I went into my local Rogers Plus store in Markham, Ontario yesterday and inquired about the Bold. I asked how much I could get the phone at with a hardware upgrade.

The guy took my information and looked up my pricing details and told me that being a Rogers customer, my hardware upgrade would mean that I get the phone at $649, plus the $35 charge, and then I could also take advantage of a $50 mail in rebate that gets deducted from my bill.

Being an educated Crackberry addict, I told him that $649 should be the retail price and all he is saving me is $15 dollars. He then tried to get me to commit to a three year contract including the $30 per month 6GB data plan asserting that it would save me money off the phone. Wrong again. Robbing Rogers wont even offer me a decent discount then.

If retail is $649, heck, even if its $700, Id rather pay retail then save $15 and have another 3 year contract.

Ive been waiting to patiently to get screwed over and it sucks.

I walked into a Rogers Plus in Ottawa last night to ask if they were getting the bold today, and one guy told me they received an email at lunch saying they won't get it for another couple of weeks. He has a "Trainee" pin on though, not sure if we knew 100%. I'm going in today again to check.

I just checked my hardware upgrade options on the Rogers website in my account and to my surprise the Bold is available. They're giving it to me for $475 on a 3 year contract. Not too shabby. So we'll see what CS has to say if I call and complain about my 3rd Curve going on the fritz. I'll keep you guys posted.

Just tried getting the Bold off the rogers bussiness site and got this error:

"An error has occured. This may be because the wireless plan, phone or device you have selected is no longer available. Please make another selection or try again later.

If you continue to experience problems, please call online Customer Service at 1-877-343-5745. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Return to previous page."

Rogers has changed the bold part of their website!
www.rogers.com/bold

Purchased the Bold on Rogers.com consumer end... works! $599.99 without contract.

Just spoke to rogers business dept. and ordered a BBB, they owed me a customer relations upgrade. She put the order trhough no problem and said it will be shipping out today. I told her that I wanted to go to the store and get it, but unfortunatley she said I couldn't get the credit if I went to the store... But in anycase, I COULD have gone, which means they're there!! Can't Wait!

its on rogers.ca website already
and its $599.99 without a contract!

I called Rogers customer service yesterday they said that they had stock, so I ordered 1, will take 3-4 business days for shipping, I said ok, I should have by Monday/Tuesday in my hands.

When I called they told me my upgrade price for a 3 year is $425.00 minus $50 mail in rebate, I complained and they applied they credit instantly , will show as a goodwill credit on my bill. So I end up getting the BB Bold for $375.00 on a 3 yr/contract. and they are shipping it out. They told me to call back today and I could get a UPS Tracking number if I am curious to track the shipment.
ROGERS 1-800-704-2474 to track your shipment.

When I choose hardware upgrade on the Rogers website, it says I can get the Bold for $450, if I continue my existing contract, which expires in just over two years. There's a $50 mail in rebate on toip of that. I think I'm going for it, but I'll call Rogers first to see what they will offer ovcer the phone.

notice the iphone ad on the business frontpage now? it wasn't there yesterday .... ... ... http://your.rogers.com/business/business_overview.asp

I called yesterday and the guy I spoke to was all excited for me, told me I was a Tier4 upgrade so I should be able to get the phone for $399 (or a little more with a rebate to bring it down to 399) when it launches + the data plan 6gb for $30. Nice as heck and I really wished I got the same guy this morning.

At 8:30 this morning I first spoke to Ranjit in mobile sales, and he told me the phone was $649. I was a little shocked but before freaking out, I asked him if that upgrade price was with the 3 year data commitment. He decided I should speak to the data reps instead, and put me through to Dave.

Dave told me the phone upgrade with a data plan would be $649 - $50 rebate. I peaked. I asked him how much for a new customer and he advised 399. "What's the difference?" I asked (I have less than a year left on my current voice contract). Then I asked how much to buy the phone outright without a data plan or contract...get this...he responds with $599..hahaha!

