Blackberry Bold Starting with a Whimper

Does the long awaited Blackberry Bold from Research in Motion (RIMM-NASDAQ) finally have a launch date in the U.S.? The latest rumor is October 2nd...which is mere speculation, but might account for some of the softness in the stock.

But it does not look like it is going to be delivered hassle-free......while the phone part of the handset is likely to work better than the iPhone 3G, the browser and internet surfing are not without issues, according to some Crackberry addicts, who are having problems loading websites under certain conditions:

But once I tried to browse to WSJ.com the phone just locked up after 2 minutes of attempting to load the page. And really, should I have to reboot the phone and clear the cache just to browse one site? Something is obviously messed up here. I lost patience and sent them in my data from this round of tests for the sites I could do in reasonable time. I'm waiting to hear what's next.

The much hyped battle of the smart phones is turning into something I would not have anticipated...perhaps everyone's expectations were too high, but it appears thus far we have two duds on our hands.

My BlackBerry Bolds Browsers Are Buggered. Yours Too?
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