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A couple of quick BlackBerry OS updates for you Berry addicts out there today. More specifically, these updates are for the Bold 9650 and Storm 2 9550. Both of these updates are official… rare to see two official OS releases on the same day! First off is 5.0.0.983 for the 9650. It comes to us…
BlackBerry App World has just added a significant new feature to their web portal: direct purchasing thanks to a tiny browser plug-in. Once installed, you just have to plug in your phone via USB to purchase and download apps through your desktop browser, rather than being stuck squinting at thumbnails or forwarding links to your…
The Retrevo 2010 Gadget Census has been conducted, and the results are in. Very interesting results I might add. As you can see from the infographic above, the spread of iPhone, Android and BlackBerry users is quite varied, with Android taking hold in the heart of the nation… and for whatever reason, the coasts seem…
Remember Apple’s conference call the other day where CEO Steve Jobs took a few swings at 7″ tablets, which included RIM’s upcoming PlayBook? Specific to BlackBerry, Steve Jobs said: “We’ve now passed RIM. And I don’t see them catching up with us in the foreseeable future. They must move beyond their area of strength and…
Last week we had heard that Rogers will be getting the refreshed BlackBerry Bold 9780 on October 27, and according to some fresh rumours, Bell will have a similar timeline as devices start hitting retail stores October 25, and a launch proper happening November 2. Off-contract, the Bold 9780 will reportedly be going for $499.95,…
Research In Motion was able to avoid a BlackBerry ban in the United Arab Emirates and it has now struck a deal with regulators and mobile operators to bring a variety of mobile services to the region. The deal could bring mobile payment and banking services to BlackBerry smartphones in the region and it’s a…
At the GITEX conference in the Dubai, RIM co-CEO Jim Balsillie talked up their new BlackBerry PlayBook tablet. After whipping out what looked like a working device, he showed off a full spec sheet that not only confirmed that the PlayBook would have a 5300 mAh battery, but that a version with 64 GB of…
After a lengthy private beta, HootSuite is now available on BlackBerry, offering enterprise-grade social networkers to manage Facebook and Twitter accounts, schedule tweets, review metrics, and make use of custom searches. As a corporate phone, BlackBerry is a great home for HootSuite, which has always targeted PR and marketing professionals. As such, it supports task…
Last week at the Windows Phone 7 launch, AT&T announced that they were going to launch their U-verse mobile TV service for Microsoft’s rebooted mobile platform, but that hardly means AT&T is leaving their other platform partners out in the cold. Today, they announced that the recently-launched BlackBerry Curve 3G 9300 and a whole batch…
It was looking pretty certain that the refreshed Storm that jammed BlackBerry 6 onto the Storm 2 was going to be canned, but there are still signs of life in internal Verizon retail systems. There are two pictures here, showing the BlackBerry Storm 3 9570, clear as day, but I still suspect these are relics…