Sales of the BlackBerry Bold powerhouse email mobile have been stopped in Japan after complaints of keypads overheating. Somebody sending too many emails? All the details after the jump.
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It’s a BlackBerry battle royale! We’ve put RIM‘s three new push emailers, the touchscreen Storm, the old school Bold and the clamshell Flip on a desert island and told them only one is getting off alive. It’s a fight to the death – see which one is left standing inside.
RIM, creator of the BlackBerry, predicts that standalone sat-navs will soon be museum pieces, because mobiles will do the job better.
Orange UK has pulled the BlackBerry Bold due to quality concerns. Which means Vodafone has an exclusive on the Bold for the time being, should you hanker for a buggy smartphone.
Cheer up, BlackBerry-lovers! So the Storm might be delayed a few weeks, but here’s some news to turn that frown upside down: the Bold 9000 is now available to buy from Vodafone.
T-Mobile has announced that it’ll be the first operator to bring the BlackBerry Bold to the UK, claiming that the handset will be available from September on its Business 1-Plan. The Bold features GPS, Wi-Fi, a 2-megapixel camera and the ability to edit Microsoft Office documents. Expect it to hit other networks soon after.
BlackBerry holders are being spoilt rotten this week. The mobile’s manufacturer RIM just confirmed they’re giving away a free program called Blackberry Wallet, letting users store important info from credit card details to postal addresses, alongside other nitty gritty details to make shopping child’s play.