So he puts me on hold (of course) comes back and says that after some investigation he discovered that the phone will cost me $399 with a three year contract + data plan. The clincher is that I have to change my voice plan to something current (5 years ago I got free incoming and 1000 evening & weekend minutes for $20.00 and I was still on that plan). So for obvious reasons they want to me to sign on to a different plan, although they didnt force any I-phone buyers to do this.

I begrungingly agreed to let him find me a comparible voiceplan and I started talking about the $30/6Gb data plan and Dave pipes in with "oh and that plan is not available to the Bold at the reduced price.".

What the hell is going on!! This offer was held over to August 31st because of the expected release of new phones like the bold!!

So I asked Dave again if he was sure about this and he is either grossly misinformed or Rogers is seriously trying to screw us. Well I am not about to pay $70.00/m more for a 6gb data plan so I told dave to forget the changes to my voiceplan, and that I would buy the bold for $599 and get the dataplan I want.

"We are only selling the Blackberry Bold on a three year plan"...

I am still trying to clear the cloud of steam around my head, but needless to say it does not seem I am ordering/purchasing my Bold today.

Any Rogers experts here that can HEEELLLPPP!

Re: 6GB data plans... check on the website, as I did, the $30 promo data plan is most certainly listed online - actually it`s listed twice for some reason. Call rogers back, you often get someone who doesn`t know their stuff from a hole in the ground.

This has gotta be the top 10 worst marketing / pricing / communication fiasco's for a tech product.

Who is making decisions at Rogers and who's is in charge of this product. Heads should roll because first they piss off potential Iphone customers and now business users with this disarray.

Has anyone actually walked into a retail location and walked out with a bold yet?

An ottawa Rogers store rep told me they would have them in-store on Saturday the 23rd of august.

Hello,
It seems the Bold is on sale at futureshop at 649$
http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&sku_id=...
Not available online but does show in-store availability

I just called the Rideau Centre store, and they said they were anticipating a shipment today after noon, but to call ahead first to verify. I also called the Montreal road location, but they said they were anticipating it`s arrival for tomorrow morning.

Spoke to 2 people at Rogers stores here in Montreal – one store is receiving their Bold shipments this afternoon; the other is receiving shipments next Monday. Confusing and disappointing.

Once again we are looking like fools to the rest of the world. For once some were jealous of us canadiens for something. Way to go rogers for totally screwing this up.

I dont get how far away countries are able to stock up and sell the bold and Rogers within the same country as the HQ of the device cant even get this done right. India for chirst sake is selling the bold and they dont even have fr**k**g 3G LOL

At this rate, AT&T will be getting the Bold on sale before us!!

Im filled with anger!

I'm curious, I'm interested in getting a bold and this will be my first blackberry ever if I go thru. I'm in the US and use AT&T. I can get the bold from Canada relatively easily. If I wanted to just get the Bold from Canada to use here, would it be as simple as swapping the SIM card from my old phone to the Bold?

Every Rogers’s wireless store I called today says they either don’t have the Blackberry Bold in stock or they won’t be receiving them until Friday afternoon or Monday. Bummer.
3yr contract 399.99
Regular price 599.99

Went through customer relations, after a bit of arm twisting, and changing my retention plan and adding on 3GB data package for 3 years, she confirmed the price for me is $399, shipped to me within 3 to 5 business days.

I just got into a huge fight with the rogers representative because she said I couldnt even buy the phone for $599 and the only way i could get it was if i got an upgrade, which i wasnt eligible for, so i asked to speak to the manager, they put me on hold for at least 30 minutes finally the rep comes back on the phone saying that the manager is too busy to talk but under the circumstances he said that i could get the phone for $399 and it should be shipped within 3 to 5 business days...haa! take that robbers

I have a qestion...I'm told they are available in the Netherlands. I'm going to be there for business in a week.

