Comments on: Vodafone BlackBerry Bold gets tangible release date

By: stern

stern — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:53:05 +0000

I wouldn’t take Vodafone CTI as gospel. It’s a good indication. But they don’t rush to update it when the date changes because of delays or anything else.

They will start shipping to stores and partners before then anyway.

By: Ronen

Ronen — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 04:33:27 +0000

@Thomas
I actually heard similar info from Vodaphone internals but nothing confirmed. It turns out that Business and VIP customers get the devices 2-3 weeks before the general public. They are the same that got the 8300’s preproduction with the screen dust issues.
As I said a rumor is a rumor…
All I can confirm is that above is a screenshot from Vodaphones Intranet system

By: tOMPSON’s blog » Blog Archive » Desperately waiting for my Bold

tOMPSON’s blog » Blog Archive » Desperately waiting for my Bold — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:29:43 +0000

[...] dates of the BlackBerry Bold pop up around the world: Rogers release may happen on 25th of June and Vodafone’s current date is 30th July and has the Bold already up on the UK website. Lets see what this means for my carrier the Mobilkom [...]

By: BlackBerry Cool Simon

BlackBerry Cool Simon — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:50:37 +0000

T1: No doubt the Javelin is geared towards the Curve crowd, but there is a ton of overlap in target markets between BlackBerrys. Curves are really popular in enterprise, where the Bold is ostensibly steering, so I could see more than a few suits packing a Javelin.

T2: There has been a lot of variance in release dates… I’ve heard rumours going as late as September. The earlier the better, as far as I’m concerned.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:03:59 +0000

Actually Simon, not to doubt this screenshot but I called my Vodafone business team and they said that their internal systems are currently showing the bold as available from the 4th July…

By: Trevor

Trevor — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:30:11 +0000

Simon, I actually believe the purpose behind the Javelin is to replace the 8300 Series Blackberries down the line more then likely. Still will have to wait and see what 3G brings us.