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A lot of the speculation regarding AT&T’s lag in launching the BlackBerry Bold has been centred around optimizing the software for 3G reception, but as far as I can tell, the software works just dandy up north, and pretty much everywhere else in the world where the 9000 has been released. What sounds a lot more likely is that iPhone data traffic is jam-packing the AT&T network, making just about any other major launch impossible until they make upgrades amounting upwards of $1 billion. While RIM’s local network handled the brunt of BlackBerry data traffic through savvy compression techniques, the iPhone lacks the same back-end support, leaving AT&T to pick up the slack. Rumors are pointing to an October 2nd. launch date for the Bold, but if it’s all dependent on network updates, even further delays are possible.
[Globe and Mail via BlackBerry News]
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Simon Sage
Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
