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Boy Genius: Cingular dropped the ball about Pearl release date



After we and some other blogs started reporting that Cingular was going to release their BlackBerry Pearl on Friday, November 21- and it didn't happen, we got ridiculed in certain quarters for:

  • Not taking into account T-Mobile's "exclusive" on the Pearl until December 1, and
  • Being clueless with our head up our well, down there.

But you know what? BoyGenius says that the original release date. How's he know?



"I pride myself on accurate info or I won't post it," BG (blurred pictured above) tells BlackBerry Cool. "Did I drop the ball on this one? No. The information I got was off an internal Cingular Pearl presentation which clearly stated the Pearl would start shipping November 21st, I believe it was, that was moved up from November 28th.

"As we all found out it looks like they went back to November 28th," BoyGenius adds. "We as journalist(s) can only report what we feel is credible. If a major carrier has a screwed up launch it's not our problem.

"People can whine about it but at the end of the day, we leaked something that was credible and Cingular dropped the ball - not us," he points out. All we do is bring people the news, and info. They can then make their own decision.

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