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Blackberry Bold comes out swinging

Posted by Rob Lewis on Thu, August 21, 2008 9:05 AM · Filed under Calgary , Edmonton , Montréal , Ottawa , Toronto , Vancouver , Victoria , Kitchener-Waterloo , Wireless , Telecom · 1 Comment

The Blackberry Bold - Research in Motion's answer to the Apple iPhone 3G - hit the Canadian market today minus the cult-like crowds. Rogers Wireless is offering the Bold online today and in its stores by the beginning of next week. Initial pricing is set at $399 for the device with a three-year voice and data contract. Here's the tale-of-the-tape:

Shorter, wider, thicker, and heavier. BOLD.

 
Company:
Research In Motion
Website:
http://www.rim.net
Location:
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

BlackBerry (Research In Motion) is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of innovative wireless solutions for the worldwide mobile... [more]

 
 
Company:
Rogers Communications
Website:
http://www.rogers.com
Location:
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

We are a diversified Canadian communications and media company. We are engaged in wireless voice and data communications services through Wireless,... [more]

 

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Greg Andrews said on Thu, August 21, 2008 at 11:13 AM

I caught a video this morning testing browser loading speeds on wifi between a Bold and an iPhone. Suffice to say, the iPhone wins by a large margin.

http://www.mobilecomputermag.co.uk/20080819818/rim-blackberry-bold/page-2.html

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