Assuming I can find one, anyone know if I can buy one there and stick in my sim card from AT&T that is now in my blackberry?

thx

Important Update Regarding Rogers Wireless; They Suck. Please Tmobile or some other semi-decent network buy Rogers Wireless because they suck oh so much. They are the equivalent to U.S Cellular or Sprint in the U.S.A..... Rogers Sucks

I work at Rogers and right now the HUP pricing is $749.99 on a three year term from what I see on the screen.

i just placed an order for my BOLD through the rogers website. selected the 'upgrade my phone' option, selected the bold, next, next, next, order placed succcesfully. should have it in 5 biz days. $480 (incl. tax) plus a $50 mail in rebate for a total of $430.

sweet! (and painless -- assuming they actually ship it within the 5 days!)

Every store I've called said they haven't even got there shipment in.

Great......

ahhhhh... you gotta love the monopoly that Rogers has.
The can embarass themselves and screww you and nothing happens to their bottom line.

ahhhhh... you gotta love the monopoly that Rogers has.
They can embarass themselves and screww you and nothing happens to their bottom line.

All Futureshop's had them "in transit" yesterday around 12PM then by 4PM they were no longer in transit. Just "on order". This could be because they're a drop shipment, everyones unsure.

Went to all the downtown locations in Calgary; and no Bold's to be found
Was told:
"shipment never arrrived" (Wireless Wave)
"should be anyday now" (Rogers TD Square)
"next Wednesday" (Rogers Petro-Canada Tower)
"huh? no no, nothing like that" (The Source)

Apparently the 17th ave SW lcoation had one this morning, which has since been sold.

about to call Rogers myself and see if I have any luck...

Just bagged a bold from my local orange store, got it for free as im an existing customer, on an 18month contract with 400mins unltd txts and unltd browsing for £32.50 a month, just awesome!

Just got a call from inside source at local Rogers store here in Montreal -- all shipments are going out tonight, to be delivered tomorrow, or available Monday.

Sweet Pics!!!

Will the Bold that rogers is selling going to come unlocked or will I still need to get it unlocked some other way?

Found it at a store. The store only got 2. So I got lucky. Its pretty nice!!!!

I'm in the same boat as you...

I went to the nearest mall where theres a rogers store... ( I had not slept the night because i was too excited for the day )

i tried an authorized rogers dealer and the rogers store... both dont have it ... I called downtown montreal locations... no one has it....

i had left my number with the ''authorized rogers dealer'' : la "cabine telephonique" ... he called me 40 minutes after while i was heading out of the mall pissed and angry, he said we have 1 bold available... my thoughts were... how did he manage to actually GET a bold before the actual rogers store... and he only got ONE in stock?... seems fishy... My thoughts were that its a demo unit and they probably repackaged it to sell it to me so i didnt even bother going...

after that I arrived home... called all the rogers store in my area ( 12 locations ) and I called a couple of locations in Ottawa, NO ONE HAS IT....

so now im pissed... sleep deprived and blackberry'less.

-.- what a waste of my time

I'm in Edmonton and I got one. Stores got limited quantities.
Its pretty sweet

I GIVE UP WITH ROGERS. Terrible company.

I called every authorized dealer in Ottawa today at 30 minute intervals. I begged for holds to be placed when shipments arrived in my name. Nothing.

I have broken down and called Rogers, and I'm getting EXCELLENT service (for the first time in a decade with this company)... I have a 399.99$ Bold arriving no later than next Thursday, with a 70$ a month plan: 350 minutes, 6GB... + 3 years. I don't care anymore. I just want my Bold.

At least I'm getting customer service... even if he mumbles too much.

This may be a differnt situation because I have a corporate account. =P

$200 on a 3 year contract. Something to keep in mind, my bill is pushing $300/month and my contract was up in July. I also moved my plan around a little and got my free evenings/weekends moved to 6pm, unlimited inbound, the new 300MB data plan and a Canadian LD plan.

