AT&T Adds BlackBerry Curve 8900 to Roster
May 4, 2009, 8:04 AM by Eric M. Zeman
Today AT&T announced that it will offer the BlackBerry Curve 8900 starting this summer. The 8900 lacks 3G, but does have Wi-Fi. No pricing details were shared.
source: AT&T
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Comments
What's up ATT?
You shouldn't tout the fastest 3G network and then offer a popular buisness device without it! It makes no sense and I for one would be a very disappointed subscriber over this offering. If Blackberry had any say in this, then shame on them as well.
AT&T already has a blackbery with 3G its called the BOLD. This would be my guess on why they decided to not have 3G on this one. Plus if they added 3G to the curve it would drive the price up on the handset
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AT&T had nothing to do with this handset's lack of 3G. Blackberry designed a device without such a capable chipset for use on T-Mobile's network, and now that the design is available AT&T is simply porting what Blackberry already has created over to t...
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Why does it need 3G? If you want 3G go with the Bold. Not everyone wants or needs 3G. Someone who checks their email and doesn't do any heavy web browsing would probably choose the 8900 for longer battery life and smaller size. People over react s...
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Blackberries have been extremely successful over the years without 3G. Since they are at their core business devices and deal more with text, and now some HTML it has worked fine.
Most consumers do not use Blackberries for what they are designed...
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Most consumers do not use Blackberries for what they are designed...
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Slammer said:...
You shouldn't tout the fastest 3G network and then offer a popular buisness device without it! It makes no sense and I for one would be a very disappointed subscriber over this offering. If Blackberry had any say in t
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RIM is still STUCK in the past!
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AT&T already has a blackbery with 3G its called the BOLD. This would be my guess on why they decided to not have 3G on this one. Plus if they added 3G to the curve it would drive the price up on the handset
LOL perhaps its a BB made for pople who dont want there device to die in less than 5 hours cause of the power hog 3g network. Sure some of us love the super fast net, but crap batterie comes along with it. i couldnt tell you how many people i have see...
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Everyone is trying to set me straight, But the question still remains...
I understand the need or even the theory of a cheaper Blackberry for average consumers not related to business. I also understand not everyone needing 3G. I also understand that this device is somewhere between a curve and a bold however, Tmo and Att's BB curves offer no 3G while their CDMA counterparts do. So why should a business person or anyone be forced to pay 300 dollars "after rebates" for a Blackberry with 3G, when a BB device(specifically the Curve) with 3G can be attained for 100 dollars or less else where? That is my main bone of contention. I hope everyone understands what I am saying. Att needs to have a less expensive BB with 3G. ATT now has fast internet access. Let the people that love BB's but can't afford the ferrari device...
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The only Blackberries that are 3G are the Bold and the Storm. Currently, there are no Curves available that are 3G.
By definition, a BB Curve 8900 would not be 3G anyway. If it was 3G it would not technically be a Curve.
By definition, a BB Curve 8900 would not be 3G anyway. If it was 3G it would not technically be a Curve.
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as someone who sells in the enterprise market space (done so for both the big guys) i can tell you that there will still be a tremendous market for this phone (in fact i have one account that will NOT leave me alone about the 8900 for her CFO).
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Blackberries are the new RAZR in a way. They're popular with the text messaging crowd because that's about all they do well (unless you have a Storm.) Nobody who buys a Blackberry expects it to be competent at anything other than placing calls and se...
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bring it on
You about the same size will be the nokia e71x so there is going to be some good choices for slim pda type phones. ATT has about 50 phones as it is right now. Why do they keep coming out with more and not discontinuing others?
They are confusing customers into oblivion.
They are confusing customers into oblivion.
