Phones 4 U and Carphone Warehouse add Orange and O2 to their pre-order list

Phones 4 U and Carphone Warehouse have had the BlackBerry Bold 9900 available for pre-order for a while now but only via the Vodafone network. Since Vodafone themselves now have the Bold 9900 available on pre-order7, CPW and Phones 4 U have now added Orange and O2 UK to their list of networks the device can be purchased on.

Phones 4 U has a delivery date of August 24th. While Carphone Warehouse gives us an expected delivery date of August 18th, though forum users have reported that some Carphone Warehouse stores seem to have their dummy displays up already.

On a separate note, I spoke to a Vodafone customer service representative earlier today and they said the Bold 9900 would be delivered on August 15th if pre-order through their website or over the phone. Vodafone store availability should be the same but going on what usually happens, it seems some stores will get priority over other stores.

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Vodafone UK has the BlackBerry Bold 9900 for Preorder

While RIM and their partners have mostly been very quiet about a launch date and pricing for the BlackBerry 7 devices it looks like some of the carriers are finally starting to talk. Engadget noticed that both Vodafone UK and the Carphone warehouse have the Vodafone BlackBerry Bold 9900 listed for the UK. Vodafone UK has the 9900 for £41+ ($67) a month plan with a two-year contract to get the phone free. For half of that monthly plan requirement you can get the phone for £399 ($650) upfront. On the other hand the Carphone Warehouse has it for free from £31 per month on Vodafone or £500 off-contract.

Both of them are showing an August 12th date though which is nice to see!

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BlackBerry Bold 9900 Pegged for August & September Launch in the UK?

We let you know a bit back that Three UK had the BlackBerry Bold 9900 on their website with a tentative launch of August. They seem to have since revised their projections to a September launch on that Coming Soon page. On the other hand Carphone Warehouse UK is now listing the BlackBerry Bold 9900 as launching in August 2011. In other words signs are pointing towards an August/September launch in the UK.

The question is if the US and Canada will be getting the device before the UK or will it just be launching in every country as soon as RIM can get carriers to approve them. What do you think? I just keep on seeing and hearing about the 9900 and I really want to get my own…

Thanks Ashley for pointing this one out via PhonesReview UK

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Carphone Warehouse UK Has Some Fun Demoing the BlackBerry PlayBook

 

With the BlackBerry PlayBook launch this week in the UK the Carphone Warehouse had some fun demoing the device on YouTube. The video is part of their Eye Openers channel so it definitely is not a run of the mill demo. They focus on the gestures but they definitely seem to be having fun at the same time.

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