Blackberry Bold 9700 appears on RIM, ATT & T-mobile's web sites

The blackberry bold is clearly one of the best every made. I love the blackberry bold over others as it has dual voice and data on ATT's 3G. Is it the best smartphone that's left to be weakly/strongly debated...

The blackberry bold details can be found on the carrier web sites below but no release date....

ATT
http://www.wireless.att.com/businesscenter/BlackBerryBold9700/

T-Mobile(has a intro that doesn't match the latest Motorola Droid Commercial)
http://t-mobile9700.com/?WT.z_unav=mst_disc_innovate_bold

RIM
http://na.blackberry.com/eng/devices/blackberrybold9700/

Boy Genius Review

Hanging up BB Sneakers: Blackberry Tour 9630 is improved but not enough

I've owned and loved blackberry phones since the very first 950 pager but it's time to move on. The times it worked during 9/11 and NYC blackouts were priceless. The single double A battery that lasted a month was incredible. But technology and user demands have evolved into a new era where companies have to deliver more than reliable email. Real time email isn't the key it's real time data the Twitter Age.

I recently upgraded to the Blackberry 9630 from the previous 8830. While the 9630 has a improved 480/360 screen, 3.2MP Cam, 528Mhz chip and one of the best blackberry keyboards it's still not enough for today's "attention economy". The OS to be much slower and less snappy than older phones and battery drains a lot quicker. Steve Jobs in the iPhone presentation mentioned 3 simple things yet most phones today still can't do them well(Phone, Internet and Media Player(Youtube, Music, Video). While the blackberry browser is improved I still find my self using the Opera mini browser to cope. Also still have to get to a computer to watch a youtube link. Visiting simple online photo albums lacks clarity.

I know I'll spark debate with loyal blackberry owners. But thousands of blackberry hardcore fanatics have jumped ship. Simply because RIM hasn't done a good job at evolving to meet higher consumer expectations. For those that need a basic email, text and phone. The Blackberry is perfect and does that best. However those who expect more from the Facebook, Twitter, Applications, Youtube etc... Will have to start finding other phones that have stepped up to the plate.

The phone I will be switching to is the HTC Hero on Sprint. I've tested all available Android phones on the market(Motorola Droid, Samsung Moment etc...) HTC seems to get it, the OS, the design and hardware feel. The Samsung Moment for lack of a better description looked like a fisher price phone. It was done without care another phone of their thousands on their to do list to make. Google may have to do something to control the quality of phones that come out. Or they will wait for the market to tell Samsung that the Moment is another badly play game of 'BlackJack".

In short it may not be fair to compare the Blackberry to the iPhone or Android phones as they aren't cut from the same cloth. The Operating System is the heart of the issue and dictates mostly what's possible. Apples OS X and Googles Android are built ground up from a Unix base that gives it greater possibilities. Android the newest comer even at 2.0 is enough to make their competition take a hard long look. And consumers enough to take the leap to a new home for their PDA experience...

I welcome comments and feedback...

Blackberry tour being assembled w/ a James Bond/ Mission Impossible like theme music

In this video, a skill full Engineer, opens a blackberry tour in minutes and reassembles it.

Sprint updates Blackberry Tour availability(update)

@sprint: BlackBerry Tour availability update: On sale via sprint.com and Telesales at midnight EDT on 7/12. (Sunday morning).

@sprint update BlackBerry Tour will be available only online & through Telesales (800-SPRINT1) at launch. In-store sales will be announced at a later date.

www.blackberry.com/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlackBerry
crackberry.com/
www.blackberryforums.com/

is the blackberry tour competition for the iPhones?

The release though a major upgrade for blackberry enthusiast on Verizon & Sprint. it's a unexciting phone in the age of Palm Pre's, Androids and iPhones... It seems like a old but goody from a previous generation. it comes with 256MB which is miniscule in this age. I don't know if anyone who like to be stuck in a two year contract when this time next year the Pre's, Droids and Iphones will have taken more leaps.

More links below

http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2009/04/18/blackberry-9630-review-part-1/

www.twitter.com/sprint

http://delivery.sprint.com/m/p/nxt/dyn/reg.asp?promo=Tour&id9=vanity:tour

From: @boygenius

Sent: Jul 1, 2009 15:48

verizon blackberry tour unboxing! http://bit.ly/12MXNG

sent via web

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From: @boygeniusreport

Sent: Jul 1, 2009 14:07

BlackBerry Tour pre-orders not available for Verizon Wireless customers looking to upgrade http://tinyurl.com/ll8alt

sent via twitterfeed

From: @boygeniusreport

Sent: Jul 1, 2009 12:06

Sprint to launch BlackBerry Tour on July 12th, $199.99 http://tinyurl.com/lz3mlp

sent via twitterfeed

more info on the iphone
www.apple.com/iphone/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone
www.cnet.com/apple-iphone.html
theiphoneblog.com/

more info on the blackberry
www.blackberry.com/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlackBerry
crackberry.com/
www.blackberryforums.com/