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BlackBerry Bold Gets A Black Eye, Delayed Again
Research In Motion's next-generation BlackBerry, the Bold, was announced in May and set for a July launch on AT&T's network. Then it was pushed to August. Now it appears that the new smartphone won't be available until September.Research In Motion's next-generation BlackBerry, the Bold, was announced in May and set for a July launch on AT&T's network. Then it was pushed to August. Now it appears that the new smartphone won't be available until September.New information published by BlackBerryNews.com shows the release date of RIM's latest uber-phone. For those hoping to see an August release of the device here in the United States, woe is you. The best information points to "Sept. 1 or later" for availability on AT&T's network. That's the second delay for the Bold -- a.k.a. BlackBerry 9000.
The initial reason given for delaying the Bold's release from July to August was that it hadn't been certified for use on the AT&T network. Some of the issues undergoing repairs were battery life and system stability. The Bold comes with the latest version of the BlackBerry operating system, which is 4.6.097.
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Elsewhere in the world, you can get your hands on the Bold sooner. It will be available tomorrow on the Rogers network in Canada; Aug. 1 on the Vodafone network in the United Kingdom; and Aug. 4 on the T-Mobile network in Germany.
According to AT&T's executives, the only guarantee we have about the Bold's release in the United States is that it will be "before Nov. 1."
From my perspective, with the CTIA Wireless & IT show taking place the week of Sept. 8, RIM has been given the perfect target date to release the phone in the United States. Will it make it?
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