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.

This is the longest launch ever! I swear I've been following this phone for way too long...

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 if it's any later than mid-October, I'd tell AT&T to keep it because it'll already be outdated.

I have been waiting what seems like a lifetime to finally upgrade to my first BB (yes I'm a bit late but also a recent college grad) and I hope the Oct. 2nd date is true to form and not the mid Nov rumor. Also, any idea if the problems Rogers is having with the Bugs on the Bold will be all fixed for AT&T? Cause thats a HUGE downer if I purchase this Sick phone and it doesnt work properly..

Either way.. Happy news for all of the State Side AT&T users waiting for the Bold!! forward progress is better then no progress!!!

Hopefully Waiting

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.

Take with a large grain of salt, but supposed release dates for all US carriers.

http://reviews.infosyncworld.com/cell-phones/compare/?name1=RIM+BlackBerry+Bold+9000+(AT%26T)&name2=RIM+BlackBerry+Bold+9000+(T-Mobile)&name3=RIM+BlackBerry+Bold+9000+(Verizon+Wireless)&name4=RIM+BlackBerry+Bold+9000+(Sprint)

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.

I think it's closer to Oct. 2 than Sept. 12. Which is fine with me. I'd love to have it on Sept. 12, but it gives them extra time to get the browser right.

And I'd like to wait for the reviews for AT&T. I want to make sure it's the best buy for my money.

At this point, I think the Thunder/Storm will be out before the Bold but oh well.

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.

Help AT&T - I want the bold, but my treo is on its last legs, I know the Looney beat the dollar a while back, but let's not let Roger's beat us as well...oops, already happened!

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.

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

I got sick of waiting and got an iPhone. Frankly, I'm quite happy I did. You guys have a lot more patience than me.

You all have been waiting so long, I think it's a fair question to ask - is the release date this year or 2009?

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.

I'd love to see it released on September 12th as my birthday is 2 days later. That would be such a sweet birthday present. Listen up AT&T! Make it happen!

Roger

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 was at the AT&T store last night since I was considering switching wireless providers from Verizon.

I asked them if they knew anything about the Blackberry Bold. The guy said that there is a STRONG release date for Oct 2nd. ;). They even told me to come back then and gave me his email so that I can keep checking.

I'll probably wait until then.

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

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.

Good source at AT&T told me last Thursday it will take 4 weeks for them to come out with the Bold, As RIM is committing one mistake after the other ignoring their main market, I bet it will not be even on Oct. 6.
I, myself, tired waiting, already trying a friend's iPhone and I am getting used to it... RIM, you are about to lose an addicted BBRY user.

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

I agree with fmrattemployee.... That whoa take your prilosec guy sounds like a dumb lil closet homo... Att sucks, steve jobs is a idiot and fmrattemployee DESTROYED that guy in his response.... Oh and that kid who said fmrattemployee got served is prob whoa take your prilosecs bitch, constantly tonguing each others taints..... You both got smoked by fmrattemployee, face the facts b*tches......

Hey everyone, it's me again.... I have an announcement to make: yes I typed a response to fmrattemployee's blog earlier and he responded. You're probably wondering why I am so upset @ him...so here it is.... I am gay. I really am 40 and I never have had a woman....I'm mad at frmratt because he rejected me sexually... If u ever met him in person you'd see he's very intelligent, very charming and VERY yummy looking.....God I love buff men... I know in my blog I said tmobile has worst coverage than att but that's a blatant lie because my gay lover Chauncey has tmobile and he always has at least 4 bars even here in San Francisco(my home cuz I'm so homosexual)I wish my blackberry was 4 feet longer so I could use it as an anal toy... Anyway if fmrattemployee would have let me blow him like I wanted to, I never would have come on here and tried so miserably to look intelligent... so I admit it- he's right, and I love pork sword in my pooper.

