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Posted by intenseone Wednesday, Oct 21, 2009 843 days ago

LOVE this UPGRADE TIME bye bye my beloved 8310 hello 9700!!! and First SWEET!!!

 
 
Posted by SolitaryX88 Wednesday, Oct 21, 2009 842 days ago

exactly like me waiting for the 9700 while having 8310!

 
 
Posted by jpgnfx Wednesday, Oct 21, 2009 842 days ago

cant wait for it to come to Asia.
2nd SWEET!!

 
 
Posted by adminz Wednesday, Oct 21, 2009 842 days ago

Hello 9700.. Finally !!

 
 
Posted by pmich Wednesday, Oct 21, 2009 842 days ago

Hold on...is there on board memory in addition to the 256mb for apps ..(the bold 9000 had 1 gig internal).

I know you can get an external memory cards..but it's nice to have on board memory as well...for things you want to access regardless of which memory card is installed.

little dissappointed by that..

 
 
Posted by pmich Wednesday, Oct 21, 2009 842 days ago

**oops double post ***

 
 
Posted by SolitaryX88 Wednesday, Oct 21, 2009 842 days ago

The processor speed or type?

 
 
Posted by yurguis Wednesday, Oct 21, 2009 842 days ago

624 MHz processor with 256 MB Flash memory. :)

 
 
Posted by SolitaryX88 Wednesday, Oct 21, 2009 842 days ago

Marvel PXA930? Like the bold?

 
 
Posted by RazorV Wednesday, Oct 21, 2009 842 days ago

Besides WiFi what is the difference between the bold2 and the Tour 9630? Can anyone tell me?

 
 
Posted by SolitaryX88 Wednesday, Oct 21, 2009 842 days ago

The 9630 has:
1. bigger Form factor
2. World edition! (CDMA/GSM networks communication Capability)
3. 256MB RAM
4. TrackBall not TrackPad
5. Lower Battery Life.
6. Different Charging Cyrcles of battery.
7. Qualcomm 7600 Procesor 528Mhz
8. BlackBerry OS4.7 from the beggining!

 
 
Posted by codemaker Wednesday, Oct 21, 2009 842 days ago

The biggest difference is probably this a GSM device and the Tour is mainly a CDMA device (it also has GSM capabilities). This will most likely not be offered on the same carriers as the Tour (except maybe Bell and Telus).

 
 
Posted by jwilcox09 Wednesday, Oct 21, 2009 842 days ago

I wish i didn't switch to Sprint...although i love the tour and can't seem many differences.

 
 
Posted by codemaker Wednesday, Oct 21, 2009 842 days ago

The essex is coming :)

 
 
Posted by th3gh05t Wednesday, Oct 21, 2009 842 days ago

How much is this going to be priced at? $399.99? $299.99?

 
 
Posted by th3gh05t Wednesday, Oct 21, 2009 842 days ago

And what happened to the 1GB of memory? Is that still on there?

 
 
Posted by HofstraJet Wednesday, Oct 21, 2009 842 days ago

The 1 GB on the Bold 9000 is storage memory for data, not flash memory for applications. The Bold 9000 only has 128 MB for applications whereas the 8900 and Bold 9700 have 256 MB. The storage memory of the Bold 9700 is easily upgraded way past 1 GB with a SD card, so that detail is nothing to worry about. The 9700 has more memory that matters (the memory for applications since that cannot be increased).

 
 
Posted by And1Viper Wednesday, Oct 21, 2009 842 days ago

It's hereeeeeeeeee! Time to hound my carrier!

 
 
Posted by pbajoe Wednesday, Oct 21, 2009 842 days ago

Other than maybe the 3G, it looks and has same or similar features as my TMO Curve 8900. Hmmm...

 
 
Posted by username0001 Wednesday, Oct 21, 2009 842 days ago

I've got the 8900 and DETEST the trackball. Had numerous issues and replacement phones, but the price will be a factor.....any rumors on this yet?

 
 
Posted by sc2565 Wednesday, Oct 21, 2009 842 days ago

I'm in the same boat. My trackball keeps getting ridden with dirt and not rolling the right way or sometimes stopping all together. I am in need of a track pad but price is definitely the issue.

 
 
Posted by joelily2 Wednesday, Oct 21, 2009 842 days ago

The AT&T page says $199 after $100 mail-in rebate. Nice.

