If you're wondering why you don't have an AT&T-branded
BlackBerry Bold in your hand at this very second, the answer might lie a couple thousand miles away where Orange has allegedly pulled all units off the shelves to hammer out some "software issues" that have plagued early devices in subscribers' hands. The whole situation leaves us to wonder whether carriers jumped the gun on validating early builds of the Bold's firmware in an effort to get it out into the market in a non-ridiculous amount of time, while AT&T may have chosen to play it safe with a longer, more excruciating battery of tests -- leading to RIM's swipe that the October 2 miss was
all AT&T's fault. It's just a theory, and probably a pretty meaningless one since this Orange fiasco should apparently take a couple weeks to clear up at most, and we're still hearing occasional whispers out of the AT&T camp that they're still pushing for an October release over there. Chop chop, guys.
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posted Oct 10th 2008 8:57AM
I don't understand why the Bold's been so plagued with bugs. Obviously, computers are a very complicated beast, but it's not like this RIM's first phone. Granted, it's the first one to include so many features, but seriously, RIM...why this newbish business??
I dont think it has to do with being a new handset. I think it has to do with rushing a product to market (trying to beat the competition) and also the beast called 3G.
Case in point, Apples 3G iPhone. Its a mess! I dont the phone itself is a mess; its basically Gen1 + a 3G antenna. What could be so hard? Well...... the 3G antenna part.
Where are all the haters that blasted AT&T for holding the bold back?
Where are all the dummies that accused AT&T of delaying the Bold because it was iPhone competition?
Real men can admit when they are wrong.
Ps. Any chance of the Bold or Storm coming to Sprint or am i just S.O.L.?