Talked to customer retention at 8:30 this morning. Call The ROGERS1 888 number and say "Cancel my Service" assuming you're no longer on contract.

I *might* have mine tomorrow. Yeehaw!

I just picked up my Bold in Burnaby, it was the only one on the West Coast... I only paid $299.99 on a corporate HUP!

I'm a US AT&T customer and I'm seriously sad for all of you who lost sleep over this. The launch of the Bold has been a complete disaster! I'm totally embarassed for RIM. This is seriously SAD. This was Blackberry's time to shine and it basically got dumped on.

I know how you all feel as I felt this way when the 8700 was launched the day after Thanksgiving what...3 years ago? I just walked into the AT&T (Cingular) store and was able to buy the last one of 2 left. Their shipment was very low (only 5 and 3 where purchased by employees) but I got mine and I was happy. When the curve came out, it was the phone I've always wanted. It did EVERYTHING I wanted. I didn't even bother with the hype and waited almost a good year before I got one (a refurb for $29.99). Now I'm pondering the Bold....and after this riduculous mess, I'll wait it out and download the Bold "theme" and pretend LOL...

Is ne one gonna be making a unboxing video? i been checking on youtube but to no avail

I must agree, i think it is sad to see people deprived of sleep to get the bold. I could see the hype if it was for the Storm aka Thunder but the Bold...C'mon. I feel bad for the Rogers Customers. As for me, I have verizon and cannot wait for the Storm to be released. Lets hope verizon wont pull the same stunts as Rogers. My guess is Verizon will have it, you just have to be quick.

For anyone that did not see this one:
http://www.blackberrycool.com/2008/08/rogers-blackberry-bold-unboxing/

Where are people finding them in Edmonton? Any Suggetsions?

..with a rogers corporate rep, about to purchase my first BB!

This is what she said:

retail: 599.99 (already known)
corp hardware upgrade discount: slash 100
adding 6 gig data plan (for 3 years) for 30 dollars, slash another 100.

cost of phone $399

I wanted to know how much it would cost to CANCEL that 6gig data plan (ie: in the event the supposed new forthcoming providers increase competition and decrease the cost of data plans) and she said it would be a MAXIMUM charge of $100.00, which is pretty reasonable for 3 years.

I'm cautiously excited. (I'm a little worried about what it looked like after it was dropped, pics were on BGR. scary.)

I feel like I got a good deal though. At the end of the day the monthly wireless plan you're signed up to matters a helluva lot more than the cost of the phone itself, so I will be contacting someone to negotiate that soon as well (my rep only does HW upgrades)

Was at Costco Etobicoke today and, while the Rogers kiosk did not have a Bold (dang), they did confirm that pricing was going to be $399/ 3 yr but that they are offering $100 off. Did not have a date for me...the girl was on the phone as I got there asking if anyone knew when and how many they were getting but she was quite confident on the $299 pricing.

i tried to pick up a Bold at Rogers in Pickering and was told that while they have them in stock, they can't sell them because the system won't allow them to process the sale.

soo ... i went to rogers store in brampton ... said they wouldnt be getting the bold till next week ... so i called up rogers ... said that telus was offering me unlimited everything including data for $50 .. and i wanted them to match it .. so they said talk to retention...

so i talked to them and heres the plan i got ...

150 anytime min
unlimited incoming ..
unlimited evening and weekends starting at 6 ..
unlimited text ( pic and video msg included )
voicemail
caller id
6GB DATA PLAN

all for the price of $50 SYSTEM ACCESS FEE AND TAX INCLUDED!!!

so then i signed a 3 year contract and got the BOLD for $399 no shipping charge...

will arrive in 5 business days..

im happy.. :)

It figures they release the Bold just a week after I get my BlackBerry Pearl (I got it to replace my old RAZR that the hinge snapped). I love it so far but yea, that's tech for you, always something new.

