{"id":658260,"date":"2010-02-08T15:00:30","date_gmt":"2010-02-08T20:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mobilecrunch.com\/?p=25938"},"modified":"2010-02-08T15:00:30","modified_gmt":"2010-02-08T20:00:30","slug":"t-mobile-isn%e2%80%99t-ready-to-touch-your-trackballs-just-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/658260","title":{"rendered":"T-Mobile isn\u2019t ready to touch your trackballs just yet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mobilecrunch.com\/wp-admin\/post-new.php?preview=true\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mobilecrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Screen-shot-2010-01-28-at-January-28-10.52.53-AM.png?resize=434%2C201\" class=\"aligncenter\" width=\"434\" height=\"201\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve been camping outside of your local T-Mobile store ever since word first got out that they&#8217;d be <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mobilecrunch.com\/2010\/01\/28\/busted-blackberries-t-mobile-will-fix-your-balls\/\">replacing busted trackballs on a handful of BlackBerry models<\/a>, you should probably run to the store and grab some more supplies. Looks like things have been pushed back a few days.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-25938\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tmonews.com\/2010\/02\/t-mobiles-trackball-replacement-program-delayed\/\">TmoNews<\/a>, the trackball replacement program has been pushed back to February 24th, 9 days after it was originally expected to launch. <\/p>\n<p>Why the delay? According to details from T-Mobile&#8217;s intranet, RIM has decided to replace the tweezers in the ball replacement kit with a specialized tool they call a &#8220;spudger&#8221;. 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Looks like things have been pushed back a few days. 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