I got a little face time with the BlackBerry Bold today and came away impressed. The BlackBerry Bold is a new step for RIM. Whereas the Pearl aimed at the non-smartphone user who wanted some email functionality, the Bold clearly aims at a new audience – the extreme emailer in a casual business. Whereas most of the line is built for IT guys and members of the khaki-clad workforce, the Bold promises something a bit more than email and instant messaging.

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That iPhone 3G is starting to look a little more enticing right now. According to BGR’s sources, the Bold is still having software issues that are causing battery life issues and overheating. As such, AT&T has not given RIM the green light. This is bad news for RIM and every BlackBerry user out there. I’m going to have to track down that face contorting jackass, John Mayer, and steal his Bold. Thanks BGR, you just ruined my morning. *sad clown*

Hmm. It looks good, but I wish they would have spent some more time on a few of the features that have been lacking in the last few models like, the browser and HTML e-mail. I need to have one in hand to really make a definitive decision. I seriously can’t wait for the Bold to launch, though.

Apparently Rogers of Canada will get the 3G BlackBerry in one week, June 25. I thought AT&T was getting the Bold in July? According to the BGR we may have to wait a bit longer for the Bold to hit stateside.

AT&T corporate is still telling their Fortune 500 customers that the Bold will launch in “July/August”.

I hope it’s not really August. It’s the one thing I’ve been looking forward to this year.

The connection in my hotel here in Berlin is slow as molasses or FF is being weird, so my apologies for the strange screen cap.

While everyone else is frothing over the iPhone 3G, I’m patiently waiting for the Bold to hit the streets. AT&T now has it up on their site, so jump on over and check it out. Nothing new, though. The specs we’ve all been expecting and heard about are still there.

Everyone knows that I’m not the biggest fan of the iPhone and I usually steer clear of most comparisons because I find them useless. That being said, I’ll reiterate the uselessness of this comparison between the current gen iPhone and RIM’s upcoming BlackBerry Bold by the iPhone blog. I don’t even care about the fact that the Bold is the clear winner because we have no idea what the 3G iPhone will ship with. But if you’d like to take a look for yourself then feel free to do so after the jump.

“…quite a bit wider…” Really? I don’t think so.
“I like the UI of the iPhone better…” No shit?! You write for the IPHONE BLOG.

The comparison is a bit weak considering the Bold they have is not final spec. I’m halfway through this video and it makes me want to vomit.
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High res available here.

While everyone else in the free world is geeking over the iPhone 2, I’m giddy for the BlackBerry Bold. Everyone I’ve spoken to that currently uses a BlackBerry is psyched for this device and 90 percent scoff at the Thunder because we all know how much touchscreen phones SUCK (this goes for all of them not just the iPhone). I’m bummed I have to wait till September, though. *sad clown*

John Mayer got the BlackBerry Bold.
His post looks like this post.
Very short sentences.
Funny how he got it early.
He says its blazing fast and looks like the New York Times.
Has he ever seen the New York Times?
It’s made of paper, not plastic.
And it doesn’t have a very high resolution.
Maybe she should compare it to a Curve.
Or a TV.
Why is John Mayer blogging about technology?
He is not Wil Wheaton.

That’s right, addicts, the Bold will be shipping with RIM’s yet to be released BlackBerry Media Sync software that allows you to transfer your iTunes music files to your BlackBerry. I can’t wait for this to come out.

As is the norm, AT&T will be the first carrier to sell the BlackBerry Bold from RIM.

“AT&T will be the only U.S. carrier to offer the [Bold] when we begin selling it later this year. I also want to make sure you know that AT&T will be the only U.S. carrier to offer a BlackBerry that has international 3G capabilities and the only U.S. carrier to give its customers the ability to use their BlackBerry in such countries as Japan and South Korea,” AT&T rep John Kampfe said in an email.

Maybe I’m still half asleep, but how is the GSM Bold from AT&T going to work in Korea when they run CDMA? I’m so sleepy.

RIM has finally made the Blackberry Bold official. No exact release date yet, but the press release does mention that the Bold should be available “around the world beginning this summer. ”

Key points from the announcement:

• 624MHz CPU
• 802.11 a/b/g and GPS
• Half-VGA screen (480 x 320)
• Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP support
• microSDHC support up to 16 GB
• Quad-band EDGE, Tri-band HSDPA
• 2MP camera w/ flash and 5x digital zoom
• Replaceable “leather-like” backplates