Blackberry 9000 Bold Release Announced – Blackberry Bold UK
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UPDATE: Blackberry Bold Now Available !
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A new Blackberry has today been announced for release, the Blackberry Bold 9000, also referred to as the Blackberry Bold, offers all of the best quality features of a Blackberry Messaging smartphone plus extras.
Complete with a large TFT display and handwriting recognition, full Qwerty keybroad and trackball navigation, the Blackberry Bold 9000 is packed with features.
Powered by a 624Mhz processor and running Blackberry’s own operating system, the Blackberry Bold offers a 1GB internal memory capacity with the option to expand to as much as 8GB using the memory card slot that will recognise and support both microSD and microSDHC cards.
Weight: 133g
Talktime: 5.0 hours
Standby time: 310 hours
Dimensions: 114 x 66 x 14 mm
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A quad band GSM device with GPRS and EDGE technology, the Blackberry Bold 9000 includes 3G connectivity and WiFi capabilities.
Bluetooth wireless with A2DP stereo support is also present as is a USB port, handy for straightforward PC to phone synchronisation.
Offering a complete messaging solution that everything from Email to Instant Messaging, the Blackberry Bold 9000 also has a built-in GPS Receiver with the all important Blackberry Maps preloaded and a whole host of multimedia features that include a 2 mega pixel camera, media player and video player.
Primarily a business mobile phone the Blackberry Bold 9000 wouldn’t be complete without the traditional PIM functionality, organiser, phonebook, document viewer and editor or voice dial and built-in handsfree.
All of which the Blackberry Bold has!
Blackberry Bold Deals
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June 16th, 2008 at 1:16 pm
Couldn’t find a release date on here? Maybe you would like to remove that tag…
July 1st, 2008 at 7:31 pm
When is the release date????? I have been looking for this phone everywhere and no one seems to have an answer!
July 10th, 2008 at 9:16 am
I think I need one of these – Vodafone have some indication that they should have them this month (July) – that said I’m not holding my breath.
July 11th, 2008 at 12:02 pm
18 Aug
July 12th, 2008 at 12:17 pm
Asked in Vodafone store (Bluewater) last week and they said the release date is august 3rd although thats a sunday thats what their computer said.
July 13th, 2008 at 4:27 pm
I asked instore at Orange yesterday and they said that they were expecting the Blackberry Bold in anytime soon (meaning any time in July).
My contract on my current phone has ended and I really want the bold! It would just be nice to be given a definate date!
July 26th, 2008 at 11:06 pm
According to other website, Blackberry bold release date has been pushed back to mid August now. Apparently there are issues with battery life. Hopefully that is fixed by that time. Rather wait the extra time , then getting a shitty iphone sort of battery life
July 29th, 2008 at 12:53 pm
From what I’ve read it doesn’t have handwriting recogniton I’m afraid.
July 30th, 2008 at 8:48 am
Vodafone business UK say that it will be available on the 3rd, but may be pre-orderable once they have all the handset/pricing details on the system.
August 1st, 2008 at 12:01 pm
I spoke with O2 Business this morning who claim it will not be with them to mid-September and this includes all other vendors as well, apparently.
August 10th, 2008 at 9:55 am
Carphone Waerhouse has stated they will have this handset by late August…in there magazines….visit a store or call customer service/ or your network, ?I heard it’s coming out on O2 first
August 12th, 2008 at 8:50 pm
Vodafone online store now listing as ‘expected in September’
August 19th, 2008 at 9:56 am
I have talked to the vodafone press office and they say it will be the 1st September
August 20th, 2008 at 5:10 pm
Why don’t you people wake up and look around at the sites, this is already available on the Orange website here in the UK. It is only being released in Europe for now. Vodafone will have it soon enough, but o2 customers will have to wait till around mid Sept.
August 21st, 2008 at 9:01 am
Hi all,
In response to Clever lad – yes he is right orange do have them but it is very hard to get them from the shops unless your the first person in front of the shop door. Orange have pulled a batch of faulty Blackberry bolds off stock I dont know the reason i was just told alot got taken off. So beware if you buying from Orange themselves, As in release dates for providers here are the confirmed dates for all providers:
16th August was obviously Orange
1st September = Vodafone
8th September = O2
16th(could be later or earlier)= T-Mobile UK.
