According to a leaked memo obtained by Mobile Tech Addicts, UK based mobile phone carrier Orange have pulled the BlackBerry Bold off of their shelves temporarily citing quality issues with the device. What specific issues they are referring to are unknown, but Orange claims they are awaiting solutions from RIM and plan to have the device back on shelves in “a couple of weeks.” As you probably already know, the US debut of the Bold has been pushed back repeatedly—perhaps these issues have something to do with the delay over here as well. [Mobile Tech Addicts via Mobility Today]
Dan Warne
October 10, 2008 at 11:04 AM
I don’t understand what the quality concerns about the Bold are, myself. I’ve been using a media loan unit since it came out in Australia and it’s been pretty reliable. I have noticed a problem with it dropping off the Blackberry network (even though it keeps working for calls) and that requires a restart, but surely that’s not a terribly hard thing to fix in software. The functions of the phone itself all work OK in my experience.
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