Cell Canada

The Blogsphere is brimming with speculation on the upcoming Blackberry Thunder. 
 A quick recent rumour mill summary:

It will be called the Blackberry Storm 9530 on Verizon
It will be called the Blackberry Thunder on Rogers and Vodafone
It will be exclusive to Rogers in Canada
Telus will also carry it in Canada. (Yes, conflicting rumours)
It is ready for prime [...]

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OSX market share approaches 8% in July 2008.  Up 2% from a year earlier.
Apple is expected to sell over 4 million 3G iPhones by the end of the September quarter.  Roughly 4x the totals from a similar post-launch period for the first iPhone.
The iPhone App Store saw over 60 million downloads in its first month of [...]

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The much anticipated Blackberry Bold has been released in Chile with Movistar.  It appears that it will miss the expected August 6th date with Rogers but it should be available soon in Canada.
 
I suspect that these interative delays for the Bold in Canada are based on carrier testing iterations with RIM.  It’s common for carriers to [...]

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Quick update to our previous story (Rogers Blackberry Bold Canadian Release Date) about the Canadian release date for the Blackberry Bold. 
We’ve learned from another Rogers contact that they expect promotional material for the Blackberry Bold this week - the week of July 28th - and plan to have the Bold on sale next week.  Fits well [...]

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We just received an update on the Rogers release date for the Blackberry Bold in Canada.  As we discussed in our earlier post on the Bold, Apple Iphone Vs. Blackberry Bold, the Bold is expected to be a strong competitor in the smartphone space, especially for customers with a need for heavy email and BES [...]

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