[chris_1d]

I should imagine 8am or something...all the bold stuff wasn't their at 1am this morning, but was when I got to work at 8.30ish lol

[Abbsta]

I'm on it too. I banged on that site so many times today it's ridiculous.

[Insurgent]

Apparently the BlackBerry Bold is out now on Orange UK

[Abbsta]

Still coming soon on Orange website :/

[Snownation]

Anyone been to a store yet?

[dmacd]

Originally Posted by Snownation

Anyone been to a store yet?

I got a call that there in at my shop. I reserved one and am on my way to pick it up! Yahoo.

[Snownation]

Nice!

[machiavell1]

My local Orange shop has them, but then fed me some crap about only for new connections at the moment. So, the irony is that I could get one, coming from O2, but my wife who's been an O customer for 10 years will have to wait till next week if she wants one. I'm sure that's a retail ploy (ie a call to O CS would get an upgrade sent out, but still....).

See - that's the new Orange way: screw your loyal customer base on the basis they won't move in order to lure new customers in. It's one of the reasons I left (and I spend approx. £60-£150 a month with my primary line). O2 have always given me huge deals and I've never had to wait for an upgrade for them to drag in other customers first.

[ash_786]

Just phoned 3 different stores around Birmingham. Got an Answering machine each time. Left a message, lets see if any of them call back.

p.s. It pisses me off that they've all got 0870.... numbers, costs a hell of a lot to phone from your phone. Cant they just have the normal 0121 numbers !

[dmacd]

There are in. I just Got on at the Orange Paddington shop.

[Abbsta]

Originally Posted by dmacd

There are in. I just Got on at the Orange Paddington shop.

wicked! that's not far from me. How is the 3G signal?

[dmacd]

Originally Posted by Abbsta

wicked! that's not far from me. How is the 3G signal?

Just trying it out now. It looks good so far but I'll have to do more testing. This is a crucial point point for me - as my old 8820 on Orange NEVER had any EDGE in all of London!!

[Abbsta]

Originally Posted by dmacd

Just trying it out now. It looks good so far but I'll have to do more testing. This is a crucial point point for me - as my old 8820 on Orange NEVER had any EDGE in all of London!!

That's what I'm worried about but sounds encouraging so, keep on testing please. I'm spoiled with Vodafone's 3G.

Any case in the box? no case listed in the contents mentioned on the site.

BTW, hope you enjoy your new toy!

[dmacd]

Originally Posted by Abbsta

That's what I'm worried about but sounds encouraging so, keep on testing please. I'm spoiled with Vodafone's 3G.

Any case in the box? no case listed in the contents mentioned on the site.

BTW, hope you enjoy your new toy!

Yes, it came with a small slip case. For me it better than the old belt case as I don't put the BB on my belt - but that's just me. The BB automatically goes off in the slip case.

So far it is snappier when surfing but still testing.

Thanks

[ash_786]

Anyone tracked any down in Birmingham (UK) ?

[dmacd]

The Bold from Orange UK comes with the following games:

Brickbeaker
Word Mole
Texas Hold'em King 2
Sudoku
Klondike

[machiavell1]

Wirelessly posted

Went to try one this morning. Keypad not very nice - akin to the 8800 and not as easy to use as the Curve. Other buttons are about the same. Side buttons and top difficult to use. Love the oversized menu buttons.

Screen was fantastic, OS was very very snappy indeed and generally a lovely device. Video looked excellent on it and sounded excellent on the powerful speakers it has.

Wife was not impressed at all by the size and heft over the Curve.

[dmacd]

Originally Posted by Abbsta

wicked! that's not far from me. How is the 3G signal?

So far It surfs quite quickly. My 'wireless coverage indicator' in the upper right corner of the display says 3G (I'm in London, near Paddington). Such a relief after a year of GPRS only.

[nickcooper123]

Hi All

I just bought my Bold at the Fargate, Sheffield Orange shop.

Coming from a Nokia N95, its a lovely piece of kit.

One question? Anyone noticed that the navigation software is missing?

[dmacd]

Originally Posted by nickcooper123

Hi All

I just bought my Bold at the Fargate, Sheffield Orange shop.

Coming from a Nokia N95, its a lovely piece of kit.

One question? Anyone noticed that the navigation software is missing?

Orange UK don't include BB Maps in their devices. If you want to put it on yourself see http://www.blackberryforums.com/gps-...lackberry.html

However I haven't done this with a Bold.