Coming soon to a store near you – Blackberry Bold in White – October 18th
For all those that are just downright afraid of the color black, or have melanophobia, have no fear. Come October 18th, AT&T and RIM will be releasing the Blackberry Bold in the color white. For all you white shoe wearing business professionals, you have found the phone to match your, uh, unique taste in shoes.
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The DL of AT&T happenings this week – Multiple exciting releases
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.
Would you like to write for this blog or AKA – This week in AT&T News
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:
Ozzy Osbourne smacking around his assistant – Samsung Jack commercial
Check out this commercial featuring Ozzy Osbourne promoting the Samsung Jack - somewhat old but somewhat funny:
BGR Reviews the Blackberry 9700 – Loves it
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 We nailed the Tour all the way back almost two years ago, and sadly the internals seem to be a little outdated.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
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WinMo 6.5 Reveals Some Upcoming AT&T Phones – HP Obsidian, LG Monaco
BGR has revealed a screenshot of upcoming AT&T phones that will be featuring the anticipated WinMo 6.5. First off, the Tilt 2 aka HTC Fortress aka Touch Pro2 will indeed be released sometime in the upcoming month with 6.5. Also to be blessed with 6.5 will be the Samsung Jack and Epix phones. The more noteable news here is the HP Obsidian and the LG Monaco that are scheduled to be released in December and November, respectively. Hit the jump for some specs on these upcoming phones.
AT&T to Launch the HTC Tilt 2 October 18th
After being essentially the only carrier not the have the Tilt 2 yet, AT&T will reportedly finally release it October 6th 18th, having to fix some bugs. With the original expected release date, it coincided with the release of Microsoft's WinMo 6.5 being released. So, you can expect to have WinMo 6.5 already installed when released, unlike other carriers where an upgrade will be needed.
Via - BGR
