[T-Roy]

I think were hearing mid-oct to mid-nov?

[iamchrismullins]

Anymore breaking news on the electron specs !!??

[ikendall]

The new blackberry coming this month from Rogers is the 7100g

Isaac

[RMBlackBerry]

ya i think if anything it will be alomost like the 7100 series bb. but you never know. can we even know what rim is in the process of? i hope its a cool new bb. we need a bb that has a camera

[Dawg]

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Originally Posted by RMBlackBerry

ya i think if anything it will be alomost like the 7100 series bb. but you never know. can we even know what rim is in the process of? i hope its a cool new bb. we need a bb that has a camera

[whsbuss]

Originally Posted by Dawg

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I agree!

[dwalters]

I saw a demo of the 8700 last week. It will be released by cingular begining of october and Rogers should have it at the end of october. Its a pretty sweet looking device combining the 7290 and the 7100.

[Wolf6can]

The 7100g is now on their website but is still not avaialble for purchase. I hope this does not mean a delay for the 8700 as I want the full size keyboard and speaker phone. Are we still looking at November?

[agep]

I talked to our rogers sales person today and they confirmed that the 8700 device from Rogers will be available mid to late November.

[headtailgrep]

one thing about Rogers: don't believe it until it happens. This is very familar to the OS 4.0 debate, and the 7290 release dates when these things were at the stages the Electron is in now..

one thing is for certain though: Rogers has never been first.. so give it some time..

[agep]

But I want one now.... this 7100r is starting to make it difficult to write long emails and I can't go back to the 7290 screen

[hi13579]

8700 will be the best BB rim has ever come up with... i've seen it... it's a little smaller than 7290. the screen on it is amazing!!! it's got awesome speed! definitely worth the wait to get it...

[corey@12mile]

Originally Posted by hi13579

8700 will be the best BB rim has ever come up with... i've seen it... it's a little smaller than 7290. the screen on it is amazing!!! it's got awesome speed! definitely worth the wait to get it...

You would think that when a company, for all intents and purposes, only makes 1 line of handhelds (the blackberry in general) that the newest one would be the best. It would kinda be digging your own grave to start releasing products that were worse off and have less features than existing products.

Should be interesting... I will be getting one in the near future.

cd.

[Stinsonddog]

Any further ideas on release dates?

[jibi]

The BlackBerry 7100g is $399.99 with a three-year service agreement from Rogers Wireless.

are they serious..?! good lord, highway robbery.