NTT DoCoMo stops BlackBerry Bold sales

Japan's biggest mobile phone operator, NTT DoCoMo Inc has stopped selling Research In Motion's BlackBerry Bold. DoCoMo has taken this step because the phone can overheat while the battery is being recharged.

DoCoMo said it has sold about 4,000 high-end BlackBerry Bold phones, and about 30 users have complained the phone's keyboard area had heated up. The company has informed that it has received no reports of users getting burned or of phones catching on fire.

On this matter, RIM has said, “This issue appears to be specifically limited to the BlackBerry Bold devices sold in Japan since last week and sales of BlackBerry Bold devices in other countries are unaffected”.

Further, RIM has ruled out battery problem, while the root cause is still being investigated.
NTT DoCoMo Inc had started selling the BlackBerry Bold in Japan last week.

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