Blackberry kept the keyboard and small screen because thats what their current consumers want.  they know its better than an iphone keyboard so why would they change it.  as for the screen, the clarity is simply amazing on the new Bold.  It's got the same number of pixels as the iphone but on a tighter screen and puts the iphones clarity to shame.

i do own an iphone (one with broken glass mind you) and i am seriously considering switching over to the BB side of things when this comes out.

I thought T-mobile would be getting this phone first?

I agree that AT&t has fewer droped calls and the voice and data quality is much better than Verizon Wireless.

@steve "good ole microsoft you think they would spend more time trying to get The Vista OS working and think about the people they ripped off by selling windows 64 bit xp that you can't find progams to work with it....now they are going to try to sell a phone to the public and call it they best LMAO Bill better spend more time getting the crap that don't work  going first ....i have 5 i phones for me my wife and 3 kids and it is the best money i have spent on phones in a long time it will do any thing you want and more and wait till the june update with all the new apps ..go wipe the  snot bubbles off your face Bill  The I phone will not be touched by Microsoft!"

What the hell are you talking about? This is RIM. My god you Apple fanbois cant get Microsoft outta your pea sized brains. Give it up

Why either one is with ATT I can't figure this out. I use a ATT phone for work. They have the fewest dropped calls beacuse you can't have a dropped call if you can't get service. My personal phone, Verizon always has coverage.  I know our regional Sprint Mgr and he agrees that Verizon has the best coverage of any carrier, but claims sprit is the fastest. Apple needs to figure who is best for the Iphone, ATT is not the one.

is everyone intentionally missing the boat?  Why doesn't anyone ever bring Nokia into the discussion?  The most sought after phones on Craigslist and ebay are Nokia phones.  The N95 w/8gig is the hottest phone out there.  I too use a blackberry and an Iphone and I couldn't trade either has made even across for an N95.  They are still number one in the cell market and the benchmark for all others.  A gimmicky iphone or an over business loaded blackberry does not compete with real world everyday users.  They iphone hype is over and the blackberry is still a business staple.  If you want function, status, and a great phone go with the #1 manufacturer world wide.  IF you don't believe me I have one of each for trade.

I would really love to get the new Bold but in the area that I llive AT&Ts service is  patchy and drops too many calls if you can get service at all.  I hate that this phone will be exclusive to AT&T.  I am a loyal Blackberry user and wouldn't switch for anything.  Too bad this phone had to go to AT&T!!  

I am the first to say that I love the way the Iphone looks...although it seems a bit BIG. I currently have a BB Pearl and love it, but could be tempted by something new and cool. I am always looking out for the next great thing. But being cool doesn't trump being good. In the business world cool doesn't mean nearly as much as being efficient! The people I know with an i phone have a wonderful photo album and i pod....and little more. Can't we get all this technology together? BTW I will NEVER buy a phone that requires you to stick with one carrier...no matter how great it is!

Tear down the telcos. Tear down locked phones. Give me My tri-band phone with wi-fi and loose the qwerty. Give me a voice recognition software so I can tell my phone what I want done; don't need to see the phone because I'm not watching any video on a stupid little screen. That's why I have a home system. When I become homeless, then I'll consider the phone video. Oh, and stop charging for texting, it's a gimmick and it doesn't cost you anything to broadcast that data. It occupies empty unused space in  the data cloud.

It's really funny how many of you are so uneducated. RIM has the business market, and since the pearl they have made a very large impact into the general consumer market. Many of you don't like microsoft however many of us also dont like mac, or anything mac. Also, many of you are from the states, however Im just a few hours from RIMS office in Canada. Trust me when I say RIM has the market here, whether the Iphone came here or not they still would win. Full QWERTY key board, stable software, great tech support (they have computer programmer students as tech support). Also, think of price. Many corp. already have their e-mail services set up with with BB, and therefor it would be costly to invest into an iPhone for a few of your employees when the rest all have BB. not to mention the employer would deal with the "why does her get an iphone and i dont?". iPhone simply can't compete with the BB in the corp. world when you think realisticaly and from a corp. stand point. And with this model they will hit more of the general consumer market.