To a lucky handful, Christmas will be coming early thanks to BGR’s giveaway of 5 Blackberry Bold 9700s. So head on over there, do what ya gotta do, and knock on wood hoping to win. I sure will be.
Check it out here – BGR
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Hello all and welcome to the DL (down low) of the world of AT&T news this week. There have been some exciting news, such as the early selling of the HTC Pure and the upcoming Blackberry Bold 2 aka Onyx aka 9700 will be released on Oct. 21st. Check out the jump for the rest of the news and pictures.
So, as promised, here is the fill in of the week that was -
- The Garmin Nuvifone G60 are both now available for sale – check it out at AT&T
- HTC Tilt 2 and Pure are both up for sale now, featuring the first use of WinMo 6.5 – BGR
- Fancy your Blackberry Bold 9000 in other than black? Great since a white one will be released on the 18th – Gizmodo
- Blackberry BOld 2 9700 aka Onyx to be released October 21st – EngadgetMobile
It seems that I have a very busy schedule, and thus, I cant commit as much time as I would like to on the blog. So, if you are interested in writing for the blog or whatever, send me an email. With that said, here is the news for this week:
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BGR has managed to get their hands on a yet to be released flagship Blackberry 9700. Even going as far as to say it is the best Blackberry yet, they cant seem to get enough of it. While this reviewed phone is intended for T-Mobile, overall the AT&T version should be similar and will be reviewed in part 2. Here is their final words on it:
“So you’re saying the BlackBerry 9700 is the best BlackBerry ever?”
Yes. It’s the finest BlackBerry ever crafted and if you’re asking why it’s so much better than the Tour, it goes back to that CDMA vs. GSM argument as well as the fact that the 9700 is simply a year newer. We nailed the Tour all the way back almost two years ago, and sadly the internals seem to be a little outdated. There’s no official CPU specifications on the Tour, but if we had to guess we’d guess it’s running at around 500MHz give or take. Rumblings have pegged the BlackBerry 9700’s Marvell Tavor CPU running at close to 800MHz! It’s a lot faster in normal usage than the Bold (both running OS 5.0) so in addition to the RAM being doubled, we’re pretty sure there is a faster CPU dropped in there as well.
Every single thing about the BlackBerry 9700 screams high-end to us, and for a device that’s a part of the Bold-series (the Bold won’t go anywhere, we’ve been told), it should. It’s the best of the best to come out of Research In Motion to date and we can’t wait until everyone’s able to use o
Via – BGR
]]>In the previously leaked document detailing some of AT&T’s upcoming phones, we saw the Blackberry 9700 aka Onyx on it. As of now there is no confirmation of it coming but it is likely. In the meantime, here is one fortunate fellow’s video overview. Watch it when you can as RIM has taked down quite a few videos on unreleased phones.
Via – InToMobile
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The previously undiscovered and released update for the Blackbery Bold OS has been put on hold. Those lucky enough to get their hands on the update can continue to use it. Those that didn’t, can continue to wait for it.
Via – BGR
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BGR is reporting that if you the Visual Voicemail icon on your Bold, you can call up AT&T and have them add the service to your plan. This is ahead of the OS update that is to be released next week. Here are some quick stats -
- Store up to 40 voicemails for up to 14 days
- Archive voicemails to device memory or on a microSD card
- Forward voicemails as an MMS to other users or an email address
- Save phone numbers in your Visual Voicemail inbox to your address book
- Setup your voicemail including greeting right from the application itself
Via – BGR
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