BlackBerry Bold gets Telstra's Blue Tick for having the signal strength of a champion
By Chris Ziegler 
posted Jul 30th 2009 8:41PM
posted Jul 30th 2009 8:41PM
Say you're in the middle of nowhere -- in Australia, by the way -- and you have an urgent need to, say, download and view an Excel spreadsheet in your inbox. What's a fellow to do? Well, one option would be to take a gander at that Palm Treo Pro that has received Telstra's coveted Blue Tick certification for awesome reception in the boondocks, but the problem is that it's so hard to look at the Treo Pro with a straight face these days in light of the fact that the Pre's now an ever-constant presence in our psyche. No worries, though, there's another solid option: Telstra has now awarded the Blue Tick to the BlackBerry Bold, which means even the hardest-core road warriors should have no issue handling email from some of the harshest environs Australia's cell tower-equipped landscape has to offer.
must be a REALLY SLOW news day!
Not slow enough to take another swipe at the Palm Treo Pro (which is still not meant to be replaced by the Palm Pre)!
It's not enough to make me want to use Telstra - for anything.
It was a government owned telecom, now privatised.
Now it overcharges for everything.
Did I mention its arrogance ?
This was bad when it was government owned, but now it's breath taking.
That blue tick probably means it will make the most money using that phone on one of their numerous poor value plans.
Well the reason its signal is so good, is the level of radiation this thing emits is barely legal. You could probably get a sat signal with this thing.
Keep it away from your face though.