Rumor Mill: Blackberry 9000 Gets a BOLD Name

May 10, 2008 in BlackBerry, Handsets, Rumor Mill

A couple reliable sources (Crackberry, BGR) are speculating that the name of the much awaited (and awaited, and awaited) Blackberry 9000 could be the Blackberry BOLD. Or is it Bold, Bold or BOLD?

Kevin Michaluk from Crackberry.com initially “broke” the news and is determined that the phone will go by the name BOLD. His evidence?

  • RIM has followed the latest Mobile trend of giving their handsets moniker’s, most recently the Blackberry Curve and the Blackberry Pearl.
  • EngadgetMobile covered a Blackberry Bold Review - but not just ANY review. The device was purchased on eBay for $828 before the product was even announced. In the reader comments, a person named Ryft states, “The new 9000, or Blackberry Bold as it will be called, is pretty neat. I got to play with a finalized prototype while shooting a commercial for Blackberry about a week ago. However, it is still no iPhone.”
  • The buyer of the device posts an awesome review of the Blackberry 9000… and in Part 4 of the review you’ll see the device referred to as the Blackberry Bold.

The BGR is a little more skeptical, saying, “the domain, which was purchased from a shady-looking comnpany in Canada, currently has text link ads on it. Not a good sign.”

Either way, there are two things we ARE sure about.

  1. The Blackberry whatever-ya-wanna-call-it 9000 is almost guaranteed to kick some mobile booty.
  2. Most people seem diabolically opposed to the name Bold.

We kind of like the name… and would you rather have a sweet name for a crappy device or  crap name for a sweet device? That’s what we thought…

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