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BlackBerry Pearl 3G and Bold 9000 users, time to catch up with a few OS releases I missed earlier this week. The first, well, it’s not actually an official release, but a leak. If you’ve got a BlackBerry Pearl 3G 9100 or 9105 in-hand, you can download OS 5.0.0.884… if you choose to. Remember, this…
The BlackBerry Curve 3G is eking out to GSM carriers, and we got one from Telus to arse around with. As you might expect, it’s an awful lot like its forefathers, the Curve 8520 and 8530, with a few superficial changes; the trim is a darker titanium chrome, and the battery door has a really…
Bell has just launched their landing page for the BlackBerry Torch 9800 (which is also coming to Rogers and Telus, let’s not forget). We still don’t have an official date for the BlackBerry Torch launch in Canada (mid-September seems likely), but at least now you can sign up for e-mail alerts when there’s any info.…
Now that a bunch of GSM carriers have squeezed out the BlackBerry Curve 3G, it’s time we start seeing it on CDMA carriers. A RIM knowledgebase article (which has been pulled since being published) described a problem with the unannounced BlackBerry Curve 9330, particularly for Sprint. It’s worth noting that “3G” is left out of…
Facebook is showing off some of its mobile usage data and it shows that its Apple iPhone and BlackBerry users handily outnumber Android users. According to the company’s Facebook for iPhone page, there are nearly 105 million active monthly iPhone users. This number seems a bit fishy because Apple recently said that iOS is on…
British BlackBerry fans who aren’t fond of the Torch 9800 headed their way, but want something higher-end than the Curve 3G 9300 may be interested to hear that the refreshed BlackBerry Bold R020 (9780) is coming to Vodafone UK according to internal stock files. I’m still a bit confused about the R020 designation we had…
A tip from Verizon has hinted that there are problems at RIM affecting BlackBerry service across the board. This isn’t the first time BlackBerry servers have had a glitch, and it certainly won’t be the last. Every time service goes down like this, folks get worried that relying on RIM’s central infrastructure for work e-mail,…
Attention BlackBerry Developers… it’s time again for another free developer webcast from the good folks in Waterloo! Stuffed in my inbox this morning was the official invite/notification from the team at RIM. The webcast, which is slated for Thursday August 26th at 2PM EST, will focus on the development possibilities available when you combine BlackBerry…
One quick BlackBerry OS leak hit us this past weekend, and it’s for the BlackBerry Curve 8530 users out there. If you’re not into installing leaks, then please, pass this over. But if you don’t mind installing an operating system that has not been approved by any carrier, hey, have I got a deal for…
After a release in Canada and the U.S., the BlackBerry Curve 3G 9300 is finding its way elsewhere in the world, namely the UK and Australia. Vodafone will be offering the 9300, in all of its low-end glory: QVGA display, 3G, GPS, Wi-Fi, 256 MB of RAM, and a 2 megapixel camera. What sets it…