I dont know about ATT but T-Mobile will have the 9000 on Sept 17.

I hope to come back to this thread and congratulate you on a accurate prediction on that very day! Unless it is a 3g'less Javelin varient, then I will be very dissapointed!

AT&T has the Bold ... and its an exclusive so I do not know how T-Mobile will get it. But they will be getting the Javeline. Isn't Javeline like the Bold, except without 3G? I can't see Tmobile releasing both Javeline and Bold very close to each other. Probably Bold for AT&T is wishful thinking.

I am willing to bet money that Tmobile will not get it on the 17th of September. If they get one, it will be Javeline.

I believe the Kickstart is coming out before the Javelin.

Thought i read that T mobile would have a September 24th 2008 launch date.

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Yeah ... But I seriously doubt it will be the Bold. The Javelin maybe.

The curve was an att exclusive, and t-mobile got it when the 90-day exclusive ended. T-Mobile had an exclusive on the pearl, but att got it after a while. The 8800 was labeled as an att exclusive too, but we all see where that landed. I think for phones other than the iPhone, they're not lifetime exclusives. The RAZR too was an att exclusive that landed on all carriers with a vengeance. I read somewhere (i think bgr or engadget) that when the bold was announced at wes they said that there'd be a model of the bold for t-mobile. the javelin will not be able to be called the bold since they're two separate device lines. i actually think that the javelin is the curve replacement, the bold is the 8800 replacement, and the kickstart is the pearl replacement, and thus all three devices will land on both gsm carriers, and eventually on sprint and vzw. just my thoughts

Good point ... I'm still betting T-Mobile does not get the Bold, but the Javeline instead.

A well thought out reply. Hope you're right!

Thanks. I hope I'm right. It seems pretty logical and likely to happen

Give a ring to T-Mobile and ask about upcoming 3G BlackBerry. The two reps I spoke to on separate occasions are under the impression that a 3G capable BlackBerry will be available "well earlier than before the year's end," though certainly they are to be taken with a grain of salt. They can also confirm what areas are currently 3G capable for any upcoming phones launched using their 3G spectrum.

ATT has an exclusivity period on the BOLD.
It appears the T-Mobile version of the 900 will be the Javelin, at least at first.
It is entirely possible that the Javelin could be released before the BOLD. Then everyone could be angry.
"hey, mine wasn't first!"
"Hey, mine doesn't have 3G!"

Im not saying that t-mobile isnt getting the javelin, but theres absolutely no proof saying that it wont be getting the bold either. like i mentioned above, its very likely that both carriers get all 3 new 9k series blackberrys, just as they did the 8k series. Bold for Corporate users/consumer users (Ala 8800), Javelin for consumers primarily (8300 series) and the kickstart for suretype users (pearl). Im sure the exclusivity period on the bold is only for 90 days as usual

I have read that ATT will have the 9000 in July with Tmobile to follow in September. Of course, those are launch date which appear to be missed very often. It will arrive sooner or later.

dats the date, bank on it.

That would work well for me, I got my Pearl the day it was released on T-Mobile. That would mean I could renew my contract when the 9000 hits.

Sorry for the horribly late response to the 3G issue, but I updated the firmware on my 6263 and put it to UMTS-only mode and got no reception at all, so no 3G in Atlanta.

come on G Patrick. It took you a month to get back to us with an answer about 3g in Atlanta. Whatever you did, I would venture to say that it only proves that there was no 3g wherever you were standing. Hardly conclusive as to the entire city.

Well my bad for taking so long I honestly just forgot about it. On the 6263 firmware update it'll give a 3G signal indicator. I live in the metro area where they have decent reception and a decent subscriber base. I'm sure it would've been available and it wasn't just me standing in one spot. Take it for what its worth