[g_patrick15]

What happened to the 17, which she also would never lie about??? I hope its the first of oct, as all signs point to 3G going live on that day

[GregH-BBPearl]

& it IS always about the money! always!!

[BBSwany]

Originally Posted by g_patrick15

What happened to the 17, which she also would never lie about??? I hope its the first of oct, as all signs point to 3G going live on that day

I hope so too but I highly doubt it. I haven't even heard of a T-Mobile U.S. Bold in the wild. If they were going to release it the day 3G goes live, there would be alot of prototypes out there testing bandwith and antenna reception. And with only 71 days left, there would have been a leak somehwere. It's becoming more and more apparent that the Javelin and not the Bold will be hitting T-Mobile U.S' inventory.

[numetheus]

Originally Posted by bbswany

I hope so too but I highly doubt it. I haven't even heard of a T-Mobile U.S. Bold in the wild. If they were going to release it the day 3G goes live, there would be alot of prototypes out there testing bandwith and antenna reception. And with only 71 days left, there would have been a leak somehwere. It's becoming more and more apparent that the Javelin and not the Bold will be hitting T-Mobile U.S' inventory.

Didn't we already know this though? There have been tons of leaked information about Jevelin being released for TMO and not the Bold.

[BBSwany]

Originally Posted by numetheus

Didn't we already know this though? There have been tons of leaked information about Jevelin being released for TMO and not the Bold.

Yes and No. When the Bold was originally announced at WES. RIM had said there would be a T-Mobile U.S. 3G capable Bold. Timeline was never discussed though. It would be nice to see a T-Mobile U.S. Bold, but definitely not anytime soon.

[numetheus]

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Originally Posted by bbswany

Yes and No. When the Bold was originally announced at WES. RIM had said there would be a T-Mobile U.S. 3G capable Bold. Timeline was never discussed though. It would be nice to see a T-Mobile U.S. Bold, but definitely not anytime soon.

Oh yeah I knew it would have been released eventually, like the 8800 and 8300 series came out for it eventually. This is business as usual with them getting consumer oriented model first.

[BBSwany]

Originally Posted by numetheus

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Oh yeah I knew it would have been released eventually, like the 8800 and 8300 series came out for it eventually. This is business as usual with them getting consumer oriented model first.

Yep.. It's just T-Mobile's demographic. They have the younger crowd and market to that base. AT&T is more adult and corporate oriented. And they have more $$$.

[Black Bart]

I have just checked again. The date is Oct 1.

[Nyce22]

The bold "should" be released from T-Mobile US January 2009, about 3 months after AT&T. They want to get this release out, then work on T-Mo's 3g unit. They can easily get that done by January. At least this is what I was told from my T-Mo rep. I wouldn't be surprised if AT&T doesn't get it until late September. At this point though, who knows. I do feel that they will get it eventually.

[numetheus]

Originally Posted by Nyce22

The bold "should" be released from T-Mobile US January 2009, about 3 months after AT&T. They want to get this release out, then work on T-Mo's 3g unit. They can easily get that done by January. At least this is what I was told from my T-Mo rep. I wouldn't be surprised if AT&T doesn't get it until late September. At this point though, who knows. I do feel that they will get it eventually.

If there is one thing I know about store reps, is that they are all idiots. A store rep knows no more about releases than Joe Shabibi knows about cow anatomy at the Rib Shack. I mean lets be real, they are the last to know anything. At minimum wage, no confidential information is shared with them.

If I had a penny for every WRONG release date guess that people heard from a store employee .... I would have enough money to buy myself a bacon ultimate cheeseburger at Jack in the Box, and probably curly fries and a coke.

[Nyce22]

Originally Posted by numetheus

If there is one thing I know about store reps, is that they are all idiots. A store rep knows no more about releases than Joe Shabibi knows about cow anatomy at the Rib Shack. I mean lets be real, they are the last to know anything. At minimum wage, no confidential information is shared with them.

If I had a penny for every WRONG release date guess that people heard from a store employee .... I would have enough money to buy myself a bacon ultimate cheeseburger at Jack in the Box, and probably curly fries and a coke.

I agree!! But I do think that they will get the bold in time. infosyncworld.com has the same date too.

[numetheus]

Originally Posted by Nyce22

I agree!! But I do think that they will get the bold in time. infosyncworld.com has the same date too.

Okay so that's a little more believable. The store rep probably got it from Infosync. What I can't stand are the supposed store reps that say they got this information from "their vendor." In reality, their vendor contact is probably just a customer service rep or a mail room employee.

[tteixeira]

Ok probably wrong place for this but here goes. Anyone know if I can get a data plan for a BB in the States for use in UK, Spain, and Portugal. I go there every year and spend most time in Portugal. Unfortunately the voice is easy just get a pay as you go and change the sim but for data they want to sign a 3 year contract. I'm only there 4 or 5 weeks out of the year. When I am there tho I really need data, and voice if it were worth it.

[gshine666]

Engadget is reporting a Tmobile 3G rollout in several areas in the US on October 1. I hope this means a Tmobile Bold release is possible.

[david_uk]

Originally Posted by tteixeira

Ok probably wrong place for this but here goes. Anyone know if I can get a data plan for a BB in the States for use in UK, Spain, and Portugal. I go there every year and spend most time in Portugal. Unfortunately the voice is easy just get a pay as you go and change the sim but for data they want to sign a 3 year contract. I'm only there 4 or 5 weeks out of the year. When I am there tho I really need data, and voice if it were worth it.

Yes this is the wrong place but I'll respond anyway.

I'd suggest you do absolutely nothing except take your BB to Portugal and enjoy.

Although voice roaming charges are sky high as we all know, BB data is highly compressed and in my experience, per Kb charges for messaging are surprisingly modest.

If you plan to browse, I'd recommend you use Opera Mini which strips out data your browser can't render properly at the server end and sends only what's useful. This can save up to 75% of data volume and is faster, too.

[Black Bart]

Originally Posted by gshine666

Engadget is reporting a Tmobile 3G rollout in several areas in the US on October 1. I hope this means a Tmobile Bold release is possible.

I told you so. My girlfriend is reliable.

[numetheus]

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Originally Posted by gshine666

Engadget is reporting a Tmobile 3G rollout in several areas in the US on October 1. I hope this means a Tmobile Bold release is possible.

I'm sure it will be released eventually. But it won't happen for a while. For tmobile, I bet we will see Javelin and the flip phone before Bold. Its thw way Tmo has always worked. They get consumer models before the business minded one. They didn't get their 88xx series phone until late, and it will be same with Bold.

[g_patrick15]

Originally Posted by Black Bart

I told you so. My girlfriend is reliable.

We already knew about the 10/1 launch for 3G, but nowhere does it state that the bold will be available that day

[jpfchicago]

It's starting to look like a 4th quarter rollout for the t-mobile 9000. I am concluding that after reading all of there wonderful blogs. Say Oct 1 to Nov 20th? I would think t-mobile will try to have their 9000 on the market prior to the holidays. What a great way to roll out the 3G system.

All in all, it's exciting.

[Black Bart]

Is it possible that these 9000's being sold now.....whereever.....can be unlocked and used by tmobile clients? Just wondering. Also, will the 3g features work now?