January 6, 2009 by Alexei M
Just as Palm gears up to launch what by all accounts is a fairly impressive new SmartPhone, another runs into trouble. Orange are believed to be on the verge of removing the Blackberry Bold from its range, due to persistent issues.
There is said to be an abnormal level of returns of the device, with customers bringing the phone back in droves. They are complaining of a whole range of issues, the main culprits however, seem to be poor reception and dropped calls.
This is not the first time there have been issues with the Blackberry Bold. Orange actually decided to stop shipping it towards the end of last year when similar issues were revealed. The team behind the phone thought that they had fixed the problems with several software updates and patches, though it appears the phone is still running into trouble.
This will not come as welcome news to RIM (Research in Motion), the phone’s manufacturer, particularly as they are also having problems with their most modern phone, the Blackberry Storm. Apparently the Storm experiences a number of software glitches which can make it slow to perform tasks that other SmartPhones carry out with ease.
If it’s not sorted out very quickly this could lead to serious problems for RIM, the SmartPhone market is hugely competitive and any weakness will be pounced upon by their competitors.
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