First we heard it was July 15th now good ole faithful BGR is reporting Rogers will launch it on June 25th. We are waiting for official confirmation as to when Rogers Wireless will launch the BlackBerry Bold. It almost seems a little too early if Rogers releases the Bold next week or so. Stay tuned for more info…
Word on the street is that Rogers Wireless will be launching their BlackBerry Bold on July 15th. This will come just four days after Rogers will release Apple's iPhone. No pricing is still not known for the BlackBerry Bold yet but you can expect it'll cost a little more than the iPhone. Stay tuned for more details when they arrive.
While usually we only cover BlackBerry news on the site this post is special. Apple has announced their upgraded iPhone featuring 3G and GPS. Apple also announced the new price tag of their 3G iPhone's. The 8GB version will ring in at only $199 everywhere (meaning $199USD or $199CAD) of course with a contract. AT&T will continue to be the exclusive carrier in the United States and looks like both Rogers and Fido will have it in Canada.
Now with all this iPhone talk how long before carriers release the BlackBerry Bold and RIM introduces the BlackBerry Thunder?
Somehow we missed this… Apparently Rogers Wireless here in Canada has launched a Pink colored BlackBerry Curve 8310. The new pink Curve will run you $199.99 with a three year term. Now that Rogers has their Pink BlackBerry how long before the others?
Check the Rogers website for details.
Rogers Wireless this morning announced the launch of the UMA (Wi-Fi) packing BlackBerry Pearl. The BlackBerry Pearl 8120 features UMA support for Rogers Home Calling Zone, a UMA based service which allows Rogers customers to make unlimited local calls while in their Wi-Fi area.
The Pearl 8120 features a 2.0 megapixel camera, external microSD memory card slot and of course the Pearl 2's newer design. The BlackBerry Pearl 8120 is available for $249.99 with three year contract and a $15 subscription to Rogers Home Calling Zone. One quick thing we should note Rogers says this model comes with Documents to Go on it… Skip over for the full press release.
UPDATE: Looks like the price has been changed to $149.99 with three year contract. A reader messaged me and said it looks like the Rogers 8120 might be the first BlackBerry to ship with OS 4.5 as well.
Some lucky person got their hands on a live pre-production BlackBerry Bold, but not just any Bold a Rogers branded Bold. The member over at Pinstack notes this is not a final version and basically is just a cruvy 8800 sporting GPS and Wi-Fi. Some of the pictures just show the blue theme and OS 4.6. Click on over to see some more pictures… Read More
Word has it Canada's Rogers Wireless is getting set to pick up one maybe two new Wi-Fi enabled BlackBerry smartphones. We know that RIM has been testing both models over the past five months or so. If Rogers picks up both these new BlackBerry smartphones they will go great with their new UMA service (Rogers Home Zone).
Stay tuned for more details as they come in.
Rogers has just confirmed that they will be launching the BlackBerry Bold in Canada! While they don't announce any launch dates or pricing they simply made a coming soon page. You can asked to be notified when the Bold launches. Visit the Rogers website for details.
Our friends over at CrackBerry have received some new details regarding Rogers launching a UMA service, similar to T-Mobile’s Hotspot@Home. The service will allow customers to use a Wi-Fi network for local and long distance calling. The plans will start at $15 extra a month for unlimited local talking and $20 for unlimited nationwide calling. New competitive International long distance rates will also be seen with these plans. The service will be seen on both Rogers and Fido, however Rogers will launch the BlackBerry Pearl 8120 (featuring Wi-Fi) to go along with this service. This UMA service will be called “Rogers Home Calling Zone” and will launch May 6th for non-business clients only.
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My one question for Rogers is how long before the Wi-Fi enabled BlackBerry Curve 8320 launches??
What could be more bad news has hit the RIM rumor mill today. According to a post on HowardForums someone seems to think the BlackBerry Curve 8330 for Telus may be delayed. The post claims that Telus is having issues with testing and that we might not see it launch until Summer 2008!?!?! Even though Bell and Sprint are known to be launching it sometime next month. Let’s really take a deep breath and hope this is a hoax.