I would love to have one but the crappy part is its only for AT&T here in the states (same with the iPhone), just like its only at Rogers in Canada. I have Sprint (though a family share plan, especially since my father gets a 25% discount) and AT&T's rates are rather high in comparison. Plus, my Pearl is plenty good enough, I'm still loving it. Personally its much better than the Windows Mobile PDA (a HTC Mogul) my job's given me (it slows down, is full of annoying glitches (such as the tap-keyboard disappearing) and random app crashes, Mobile IE closing itself, etc.).

So I have a Bold, coming. Yet it would appear from some preliminary digging that there will be no Synching my Mac with the Bold. Is this so?

When will this be fixed? Timeline? Ideas?

Please write a feature CB article... for me.

G

I finally got frustrated trying to get a Bold in person, so I called the 1-888 rogers number. They told me they had no more Bolds available to ship, and that I should call back on Monday! Is anyone else getting this story, or am I being fed bull?

The bold is selling for $299 at TSCC in Toronto at least. The price is $399-100 instant in store credit which gives you a final out the door price of $338.99

Yesterday; launch day in ottawa... of the dozen stores i called (Rogers Plus, Wireless Wave and Telephone Booth at various malls) there was a grand total of 4 (FOUR) Bolds. You can imagine these sold out instantly.

Today; Lauch day +1 in Ottawa... Checked 6 stores in two malls (Orleans & St-Laurent)... the Wireless Wave stores JUST GOT THEIR CARDBOARD DUMMIES!!! no bolds in sight anywhere.

Wow, 4 (FOUR) BB Bolds delivered/sold in Ottawa. That is some launch ... *roll eyes*

This is sooo ridiculous...we're all chasing and waiting for the Bold. Instead they should all be selling it to us. WTF is wrong with this stupid BB launch! I feel retarded going into dealers and Rogers Video/Plus stores and asking like fools.

JUST GET THE DAMN SHIPMENT TO EVERY FACKING STORE and we will be all !

I had to vent....

BTW: The Source at Eaton Centre has some but sadly will not allow business corporate hardware upgrades!

Went to three downtown Toronto stores, including one on Bay Street and one at the Rogers Center, twice in the past two days... and no luck. Nada. Guy at the Rogers Center store said all he heard was that a store on the Danforth got a couple units yesterday, but everybody else was still waiting for a shipment.
Gotta give credit to Rogers for seriously trying to prove that they are the world's most f****d up phone company.
I mean who has a press conference to announce a launch of a product but forgets to stock it in their stores?

Another good one I heard was a guy at a downtown store who said Rogers was blaming it all on UPS, saying UPS wasn't willing to ship. LOL.

Rogers may not need the business, being a monopoly and all. But UPS has competition and I'm sure they wouldn't be turning business away.

The Rogers in Windsor at Devonshire Mall got a shipment in yesterday, I'm holding off for the Javelin though

Guess what I just called a Rogers wireless store 10 minutes from my house and they said their getting two BB bolds around six o clock. Wish my luck. I'm going to sit outside the store until the UPS guy shows up.

Anyone think that maybe Rogers purposely sent out little amount of Bold's to the stores to get a grasp on what kind of pull this product will bring in before spending money on promotion?

a thought that just occured to me..

and still cant believe it. I got it after check stock in all Future Shops around Lower Mainland BC.

Couldn't find it anywhere in Calgary, and most places I had called couldn't give me a strait answer on when they would be recieving it. Went online and bought the phone for $600 after rebate.

However, I wanted to make some changes to my account regarding data (was still on the 5+2meg plan for $40 :S ) and my voice package. So I called them up and after 15 minutes of being put on hold I got through to someone.

Real nice guy named Peter. He actually is making sure I'm getting the Bold for $399. And on top of that, he made it so my monthly bill is about 20 dollars a month less then what I've been paying, and with twice as many minutes plus unlimited incoming as well as 100 long distance minutes, 857 times more data, plus changed my essentials package to the exact same thing I had, but less minutes.

