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AT&T preparing to launch BlackBerry Bold 9000 on October 2?

By Will Park on Friday, August 29th, 2008 at 7:28 PM PST In AT&T, BlackBerry, Devices, RIM (Research in Motion), Rumors

It’s good to see some sort of launch-related news that doesn’t include the word “delay.” Following on confirmation that the long-awaited Sony Ericsson (NYSE: SNE) XPERIA X1 would be delayed even BlackBerry Bold 9000 AT&Tmore than it already is, Boy Genius Report has it on a solid source that the BlackBerry Bold 9000 will finally be seeing the light of day in the US on October 2.

As expected, AT&T (NYSE: T) will be making BlackBerry (NSDQ: RIMM) Bold-dreams come true for business-suited BlackBerry fans itching to get their hands on Waterloo’s latest and greatest push-emailing smartphone. The “source” is apparently planted high up in AT&T’s command chain, and says that the No. 1 US wireless carrier is aiming for to get the BlackBerry Bold in stores by October 2.

The near-term launch could signal AT&T’s intent to have their 3G network shored up in time to accomodate the influx of BlackBerry Bold customers that will undoubtedly add more strain on a network that is speculated to be buckling under the pressure of iPhone 3G data requests.

We’ll keep an eye on this one, stay tuned.

[Via: BGR]

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2 Comments on “AT&T preparing to launch BlackBerry Bold 9000 on October 2?”

  1. val says:

    When is T-Mobile USA gotta get one ?

  2. jeff says:

    Hey Guys,

    FYI it is already unlockable by unlocking codes.

    Everybody seems to recommend http://www.cellphoneunlockingonline.com

    I also tried them to unlock my rogers Bold and got my unlock code by email in the morning.

    cellphoneunlockingonline.com only charges like 16 bucks to unlock AT&T Blackberry Bold

    Good deal!

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