[Bigbacala]

I was just at Best Buy and placed my pre-order for a BB10 phone.
On the screen it said "Street Date: January 31". "Availability: TBD"

Is it possible we could see them that soon?

[LazyEvul]

This has been discussed at length in numerous other threads. Yes, it is theoretically possible for them to be available that soon, but ultimately the various dates floating in the wild are pretty difficult to trust, so we've got to wait until the launch event before we hear anything definite about the Street Date.

[Spencerdl]

Has a Blackberry device ever been officially announced and released on the same day??

[austriker]

I was just at Best Buy and placed my pre-order for a BB10 phone.
On the screen it said "Street Date: January 31". "Availability: TBD"

Is it possible we could see them that soon?

Best buy in the states? What carrier?

[kevinnugent]

Has a Blackberry device ever been officially announced and released on the same day??

Yes, but this is the "new" RIM remember!

[Bigbacala]

Best buy in the states? What carrier?

Ontario Best Buy. Carrier is Telus.

[Spencerdl]

Yes, but this is the "new" RIM remember!

Oh...thats right....Thanks Kevin. Do you remember which device?

[Andrew4life]

Has a Blackberry device ever been officially announced and released on the same day??

I don't think we can judge anything about the upcoming launch based on anything from the past. After all, they've never had a dedicated launch event before. It used to be during CES, or their BlackBerry World. But this time, they have a dedicated day for a worldwide launch.

So just like many have been saying, hold your breath, be patient. Less than a week until BB10 launch!!

[kevinnugent]

Oh...thats right....Thanks Kevin. Do you remember which device?

No. Was there one?

[silversun10]

"Availability: TBD"

To Be Determined....

[Spencerdl]

I don't think we can judge anything about the upcoming launch based on anything from the past. After all, they've never had a dedicated launch event before. It used to be during CES, or their BlackBerry World. But this time, they have a dedicated day for a worldwide launch.

So just like many have been saying, hold your breath, be patient. Less than a week until BB10 launch!!

I thought the PlayBook had a dedicated launch...I could be mistaken. You said be PATIENT.......LOL, I have been, when was this phone announced??

[Spencerdl]

No. Was there one?

I think the PlayBook had a dedicated launch........I think

[Thunderbuck]

If BB10 phones are available at retail on January 31, it would be a triumph of the "new" RIM.

There has been next to no indication that phones would be available that soon, so just keeping that street date secret will have been something of a triumph.

More importantly: RIM just about drove itself into oblivion by failing to meet expectations. If they're back in the business of exceeding them, this could get interesting