Orange Drops Bold Due To Quality Issues

If you’re an AT&T subscriber who is unhappy that AT&T has been delaying the Bold for a long time, you might want to blame RIM in the future. Word on the street is that Orange has announced that it has suspended the sale of the BlackBerry Bold due to “software issues”, and will wait for RIM to provide an industry-wide fix. Some resourceful person has even published the internal memo issued by Orange, which reads:

“Following reports of software issues with the BlackBerry Bold handset across a variety of mobile operators, Orange has decided to act in the interest of its customers by suspending shipments of the device in the UK. We are currently awaiting feed back from RIM as to when an industry wide fix for these issues will be in place, and expect this suspension to be an interim measure. We apologize for any inconvenience this issue may cause you. BlackBerry/RIM are doing everything they can to resolve this issue and will be completing full testing and validation to ensure future handsets do not have any quality issues. This may take a couple of weeks so it’s up to us to do what’s best for our customers.”