According to an article in today’s Inquirer, Orange is announcing that they’ll take stock of the Blackberry Bold on August 14th and start selling the Blackberry Bold in the UK beginning on Saturday August 16th. According to the article, the Bold will be free on a 2 year contract and if all goes as planned will beat T-Mobile UK to market by a few weeks. The Bold is the widely anticipated next generation Blackberry device which will make use of the 3G data networks that cellular companies cannot wait to charge you more for.

Orange claims Bold first with Blackberry via ShinyShiny

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