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Australia’s Optus has joined Canada, the U.S., U.K., and others by launching the BlackBerry Torch 9800 today. Optus is offering the Torch for free with a $AUS 79 monthly plan on a two-year contract. For now, it’s only available to small and medium business customers, but seeing as their only personal BlackBerry for sale is…
Three UK has just launched the BlackBerry Torch 9800 and Curve 3G 9300 on their network, both of which had landed not too long ago on Vodafone UK. The big difference here is that Three is using the occasion to announce their new Pay as You Go BlackBerry plans: for £5/month, subscribers get BlackBerry e-mail,…
AT&T and RIM have just released an update for the BlackBerry Torch 9800. OS 6.0.0.246 leaked a few weeks ago, but now it’s all officially official, available at blackberry.com/updates, in your Desktop Software after plugging in via USB, or on-device notification for OTA download over the next couple of weeks. What makes this update especially…
After pushing back initial September 24 launch dates, both Bell and Telus have released the BlackBerry Torch 9800, going for $179 at Bell, and $199 at Telus on contract. Why the price difference? Who knows. Rogers also got all official-like with the Torch today, but they had gone live with it in the online store…
After a lot of shuffling with dates, the BlackBerry Torch 9800 is now available on Rogers for $199 on a three-year contract, with Telus and Bell not too far behind. It seems like the Torch is only in the online store, and that the brick-and-mortar locations will still get it on September 30 as planned.…
It looks like Canadian carriers are lining up with their BlackBerry Torch 9800 launches, as Rogers has pushed their availability date from today to the end of the month, much like Bell. We were already prepped for a delay when in-store availability was rumoured to not be until the 27th., but what’s three more days,…
Canada, it’s time to let the BlackBerry Torch 9800 madness begin. Bell has launched their pre-order page, giving you the opportunity to order your BlackBerry Torch for a ship date of September 29th. Interestingly enough, if you’d rather just hop down to a Bell location, you will be able to pick one up in-store on…
Leading up to the Canadian BlackBerry Torch 9800 launch, Rogers has begun equipping stores with dummy units, at least in Toronto. Although Rogers has set tomorrow as the official launch day, rumour has it that the stores proper won’t get handsets until the 27th, though online ordering will be available as of the 24th. The…
For BlackBerry users in the UK waiting to get their hands on the Torch 9800, your wait is almost over. By the looks of things, Vodafone UK has put up their Torch 9800 pre-order page for all to see. To get started with your pre-order, all you need to do is click the ‘Select &…
Yet another new OS for BlackBerry Torch 9800 users out there. Can you honestly say you’re surprised? I’m not. With new devices usually comes a flood of operating system leaks, and the new vertical slider from RIM is no exception. This time around we have OS 6.0.0.246, leaked and ready to rock on your 9800.…