As much as I'd love to see the Bold released on AT&T in mid-September, I get the feeling BG's predicted launch date of October 2 is more likely.

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My call is "Whatever"... my bubble of excitement popped weeks ago. I'll still be buying it, but instead of getting giddy school-girl tingles (a la Kevin's unboxing experience) I will instead wear a face of disgruntled indignation as I hand over my credit card.

But I'll still be buying it.

I've been in two different AT&T stores this past week and been told by two different store employees that they've been told the Bold will be available in a November'ish' timeframe. Of course, who really knows... or cares at this point. The excitement has sort of died for me. I'm sure I'll still get one but until then I'm actually having fun with some of the iPhone apps... though the phone itself still blows.

I like the little AT&T logo in the trackball, Kevin.

But for those predicting release dates after Oct. 2nd, well... if it's any later than mid-October, I'd tell AT&T to keep it because it'll already be outdated.

Did BG mention if that was 2008 or 2009?

So much for the late Summer release AT&T. I can't believe this, it better be September or I might have to get a Curve. I can't live with this POS Blackjack any longer!

I hate to say that everything that we are being told here in Att world is most likely by Halloween, but definetly before Christmas. Not cool, as I would much rather push a quality device than the Iphone that gets too many complaints.

If I was a betting Canis, I'd say both dates are wrong. BG is great with scoops on new devices, but is WAY wrong on launch dates. I can't recall when last he was accurate on a launch date. Maybe it really is delayed, or maybe he just makes up dates to generate website traffic.

Regardless, my money is on a late Oct or early to mid November launch on AT&T. As many other posters have said, this device has been so reviewed, and so subject to false launch date rumors, that there really is nothing exciting about it anymore.

Given that the Bold has obviously been ready from around June of this year, and that RIM is not standing still, I'm sure they already have the Bold's successor in early trials. Why would I sign a two year contract with AT&T for a device that may be outdated in 6 months' time? I'll be skipping the Bold, and switch to the first service provider with the Javelin or Thunder/Storm in the US.

That's my wifes birthday. Why not, I mean we have gone about this for several months now. What a FUBAR, seems that they can't get the job done right. All I have to say that it had been better than everything else out there otherwise this wait will prove to erode the confidence that RIM has earned from their previous work.

I work for a financial institution and my ATT reps told me they are being trained on the bold next week. We are a large client for the area reps so I hope to get one soon.

On August 28 i contacted my nearest t-mo store and asked and associate what day the kickstart would be released and i was advised that they would release the bb Bold first. when i asked when i was told end of sept begining of oct. so my fingers are crossed and att my have it on the 12 since they have the release exclusive.
idk... im just hopin

My Sprint (US) contract ended two weeks ago and I've been waiting to switch to AT&T and get the bold ... it seems pointless to get a curve when we're this close, doesn't it? But the wait is killing me! Now we're talking about October!!
Boo.

I have a source with At&T that says the release is now LATE Nov for Holiday sales. This just blows.

All that really comes to mind when reading about the Bold anymore is kudos to Apple. Kudos to them for having released an arguably equal, and in some points of view superior, device MONTHS earlier than RIM, and at least it seems at this point, for $100 cheaper. I have been waiting for the bold since before the iPhone 3G launch, but the inflated Rogers release price and the inability to get it out there for purchase here in the U.S. have undeniably taken the excitement out of the process and turned it into frustration.

Well i was at an ATT store today and i was told October, possibly MID October is what they were told. So take that and with what boy genius said... make your call.

Blah... Another story about the already played out Bold and the world's crappiest(and oldest) carrier, ATT..... I thought people had tired of all this speculating and he-said she-said B.S that has become the central focus of our lives... Yes, the Bold is a cool looking phone. Yes, I will probably upgrade to Bold from Curve when T-Mobile gets it in December/January but here's the thing: after running into a gazillion different blogs pertaining to the Bold, I feel as though I've already had the phone for a couple months and I'm already growing tired of hearing about it... Secondly, why is it that ATT gets the Bold first in U.S? Hmmm lemme guess; they shelled out the most money to RIM for exclusivity rights...(Sarcastically)no way!ATT acting like a buncha old fat greedy geezers and creating a Monopoly in the wireless industry like they did with land lines? I don't buy it, ATT would never do that....Remember when the feds had to go in and bust up att's monopoly so now its not just att its sbc,bell south, so on so forth? That was awesome. I despise the existence of a corporation as greedy as Att.Personally I would never do business with a company who's had run-in's with the Feds, already created a monopoly,hires illegal immigrants to work in retail stores,treats customers like dirt,and has more money than the U.S Mint... That and their network sucks everywhere except big,smelly,loud,smog filled cities... Oooh the iphone. Awesome. Another product put out by Apple. Wait a second, isn't Apple founded and run by Steve Jobs and Wozniak? It is? That's weird. Those two are college dropouts. Do you really want to buy a product created by two idiots who couldn't even get through something as easy as college? By buying Apple products, we are (in a sense) supporting dropouts....I'm glad to say I've never owned an Apple product and never will. What the bleep is wrong with this country?? Here lemme help you all out: the iphone sucks. Period. No argument anyone has will change the fact it sucks. ATT are a buncha greedy old geezers who somehow survived the civil war and are still kicking around like that older relative we all have and would prefer to put in an old folks home..... Give it a rest,att.... The other carriers are still better despite your exclusivity on certain phones....wouldn't it be great if Watson was the one who invented the phone rather than Alexander Graham Bell? There would be no ATT and people would be smarter for never having heard of such a douch*bag company.... Tmo 4 life.... Disclaimer: this post does not necessarily reflect the views and/or opinions of crackberry.com. Or anyone else for that matter. This post is the result of a very long night, a very early morning, and heartburn to boot.

I really don't give a flying **** anymore and am tired of this game. When it hits the shelves, I'll wait until the browser and other problems are resolved before considering it. My 8820 is good enough.

I'm currently employed at AT&T and if the release date was under 15 days away I think I would have heard a little more information on product training and so forth that we as reps would have had to do in order to be prepared. I can almost bet my next check on the fact that it won't be here til Oct. 2nd which in my eyes is better than Nov.

Keep your fingers crossed att customers.

I'm beginning to think the BlackBerry Bold should be renamed "The Phantom." That's it. :)

I think this phone is awesome. While I have read that my carrier, Verizon, is getting the new Blackberry touch screen, touch screens have never floated my boat. Does anyone think that Verizon will get the Blackberry Bold and if they do, will it be a World Phone? Thanks.

I'm with a lot of people here when I say that I just don't care anymore. It's done for me, I don't even want it anymore. If they could have gotten it out in a timely manner, then things would be different. Shoot, they would even be different if they could just give us an actual date. Which I don't see why that would be too hard since the phone is already out on Rogers, so how much different can Rogers be from AT&T? I think the only way I'd get the bold now is if it came out with frickin laser beams attached to it or something.

i work for an at&t reseller. i have held, played with and admired the bold. i will buy one as asoon as it realeases. as soon as rogers anounced its release on aug 21 i called my rae ( regional account excec ) he stated we would release it 1 month after rogers sep21

so oct 2 seems more like it