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I had heard rumblings of an AT&T launch party up the road from the BlackBerry Developer Conference in San Francisco, but all of the underhanded blogger-weaseling in the world couldn’t get me an invite. Regardless, someone still managed to get some pics.
The official word is that the AT&T BlackBerry Bold will be going for $299.99 as of Tuesday, Nov. 4.
Unlike SOME launch parties, AT&T was actually happy to be giving out the Bold to attendees. From what I’ve been able to gather over here, the latest delays were a result of MMS issues, and whenever AT&T fixes a bug, they have to begin their testing process from scratch, which resulted in the lengthy Bold delay. Good QA, but damn, that’s a bad string of luck. Good timing and placement of the launch party though, what with the Storm getting so much hype down here in Santa Clara. Do you think AT&T will be able to compete with Verizon’s offering?
[via RIM]
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Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
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