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Home / Mobility / Are problems with Orange's BlackBerry Bold Marvell's fault? By Sindre Lia, 10 October 2008 GALLERY Enlarge Enlarge Enlarge Enlarge Enlarge Enlarge Enlarge Enlarge Enlarge Enlarge Enlarge Enlarge Enlarge Enlarge Enlarge Enlarge Many questioned Marvell's move of acquiring Intel's XScale PXA series a few years ago, but will they return with a vengeance with the BlackBerry Bold and Storm? Back in 2006, Marvell announced the acquisition of Intel's aging XScale PXA series of processors, which at the time only worked with EDGE networking. Hence, the BlackBerry smartphones didn't offer 3G UMTS. Marvell soon thereafter announced a new chipset series, which is now being used in the BlackBerry Bold and the Vodafone version of the BlackBerry Storm. Although the BlackBerry Bold is rumored to be released in the U.S. October, it remains to be seen how well this new chipset works with the BlackBerry platform. Another notable Intel XScale customer, Palm, recently released the Palm Treo Pro, featuring a Qualcomm chipset. Obviously, they had come to the same conclusion as Intel: The XScale PXA series will not define mobile computing in the years to come. Recently, Orange decided to pull its own BlackBerry Bold off the market, referring to software issues as the reason for its actions. Software issues, yes, but caused by what? The fact that both Orange and AT&T are having problems could mean that the Marvell chipset is making the BlackBerry platform unstable. Now, 3G issues have been confirmed as the problem. What's next? An unstable BlackBerry Storm for Vodafone customers? Only time will tell. TOP-RATED Motorola Droid 3 95% T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide 95% Motorola Droid X2 95% HTC EVO 3D 95% T-Mobile G2x 95% Nexus S 4G 95% HTC Thunderbolt 95% Motorola ATRIX 4G 95% Sony Ericsson Xperia Play 95% HTC EVO 4G 95% HTC Sensation 4G 90% Motorola Cliq 2 90% ADVANCED CHART »   RECENTLY RELEASED T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide HTC Status Motorola Droid 3 HTC EVO 3D MORE » PHONES FOR THE... » Gamer » Geek » Mainstreamer » Navigator » Road warrior » Texter » Video chatter     SHARE THIS PAGE Tweet       SUBSCRIBE RSS   |   YouTube   |   Facebook   |   Twitter SMARTPHONES HOTTEST   TOP-RATED   COMING SOON TOP STORIES Droid 3 by Motorola Review   Top 5 Big Screen Phones   Top 5 4G Phones - Summer 2011 Hottest Upcoming Phones   Top 10 T-Mobile Phones   Top 10 Verizon Wireless Phones NEW REVIEWS Motorola Droid 3 T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide Samsung Gravity Smart Motorola Xprt HTC HD7S Samsung Exhibit 4G HTC EVO 3D Pantech Crossover HTC Sensation 4G RESOURCES EXPERT GUIDES   PRODUCT GUIDE   SIDE-BY-SIDE MOBILITY HEADLINES Android 4 Breaks New Ground (Part 6)   Android 4 Breaks New Ground (Part 5)   Android 4 Breaks New Ground (Part 4)   Android 4 Breaks New Ground (Part 3)   Android 4 Breaks New Ground (Part 2) Android 4 Breaks New Ground (Part 1) iPhone 4S Gets Official Release Date iPhone 5 Predicted As Sprint Exclusive Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 Offers Super AMOLED Plus Magic MOBILITY EDITION Check out infoSync Mobility, where you'll find in-depth coverage from the mobile world.   PHOTOGRAPHY EDITION Check out infoSync Photography, where you'll find in-depth coverage from the photo world.   GADGETS EDITION Check out infoSync Gadgets, where you'll find in-depth coverage from the world of gadgets.   DIGITAL HOME EDITION Check out infoSync Digital Home, where you'll find in-depth coverage from the CE world.

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