[southwestcomm]

Its the first iDEN BB - not first BB period.

There are plenty of iDEN users who are waiting for this.

[ozzyg.d]

12/1/2008 @ 149.99. Information just started popping up.

[rick chi-town]

I had a chance to play with one this week... our regional Sprint Manager told me 12.01.2008 release date. He also said the units have shipped and ARE in stock... we're close people, we're close!!!
Also, it IS OS 4.6... thats one of the first things I checked! Sooo cool.

[roveer]

All iden because Sprint wasn't sure if they were going to stay with Nextel (there was talk of spinning them off, but now I think they want them again because of the economy), and I think they had some trouble with qchat. I was told that qchat would be a software module that could potentially be ported to just about any phone that had the right radios and programability. You'll notice there are a bunch of phones that have a PTT button that currently doesn't do anything. I was hoping to see qchat show up on a few of the cooler HTC phones but now believe that it may never see the light of day.

At this point, I'm happy to take an iden BB as anything is better than my 7100i. I came very close to ditching nextel because of the outdated handsets.

Bring em on..

Roveer

[Kyos]

2.5mm???


No deal!

[Danno1598]

Don't you think that somewhere there would be an official post on the release date? I've asked so many Sprint people and have had so many different responses, I'm not going to speculate on a release date until I see it available. Today I was in a town near mine and stopped at their Sprint/Nextel store. The store manager told me that they were told last week that they will be available through telesales to business customers ONLY on Dec. 1. Others will not be able to buy it until they are in stores which he said will be well into January. I'm so frustrated with my 7250 that has 3 keys not working (Q, L and P), but I refuse to pay for a repair/replacement if it's even possible if this phone comes out soon. If it's going to be January, I'll get mine fixed.
Look at this thread even - October, November 1, November 14, etc...

[seahad]

I got frustrated and got a different type of phone waiting for the 8350 to come out. I am within the 30 days where I can return my phone. The problem is I purchased my phone Oct 30 and I keep hearing the release of the 8350 may be Dec 1 does anyone have any concrete info on this pre December would be great so I can take my newly purchased phone back and get the 8350.

[juwaack68]

I would return it if you have your heart set on the 8350i. I have been hearing, from very good sources, that it will not drop before December 1st.

[rick chi-town]

Hopefully you didn't jump to a different service... if you stayed within the Sprint/Nextel walls, I would return whatever you recently bought and ask them for a loaner until the 8350i rolls out. If you've been with them for any amount of time, i would certainly think they'll do whatever to keep your business.
My source for the release date is an area manager for a number of states in the midwest (something above a store-level rep, anyway), and he is anxiously awaiting this phone too! The last e-mail I recieved from him said the units are actually in inventory, which I would think means, ready to sell! Dec. 1st sounds like the date...

[seahad]

thanks for the info guys one question though if sprint/nextel arent willing to give me a loaner the date the current phone has to be turned back is is the 30th. I can just turn it in for a couple day and when the BB comes out on the 1st I can use my upgrade then I would just be without a phone for 2 days. That is how the upgrades work correct?

[jwmschroeder]

Hello all, after reading many blogs, forums, posts about where to order online the new Blackberry 8350i for Nextel and the Storm for Verizon i had to post...

newblackberries . com

[kick my blackberry]

After speaking with a representative from Vazcom about preordering my 8350i i became nervous and eery because I was told that I could give my check number or credit card number and I won't be charged until the order is placed on November 30th. And he also said that i won't get my phone until about two days later plus shipping and handling. Well, i don't know about anyone else but when i get excited about a new gadget i want mines the same day i pay for it less shipping and handling but i definitely don't want to be one of the ones without it because this 7100i can be thrown out the window at anytime.

[Jack T. Chance]

Originally Posted by jwmschroeder

Hello all, after reading many blogs, forums, posts about where to order online the new Blackberry 8350i for Nextel and the Storm for Verizon i had to post...

newblackberries . com

Hey... *sniff sniff*...what's that aroma? A scent I recognize, but haven't smelled in some time... what could it be?!?

*sniff sniff*

...wait a second... it's coming to me... could it beeee... ?

Yes, yes, I'm 99.99% sure that's what it is!

[rick chi-town]

Ughhhhh... is it really any wonder people have gotten so fed up with Sprint in recent years??? Has anyone else heard the latest? Just heard this morning, now we're loooking at 12.15 as release date for this phone.
I am just fine for another mo or two w/my AT&T curve (even tho their service sucks in my area...), but for everyone else trying to deal w/a 7100... gotta be dyin!
FYI only, who knows what to really believe..

[Danno1598]

Yup... December 15th from premier. They said that issues prevented the 12/1 date from being realistic so it was pushed off another 2 weeks for 'breathing room' to solve issues uncovered from field testing.
Guess one needs to decide - Nextel or current technology... At Sprint, you can't have both!

[JeffW]

Got the word from my rep yesterday. I was really looking forward to it so that I could set Group Connect for my task force. O'h well, I've waited two years, whats another 2 weeks.

[Danno1598]

I'll hold my thoughts on the additional 2 weeks. My money is on a 2009 release...

[kick my blackberry]

Well a representative from sprint contacted me today to make sure everything was going okay: i told her i was waiting on the release of this particular phone and she politely said that the phone will be out at the end of the month. The people at Vazcom also said the same thing after they tried to get me to pay my money to reserve a 8350i. So if the release date has change then these rep are not saying much.

[pierce4250]

I believe this is the link do a search sprint.com/instantconnectbb Featuring the BlackBerry Curve 8350i smartphone it should be realsed sometime next month for christmas

[rwireless]

I just looked under the telus mobility site (the mike network) and I see some new phones but no BB`s