Telstra getting BlackBerry Bold in late September
By Chris Ziegler 
posted Jul 28th 2008 9:01AM
posted Jul 28th 2008 9:01AM
Hey Australians, how are your thumbs feeling? You have just a precious few weeks here to get 'em in shape, because Telstra has announced that it'll be bringing RIM's latest slice of mobile glory, the Bold, to its network in late September. In the meantime, CEO of Australia's Royal Flying Doctor Service was hooked up this week all John Mayer-style and presented with a Bold well ahead of its official launch date, so RIM and Telstra must be feeling pretty good about the latest firmware if they're going to actually unleash it on a real-world exec (assuming he's actually going to be clipping it to his belt day in and day out). Late September's just a little late for the global summer release RIM had originally envisioned, but there's a silver lining: Telstra says the Bold will go for a whopping goose-egg -- zero dollars, that is -- to its business customers when it goes on sale.
Well, guess that means AT&T should be expecting it shortly. Granted this thing doesn't turn into the Vu fiasco...
honestly...this thing is gonna flop .
Who would want it from Telstra, free phone but stupidly high usage rates. As Telstra have said before " As we have the largest coverage we see ourselves as premium service provider and therefore charge premium rates, we don't see the need to compete on price". I wouldn't want to get a phone off a company this arrogant.
Anyone who doesn't want their Bold to be useless the moment they see anything resembling natural vegetation. It's exactly like with the iPhone. Besides, the typical Optus customer thinks that the bush is some dropkick from America. Also, I wouldn't want to get anything off anyone owned by Singapore for a variety of reasons.
Alex, that your choice - it's your money to burn. Telstra's Crap G network still does not work in most places i.e. Yagoonya, that is why I need to carry a Pivotel Satellite phone. I still giggle to myself when Telstra put most of their advertising into "covering 98% of the population" when this is only 21% of the land mass. And as for value for money, Telstra's 30 plan is 44c per 30 sec and on the Satellite I get charged 45c per 30 sec on a $35 plan.