As i said at the moment O2 and VODAFONE will recieve stock of the blackberrys throughout the week til the end of the month the reason why they arent going to sell them to us the consumers is that 1. they want enough to give out to their customers and 2. they will recieve extensive testing before they are released to us. O2 and Vodafone are the two networks you will want to go to get a reliable and problem free blackberry bold 9000.
Orange didnt do enough testing and thats why they had to pull a batch of them off and plus at the moment orange only ship 2-3 models to each store so unless your a business customer its going to be very hard to get hold of one.
The blackberry bold is a terrific phone but for all those eager beavers it is worth the wait for the fully tested model rather getting one that hasnt been tested and just given to the customers like Orange have done. I do hope this information has been useful to all of you.
September 1st, 2008 at 12:49 pm
IVE BEEN INFORMED BY O2 ITS SOMETIME IN OCTOBER NOW. IT WAS INITIALLY WEEK COMMENCEING 15TH SEPTEMBER
September 8th, 2008 at 11:12 am
I too have just spoken to o2 who initially said that the release date was 2nd week in September.
They informed me that the Bold has just been through 02’s thorough pre-release testing and has actually failed due to a software bug on the phone.
The o2 representative was unable to state a release date, stating that it was now completey back in RIM’s hands for them to fix the bug and then be re-submitted through o2’s testing procedures.
The representative was unable to confirm what part of the software had failed, but it would be interesting to know seen as it is now available on o2.
September 10th, 2008 at 9:24 am
This from my IT support team:
““Please note that to ensure O2’s customers get an optimum experience, O2 has a very tough set of accreditation tests that all handsets are measured against before launch. The software on the BlackBerry® Bold™ 9000 has not yet met the minimum standard required by O2 but O2 is working closely with RIM to get an acceptable version of software. We should expect to launch this in October”
So there you go.
September 13th, 2008 at 3:02 am
Cant wait for this to come out in october!!!! thanks 4 the info!:)
September 13th, 2008 at 6:26 pm
Now been told by O2 week commencing 29th September!!!!!!!! Some inconsistancy within O2.
September 22nd, 2008 at 6:51 pm
Snap… I’ve heard 29th September from O2 too. Wow a match!!!
September 24th, 2008 at 9:39 pm
Quick Update:
The Blackberry Bold is now available on Orange, Vodafone and as a SIM Free and Unlocked mobile phone.
See: http://www.phoneslimited.co.uk/Blackberry/9000+Bold.html
October 1st, 2008 at 2:52 pm
its worth the wait great phone!
October 3rd, 2008 at 8:01 pm
Went into the tmobile shop today (london, kings road)
and they said they wont be getting the bold….
they said they will be getting the Blackberry Javelin instead…in the next few weeks….
if that really is the case??? The Javelin will have to do…ive been waiting to upgrade…
just letting you know because ive been watching this page for updates!
October 17th, 2008 at 11:30 pm
just letting you guys know, if your an o2 customer and due an upgrade. ask for customer retentions team and tell advisor youve been offered a better deal elsewere and your thinking of cancelling. push for a £15 line rental discount or if you have the nerve ask for a 40% as some off my friends who have just upgraded have been offered this line rental discount for life with an extra bolt on for free. you need to ask or the retention team wnt offer the discounts to you. if they say no then tell them you dnt want to leave but as it stands you have no choice but to cancel. you need to mention the word “cancel”. the package that i got was 1400 mins (thats an extra 200 mins for free) , free unlimited blackberry web, and i pushed for 40% discount for life off the original 45pound fee, 1000 text and free handset (should be £49.99) all for £27p/m. i did pay for an extra bolt on on top (cant be too cheeky and get everything for free) o2-o2 calls bringing it upto £34.50. i even asked for an 8gb memory card as a loyal customer as the other provider was offering free blue tooth headset as well. they may say they dnt have them for blackberry yet. if so, tell them i believe the nokia 95 memory cards is compatible with the blackberry bold device. ENJOY your haggle!!!!