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Best Buy prices the Blackberry Bold at $399 with 2 year contract

October 26, 2008 by Wayne Schulz

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There’s been a lot of speculation over not only the ship date for Blackberry’s latest flagship model – the Blackberry Bold – but over what the ultimate pricing will be.

It looks like at least one major reseller will be pricing the Blackberry Bold at $399 after a 2 year contract.

(NOTE: After visiting the Berlin CT Best Buy, I am convinced that even though the sales circular lists $399 as the price for the Blackberry Bold — the store price  will be $299 for new activations on a plan of $65/mo or more and $349 on a plan that is less than $65/mo).

If you are an existing AT&T customer eligible for an equipment upgrade you can get the device at only $20 more – or $419 the price is $349. If you’re not eligible at all for an upgrade then you’ll pay the full boat price of $659.

This pricing is surprising because AT&T had announced that their price on the Blackberry Bold would be $299 when it is officially released in their stores nationwide November 4, 2008.

This will be an interesting story to watch. The wildly popular iPhone is a cheaper choice at $199 for an 8GB model and $299 for a 16GB. Arguably the iPhone has more capabilities with a vastly larger inventory of downloadable programs and the same (or similar) monthly data service pricing.

Will a $399 $299 Blackberry Bold sell into an economy that is facing more bad news each day? Will Best Buy lower their pricing to meet the AT&T announced pricing?

Click the photo at left for a larger image of the Blackberry display in the Berlin CT Best Buy. If you look closely at the price tag you’ll see the advertised pricing for new plans, upgrades and outright purchases.

via: Best Buy Sales Circular

Filed Under: Smartphones, Technology Tagged With: best buy blackberry, blackberry bold, blackberry bold best buy, Wayne Schulz

Blackberry Bold on tap for November 2 release

September 30, 2008 by Wayne Schulz

The good folks at Research in Motion has begun distributing invitations to launch parties which will start on October 15 and culminate in New York City on October 30. These parties are in advance of the long awaited arrival of the Blackberry Bold from RIM.

Blackberry Bold Launch Party

The new Blackberry Bold will first appear on AT&T where it becomes the first 3G Blackberry to be offered on the carrier. Early reviews of this device have gushed over the much improved screen. Other than the sharper screen resolution, most of the core Blackberry Operating System seems largely unchanged.

There are a few tweaks to the operating system – such as the addition of HTML email capabilities (finally) however the jury seems to still be out on the improvements that have been made to the web browser. Since the iPhone launch the bar has been permanently raised for all smartphones.

via: Crackberry.com

Filed Under: Technology Tagged With: AT&T Blackberry Bold, blackberry bold, research in motion, RIM, Wayne Schulz

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