much different on the bold, just a little quicker, but still really small. So the picture will be better, and a little snappier. The curve's processor is pretty quick now anyways. I'm not being sarcastic, just wondering:
Why is everyone panicking over the release date, and how is going to be THAT much better than the curve?
That being said I will be there on opening day
I just think people may be over reacting
I was in San Francisco this week at Oracle's Open World conference, and Rim was one of the exhibitors. They had the Bold and new flip Pearl on display and I played with both of them. Although I have the Pearl 8120 (ATT - wifi) I didn't like the flip Pearl. I spent 1/2 hour with the Bold, and don't know why everyone is drooling over it. The screen was "nice" but I didn't see a big difference from the Curve screen. I think it had OS 4.6, which also looked okay, but not a big change from 4.2, 4.3 or even 4.5. I did notice that the response time was much snappier, with very little hourglassing. (Of course, it didn't have many apps loaded on it.)
For those of you who think the Bold will open up a new world for smartphones, I think you'll be sadly disappointed. It's an evolutionary upgrade at best - not revolutionary.
And I did ask when ATT would be releasing it. The Rim guys didn't know for sure, but they said they'd be hearing mid-Oct. They probably got that from Crackberry, just like the rest of us!Last edited by lespaul; 09-26-08 at 10:23 PM.
09-26-08 10:21 PM - I have never had a Blackberry and have been checking them out for awhile now. I have a 1st gen iPhone and REALLY want to get rid of it as a phone. Any call drops I have with it are from hitting the buttons on the touchscreen. I want to get the Bold but I am really tired of the wait. I know AT&T has not come out with a launch date yet but if they would just do that I would feel a lot better. Even if it were November or even December at least that would be easier than all of the speculation. Then I (and maybe others) could make a decision if I was going to wait or just get another phone. At this rate I may just give up and go to something else.
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