I know I'm not the only one that went, but for those of you that did, they are supposed to be giving us free AT&T 8900 devices when they launched. Well, they have launched and I'm just wondering if anyone else has received word of when/how we are getting them. Anyone have any info?????? Or at least a contact we can ask????

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No official word, but I have told this week or next.

I was wondering too... :D

Sweet....now I just have to decide if I want to use the 8900 or stick with my 9000

I was wondering as well

I knew I should have gone to that party.... I blame Verizon for enticing me with "Happy Hour". Ugh!

Yeah, I agree. The Verizon party sucked monkey balls.

Was it t-mobile that did the cigar shop?

Yeah, I saw the guy setting up when I was on my way over to the gym. I was going to try to sneak over and grab one (or offer to buy one!) but I didn't think I'd blend very well in shorts and a tank top.

I forgot to have a cigar at WES, oh well maybe next time.

AT&T service blows where I live anyway, so I'm giving mine to my brother, who currently has a Razr <<<shudder>>> with AT&T. He's pretty excited about the upgrade.

I never actually heard them say they were giving them out, could it be a rumor?

I am 99.999999999% certain they are giving them out, even though I didn't hear a formal announcement at the party.

I had an issue with the bussing from the Marriott (since I was at the Ritz and they wouldn't take me back to the Ritz after the party). The AT&T guy at the Marriott told us that they were giving them out.

It's a sad day today. I borrowed an 8320 for WES and the new guy will see some scratches on it. I have to wipe it and give it up. I will miss checking my emails in the morning and my chats with friends on BB messenger.

My old friend the BlackJack will again be used with out a dataplan.

Tonight I will sit by the fire and watch it flicker instead of a glowing screen. I will listen to crickets, frogs and the other noises in the night instead of the chirps of BB messenger or the whirs of the vibe. Tonight I free my self of technology and will reflect on my memories instead. Tonight it would be best to knot rain!

No, its not a rumor, I was there and the guy said that everyone in the place was getting an AT&T Curve 8900 with six months of free telenav service. He said we will get them once AT&T has officially released them, so I'm hoping soon. I have emailed the address that was listed on the AT&T event signup webpage but have yet to get a response. I wish someone here knew who to ask or could find out from AT&T.....

you wanna stick with the 9000. keyboard isnt as nice on the 8900 and no 3g. why downgrade ? 9000>8900

Of course there are trade-offs with anything, the 8900 has MUCH application memory than any previous BlackBerry device.

Yeah i got there kind of late so I'm not surprised I didn't hear it.

+1 not a rumor. I heard it as well. Originally you were supposed to get scanned on the way out with the same code that was used coming in, but going out got bottlenecked so they said everyone who was scanned going in will get one.

Yeah I appreciate that they were trying to promote a blackberry product by using the bar codes and blackberrys to scan, but man that was a terrible idea.

Nothing here yet

I really wish someone from AT&T would step up and fill us in on this. I don't mind if I have to wait a week or a month, as long as I know that I'm waiting that long. The way they handled it this year was really disappointing. Nobody to call, no way to know if or when we will be getting the phones, nothing. I have sent an email to the address that we used to register for the event and didn't get a reply.

How will 8900 be compared to BOLD? WiFi? I wish AT&T would keep the red numerals on their keyboard.

Of course I'll be glad when TOUR is launched......AT&T 3G is scarce in these parts and VZW has 1XEV Rev A throughout my area.

Kinda weird though that BOLD has 2.0 mxp camera and 8900 has 3.2.

I thinkI answered my on question on launch dtae. They're on AT&T's website: BlackBerry® Curve(TM) 8900 Cell Phone - | Wireless from AT&T, formerly Cingular
No 3G though

no news is good news right?

I'm not important enough to get my tickets paid for, but I'm trying to wangle the free 8900 my boss is getting for going to the at&t party!

He's got enough BlackBerrys already!

No word yet.

I think I might just buy one

I know....this sucks. It's typical AT&T. Build up something and get people worked up, then leave them hanging. No information, no response to emails, no follow up email after the event, nothing. Great way to treat their "VIPs".

I hold Kenny Loggins responsible.

I got a response saying more information to come

Very nice. A friend and I also attended the ATT WES event and heard that they will be shipping us the 8900 when it's released. (which was awhile ago) We have responded to barcode invatation email but not not gotten any response back. Let me know if you hear anything more Horrigan.

I just received mine

Wow nice, gratz!

Did you get any notification email before you received it?

Thanks

Nope, it just showed up.

Did you sign out when you left the event at the table?

Nope. When I left I asked if I had to do anything special and they said that when they scanned the barcode on my invitation that I was all set.

Same experience here.. hoping mine comes in today or Monday!

I signed up previous to the event (2-3 weeks) and was scanned upon entry, and upon leaving they waved me on and said there was no need to do so when leaving.

Let's see... who was I with at the time?