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Other carriers announce Torch

CB just reported that some other carriers have announced they will be carrying the 9800 Torch:

Bell - The new BlackBerry® Torch™ 9800 smartphone with BlackBerry® 6 will be coming this fall to Bell Mobility. And because apps work best on the best network, Bell clients will enjoy using the BlackBerry 9800 Torch to access impressive mobile services from Bell like TV, radio, Remote PVR, Visual Voicemail, GPS Navigator and more. We will keep you posted with more details as we get closer to availability.

Rogers - You may have seen Research in Motion’s announcement this morning unveiling the much-anticipated BlackBerry Torch 9800. We’re excited to tell you we will carry this stylish smartphone as part of our BlackBerry lineup in the coming weeks.

TELUS - The new BlackBerry Torch 9800 with BlackBerry 6 will be coming from TELUS this year. we’ll keep you posted with more details as we get closer to launch on our network.

Virgin Mobile - new smartphone update! the blackberry torch 9800 with blackberry 6 is coming soon.

I've also heard that Vodafone UK has it on their site as well.

I guess some of us will wait for 9830 once the kinks are worked out. :-)
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Vodafone UK do not have it on their website.

BBC Click via twitter say European markets in the next few weeks.

Can I unlock this and use it on Cricket?

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Originally Posted by akosnitzky (Post 1635952)

I guess some of us will wait for 9830 once the kinks are worked out. :-)
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Wait, Bell is CDMA isn't it?

Bell operate a HSDPA network as well as their CDMA network.
So you can use a 3G GSM blackberry with them

No Sprint??? Why won't they get a touchscreen?

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Originally Posted by Bamellis (Post 1639511)

No Sprint??? Why won't they get a touchscreen?

They had the Storm..that was touchscreen.
There is no news on a CDMA 9800 yet.

We deploy Sprint devices where a work as we as Nextel, AT&T and Verizon.

Typically, devices are 1-2 years behind AT&T for new equipment.

Dunno why.

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Originally Posted by MidnightDraven (Post 1639517)

They had the Storm..that was touchscreen.
There is no news on a CDMA 9800 yet.

NO! Verizon has the Storm. There has never been a BB touchscreen on Sprint's network.

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Originally Posted by MidnightDraven (Post 1635986)

Vodafone UK do not have it on their website.

The business account managers for Vodafone distributed product announcement literature for the Torch weeks before the US launch. Everybody knew they're getting it.

The official consumer announcement came on the 3rd of August
Twitter / Vodafone UK: The BlackBerry Torch will ...

It's not available yet to buy, they have a pre-registration page up but Vodafone is definitely getting it.

https://blackberry.vodafone.co.uk/torch/

It wasn't on their main consumer website, nor in the "coming soon" devices pages when I looked, at that time.