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Aftermarket white BlackBerry Bold housing has been available for awhile to the adventurous sort who could stomach dismantling their expensive smartphone, but soon new buyers on AT&T will be able to pick up a device straight-up without that headache. Internal inventory is showing a white version of the original BlackBerry Bold (9000), suggesting a release real soon-like. It’s good to see RIM won’t be ditching ol’ faithful for the newer, slimmer, sexier Onyx 9700 – hopefully we’ll see the 9000 getting a series of refreshes and continued support on par with the Pearl lineup. Aside from colour options, the old Bold will likely need a significant price cut if it intends to sit next to the 9700 without any shame…
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Simon Sage
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.
