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Originally Posted by GaryCutri
I wouldn't expect to see a NextG BlackBerry until next year. I personally don't believe Telstra has made any commitment to RIM regarding a NextG device.
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You're wrong here, quite wrong - whilst there's nothing
officially confirmed, there are rumors floating around all over the place about a NextG-compatible BlackBerry, including from
within Telstra...
Rumor has it that something will be on the scene about (key word being "about") March, and that Telstra have given RIM quite a big list of features they expect to see in the device, which includes (among other things) a built-in GPS receiver.
Many of you are probably aware of the 3G "BlackBerry 9000" rumors that have been floating around for the last few weeks and a lot of people, myself included, suspect that
this may just be the NextG-compatible BlackBerry that is supposed to be just around the corner...
Like I said, these
are just rumors, but as more and more
official information starts to appear about the "BlackBerry 9000", the rumor of a NextG-compatible BlackBerry is starting to look quite fesible.
Don't forget that Telstra has a large percentage of the corporate and Government customers here (particular the latter), and in many cases secure e-mail is critical to the work, so it actually makes a lot of sense for Telstra to be pushing RIM for a NextG-compatible device...