 
 
Posted by ceodrew Wednesday, Oct 21, 2009 842 days ago

DAMN THATS THE HOTTEST BERRY

 
 
Posted by usniserve Wednesday, Oct 21, 2009 842 days ago

My Pearl 8100 is ready for retirement, its been a good phone but i have waited patiently for this one, 3G will be nice once its all up and running in the next year or so...I'm so excited

 
 
Posted by drew4flt72 Wednesday, Oct 21, 2009 842 days ago

I've been stalking this phone just like I did with the Javelin, so this isn't a big shock. I knew it was coming!! I love my Javelin but my wife needs to upgrade her 8320 soooooo.....SHE CAN HAVE MY JAVELIN!!!! What a swell guy I am....LOL!! It's upgrade time people and just in time for the 9700. Wife doesn't care about 3G or faster processor and it's not like she's getting a schlep phone. She will be happy with her upgrade and so will I!!!

 
 
Posted by LazyStarGazer Wednesday, Oct 21, 2009 842 days ago

So, if it's HSDPA compatible, is the maximum theoretical download rate 7.2 or 3.6 Mbs?
I'm thinking 7.2 :)

 
 
Posted by PurpleWolf Wednesday, Oct 21, 2009 842 days ago

That is one sexy phone!!!

:}

 
 
Posted by Rob128 Thursday, Oct 22, 2009 842 days ago

and wait for the next one. The Bold is still powerful for my needs.

 
 
Posted by sdotphillie Thursday, Oct 22, 2009 842 days ago

I actually cant wait!!

 
 
Posted by swaggal0s0 Friday, Oct 23, 2009 840 days ago

OMG finally!!! I was just about to say good bye to b=my beloved 8900 because i keep getting dropped calls with this Edge crappy stuff in my apt. (how dare i think about going for an iphone?) this 9700 will b in my hand the week that it comes out, no preordering! i wanna have it in my hand at the store lol

 
 
Posted by Toronto Girl Sunday, Oct 25, 2009 838 days ago

Would love to have an upgrade....alas Rogers rules are awful. No upgrades for 2 years....at least I think that is what they changed it to.

 
 
Posted by Monty17 Sunday, Oct 25, 2009 838 days ago

I can't wait to get my hands on this! I only have to wait 5 more weeks until my contract is up. BlackBerry Bold 9700, here I come!

 
 
Posted by JIGSR Monday, Oct 26, 2009 838 days ago

IT HAS LESS MEMORY THAN THE OLDER BOLD???

BOLD 9000 1GB INTERNAL MEMORY
BOLD 9700 256MB INTERNAL MEMORY

WHY???

 
 
Posted by The Gift Monday, Nov 02, 2009 830 days ago

It looks just like an 8900, except it has a trackpad and 3G.

I can understand the excitement if your coming up from an older generation Blackberry like a 83XX...but anyone with a BB released in the last year...you cant really think the Bold 9700 is a revolutionary phone...really?

Honestly they should have pitched the Tour 2 as the next Bold.

 
 
Posted by Crunch Tuesday, Nov 17, 2009 816 days ago

Yep, it really is awesome! I got mine today and am loving it! I did so much OS 5 meddling around with my Bold 9000 last week and over the weekend, and it is SUCH an awesome device, I don't wanna get rid of it. Anyone with a 9000 getting rid of it (selling/gifting/performing drop tests from bridges, what?)...hahaaa...

 
 
Posted by jbpitre Tuesday, Jan 05, 2010 766 days ago

I bought my Bold 9700 at walmart.com for $9.99 with an upgrade to my at&t account. AWESOME

 
 
Posted by jamtastic Saturday, Aug 07, 2010 553 days ago

The form-factor and battery life of the Onyx/Bold2 9700 are a nice improvement over the 9000 and even the Tour. The keyboard is quite easy to type with even though the keys are slightly smaller than my thumbs really like , and the trackpad is much more dusty environment friendly . Lack of more internal memory means nothing to me as I store all my media on an external card. I just wish RIM gave developers and such a little more access into the deep-down guts of the OS , and even BIOS/FLASH rom of their devices , because the Marvell PXA930 has a maximum RECOMMENDED clock speed of 800Mhz , and RIM decided to UNDER-clock it to 624Mhz ! I WANT THE FULL 800MHZ , DAMMIT !