After a really dissappointing Bold Launch day, I am EXTREMELY satisfied with how things went today, even if i have to wait 5 buisness days for my new phone to arrive.

you will only see it when u select upgrade phone through your rogers account.

Setting my self up for a disappointment I walked into the Rogers Plus in St-Laurent mall...

:D posting from my BB Bold!

Looks like availability issues have been taken care of.

Was leaving work and went to Yorkdale to see something and thought I'd pop into Rogers and low and behold they just got a pile of Bolds. This was at 6:30 pm today. So I got mine. Finally!!

Is to order it over the phone with Rogers. Took me 20 minutes and I'll get it in a few days. No activation fee and a 3-month unlimited calling promo plus the $30/6 GB deal. I am a Bell BB customer (will cancel) and I think my monthly bill with Rogers will be about $20 cheaper - about $70/month for calling, data, call display, voicemail, etc.

Why run around to stores and bitch about availability? Get it in the mail.

I was under the notion that the Bold had these Instant Messenger pre-installed into the Bold. But to my dismay they are not. And now I am trying to download them from Blackberry.com and they are saying that this Blackberry does not support the software. PLEASE HELP

My husband got his BBBold today. I realy like it. It feels so good and it is so thin, but it is a little heavier then my Curve. I'm gonna wait and see if he likes it and I'll play with it a little so see if I'm gonna trade mine in. There was no problem for him to get his BBBold.
Mrs. S

I found mine at "no wires" a rogers corporate store at 919 Bay St. They apparently had a taxi ship in a total of 24 Bolds since UPS was delayed.
Unfortunately, they are closed on w/e's.
I also spoke to the Source store at Yorkdale. They are pretty confident that they will receive 3-4 Bolds tomorrow am. If not, Mon for sure.
Hope that helps everyone.

Hey everyone, I must say that I was one of the lucky few to snag the very sexy Bold..... has anyone watched the bmw demo video that comes with it... OMG I almost busted a nut... lol

Anyways I work at a Best Buy and I was able to grab one, the only one in my store, we received 4 today, most stores received at least that many. We sold out by around 2pm however check the other stores because from what i've seen at the Rogers stores; its been a crapshoot.

I'm not sure but we may be getting a shipment Tues/Wed next week... I suggest a lot of you still without try then.

Cheers!

i live in california...is there any way i can buy one from canada and have it shipped to me...i have unlocking and everything taken care of butttt rogers only ships to canada and future shops only ship to canada...anything ele left besides ebay..

Yay! got mine today in Ottawa.... St. Laurent Shopping Centre... woop!

Wireless Wave @ Dufferin Mall has 13 left. The Source in Dufferin Mall has 1 left.

Both as of 4pm Saturday, both open until 9pm.

Ask for Craig the Assistant Manager @ Wireless Wave, tell him you saw this post.

I actually told a Rogers employee the other day that I thought the demo model was doing the Bold a disservice when it came to presenting the phone to the public.

I was buying the Bold no matter what and I can say that I'm relieved that the demo model of the Bold doesn't come close to doing the actual phone justice.

Keyboard is crisper, screen is out of this world and the overall build of the real phone is so solid compared to the cheapness of the demo model.

Hope that helps.

Stopped by the Rogers Plus at Chinook Mall in Calgary last night (Aug 23) around 8:30pm and the girl there said they have five Bolds in stock.

I got my Bold on Friday from a shop in Mississauga. So far, I found that the rove ssh client and midpssh do not work on the Bold, nor does the flickr uploader. For some reason it also seems to fall back to 3G even when wifi is available - although not on a consistent basis. Other than that (and I expect these will be fixed soon), this thing positively rocks.

Its 12.30 on the 25th, and I still haven't gotten my hands on a Bold.

