Problems with the Blackberry Bold range from complaints about poor call quality on United States carrier AT&T to the larger software issues which caused UK carrier Orange to pull the Bold from retails shelves in October.Mobile News: Orange withdraws BlackBerry Bold (October 21, 2008) The BlackBerry Bold's official American release date was November 4, 2008.CrunchGear: Officially official: BlackBerry Bold on November 4 (October 22, 2008) It has been available for sale in various other countries since mid-August.
Reported Problems With The BlackBerry Bold
- Price: The Bold is $300 with a two-year AT&T contract, and $680 with no contract
- Call quality: PC World reported background hiss and at least one contact complaining of voice distortion, saying the caller sounded "robotic"PC World: Review of the RIM BlackBerry Bold (October 29, 2008)
- Google issues: Forum complaints suggest that Google applications like Gmail and Google Maps do not work on some BlackBerry Bold phonesCrackBerry Forums: Google apps stopped working on BoldGoogle Groups: Google Apps on blackberry bold stopped working
blackberry bold call delay(1 Answer)
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Hello there, Blackberry Bold's often have problems with calls, and this cannot be fixed. The Blackberry Storm (Thunder) corrected this problem. Sometimes, this can be caused as ...
How do you fix the Blackberry Bold when it just keeps restarting? It wont go to the main screen, just loads screen then restarts.
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I would try to update your blackberry bold software. I think it's a problem with the phone software package.
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Fast Facts
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Manufacturer
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Release date
November 4, 2008
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Weight
133 grams
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Fact:
Withdrawn from Orange lineup in October of 2008
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US debut
November 4, 2008 on AT&T