Hey everyone, it's me again.... I have an announcement to make: yes I typed a response to fmrattemployee's blog earlier and he responded. You're probably wondering why I am so upset @ him...so here it is.... I am gay. I really am 40 and I never have had a woman....I'm mad at frmratt because he rejected me sexually... If u ever met him in person you'd see he's very intelligent, very charming and VERY yummy looking.....God I love buff men... I know in my blog I said tmobile has worst coverage than att but that's a blatant lie because my gay lover Chauncey has tmobile and he always has at least 4 bars even here in San Francisco(my home cuz I'm so homosexual)I wish my blackberry was 4 feet longer so I could use it as an anal toy... Anyway if fmrattemployee would have let me blow him like I wanted to, I never would have come on here and tried so miserably to look intelligent... so I admit it- he's right, and I love pork sword in my pooper.

A friend of a friend's uncle's sister's cousin who worked with a guy told him his friend at AT&T, who is a higher executive, told him that it will be Nov. 1 and that they're getting ready to sell it for the holiday season.

They're hoping to get the holiday season early.

Hey gang, heres the real poop or better yet the real scoop-
Rim and AT&T doesnt give a damn about any of us, they could give a "Hoot" about loyalty, that work gor flushed in a rim toilet a long time ago. They got what everone wants. simple-

Heres the real story- Its about MONEY- AT&T and RIM are Duking it out about how much the phone will cost with and without contract-

It has nothing to do with problems with the phone currently, a couple software fixes and voila, pow, bang kick it up a notch- Even Emeril wants one of these. They will fix the broken software and slow this and slow that, but there is NO SOFTWARE FIX for money, and thats what this is all about currently, Not us, but MONEY$$$$

i think it is the 12 because on blackberrys website the dock is coming out the 10 and with next day shiping it would come the 12 th

How can i find out when bold is coming to Mexico?

I CANT TAKE THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I...NEED...THIS...PHONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

As a Mac user, I was rather ambivalent at first about the "buttonless" factor of the iPhone. As time went on and the nonsense of standing in line (Pt. 1) faded into obscurity, I was gifted an iPhone by an alcoholic family member. Children, here is what we call FORESHADOWING in the story.
I am 7 months into my iPhone usage and I have had it replaced once so far, by Apple-no questions asked. The snazzy UI is soon overshadowed by lagging touch-reaction time, over 89 missed calls (yes I am keeping a tally) that are not recorded as missed calls but as the iPhone sits patiently next to me while I am __________ (fill in blank), all of a sudden the voicemail notifier notifies me of new voicemail. Phone is on full ring and it has not made a peep in over 6 hours.
This leads me to the only logical solution...back to blackberry. I was so satisfied with the 8700c. It was such a good little machine. Don't get me wrong, I've had wet dreams about the Bold just as you have, but I just reconnected with the 8700c through at&t's 50.00 upgrade program (and although the 8700c is way older than the iPhone, I do consider this to be an upgrade). I will wait out all the pre-post release non-sense that is being hashed out and once the hoopla dies down, I may just sell the 8700c, which will have a higher resale value in a year than my iPhone has 7 months after launch date. Speaking of launch, I will free my iPhone into the briny depths of the East River at some point this week simply because the sheer joy of chucking it is worth more to me than the measly 100.00 I might get for it on ebay. Just my 2 cents.

I just called my buddy who works behind the scenes with AT&T and it looks as though end of October is the new release date! CRAP

I believe in the Sept. 12th release date for AT&T!!!

....get ready......

all these delays are just destroying RIM investor confidence. when the phone was announced the stock shot up but he delays have had it in a free fall. but i'll still be waiting for the damn thing.

i called the ATT customer support today and asked them about the release of the bold, and the lady looked in up on their computer system and she told me the release date was set for early November.

I spoke to the people at the AT&T by my house (in NY). At the end of August they had told me to call mid-September because the "Blackberry People" said they were shooting for the 3rd week in September. When I called today, they told me the date was pushed back and to call again around the 1st week of October-- not before then. Sooo basically it's October 2nd (the earliest). How infuriating...

Just came from the ATT store and the Bold is getting pushed again so Oct 2nd isnt going to happen.

its october 2nd and still no BOLD

Well, here it is Oct 6th and no news. Anyone able to pin down the date for retail availability?