The three rogers stores in town and futureshop have yet to receive a shipment. Four days after everyone else has it and we can't get a single shipment to Grande Prairie?!

What a pain. I'm almost tempted to go with an iphone-- I'm getting impatient!

Has anyone been able to download and use AIM on their Bold. I can't seem to make it work

Got one this morning at the Bay and Adelaide store in Toronto (they were out again this afternoon). Gotta say I love it. Screen is as advertised.. very sharp, very cool. Fonts are crisp and easy to read. 3G works just fine downtown T.O.... and I get 5 bars inside an elevator going to the 43rd floor.

And there was no hassle at the store. $424.99 with the 3-year 6 gig for $30 a month data plan less a certificate for a $50 rebate that has to be mailed to Saint John, which I don't get. People buy state of the art technology and have to trudge to the post office to pick up a stamp and mail in the rebate coupon, just so Rogers can then apply it to an account electronically? Goofy.

I headed into my local Rogers store here in ontario, and inquired about getting this phone.

The sales guy told me that I get the phone at $649, plus a $35 charge, and then there was a mail in rebate of $50.

$649 Bucks! WoW Rogers is yet again ripping me off in order to get this cool phone. Not much savings over retail and without the 3 contract, I think I'll be getting this elsewhere.

I finally got my BB Bold today. The UPS guy just delivered it to my house. It’s my first Blackberry ever. It’s a lot easier to use than I thought. No complaints yet.

Hello from Austria!

Lost my dear old TMO BB 8100 two weeks ago during a hike in the alps (must have slipped off the backpack during a rest and was switched off, so I couldn't locate it afterwards). So I got me a Bold in a T-mobile shop. It was the last one they had out of 10 or so. Lucky.

As we are preparing for two big industry shows in september and october in our company, the Bold was quickly thrown into heavy usage.

after two weeks heavy use I found the following (I have to add, that I use a office Vodafone Nokia E90 communicator from time to time, so there are some points to compare):

1) fast backup restore:
Backup restore of all the 8310 backup data with BB desktop software into the Bold 9000 was a blast. no hassle, no errors. Amazing! It is a 1:1 copy of the 8310 in the Bold. I could instantly continue working.
2) weak battery life:
If Wifi and Bluetooth is switched on, and some phonecalls are made, the Bolds battery is drained empty within less 8 hrs. The 8310s Battery lasted for about 1-1/2 days.
3) bad bluetooth connections:
Never ever I had problems with the 8310 and the bluetooth sony car radio of my 07 ford focus station wagon. the bold however misses each 2nd phonecall, blows up the connection, does not dial at all, or does not recognize incoming calls. not good.
4) the bolds webbrowser is superSLOW. and there is no choice between WIFI or 3G etc. before one opens up a website. the E90's browser is about twice as fast, and before opening a website, the E90 asks if it shall be opened with WIFI or 3G. with Bold, I'd have to choose the standard browser in setup each time.
5) the Bolds display is a improvement to the 8300, however, I have a hard time, recognizing the difference between the icons. the 8300's icons were much better to separate when things have to go fast.
6) contacts has some problems showing up right contact names, when phonecalls come in. if a contact has a company name AND last name, first name, it sometimes shows the company name only, when a call is coming in, not the first and last name. strange.
7) email has some problems with incoming HTML mails from outlook 2003. but it seems to depend on the machine where the mail comes from, XP or Vista or a Apple.
8) the headphones of the 8300 were much better.
9) the 2MP camera is no improvement, it is as bad as the 8300s.
10) not sure about the keyboard. the bolds is good, but the 8300s was even as good. nevertheless my all time favourite BB keyboard was the good old 8700v's.
11) Word to go, Sheet to go etc is nice, but Nokia's Office Suite seems to be much easier to handle.

Didn't have time yet to fool around with the media manager however, that looks good.

Other than that the bold is a impressive step forward. but battery life and the slow browser needs a improvement!

Cheers
Christoph