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It looks like US Cellular is finally getting a decent BlackBerry handset in its line-up with the Bold 9650. Adding to the Pearl Flip and Curve 8530, US Cellular will be offering the 9650 for $230 with a contract. Not too shabby for a phone that runs on a pretty solid EV-DO Rev. A network…
Looks like salomandrin is up to his old tricks again. If you have a BlackBerry Bold 9650 in-hand, and are looking forward to OS 6… give this video a gander. In the video, he takes you through the new operating system, and shows it off for you to enjoy. You’ll get a walkthrough the basic…
No, it’s not an OS 6 leak, and no, it’s not for the BlackBerry Torch. The leak, er, actually I should say OFFICIAL OS release I have for you this evening is 5.0.0.807 for the Curve 8350i. If you’re still rockin’ the ever popular 8300 Curve series, in particular, the 8350i… then you may want…
Rogers is embracing a new model for BlackBerry plans (without so much as a peep about it on the Redboard or Twitter feed). The new $40 and $55 monthly pay as you go BlackBerry plans include voicemail, call display, call waiting, unlimited text, unlimited instant messaging and either unlimited e-mail or social networking. The main…
UberTwitter isn’t the only BlackBerry Twitter client getting some fresh features. Although it’s not quite as big of a patch, Seesmic now includes integration with native Profiles, so you can set particular tones or vibrations for when you recieve Twitter mentions, direct messages, or load new tweets while any given profile is active. Additionally, there’s…
This morning I suggested that perhaps very lukewarm BlackBerry Torch sales might be bolstered by lowering the price. And what do you know–Amazon is selling the “best BlackBerry ever” for half of what you’d nab it for from AT&T. Of course, for the nice low price of $99.99 you’ll still have to sign an agreement…
We’ve seen casing for the BlackBerry Torch 9800 in red and white (in addition to the stock black we see on AT&T), and now we know where one of them is headed. Rumour has it Rogers will have an exclusive on the white Torch 9800, following behind their other white BlackBerrys. I’ve checked with one…
RIM needed a BlackBerry miracle. Its market and value share are being slowly eaten up by the iPhone and Android. The BlackBerry Torch should have been that miracle, but alas it has failed to make waves and initial sales seem to indicate slow-but-maybe-not-steady sales. According to analysts at Goldman Sachs, who called the sales “underwhelming,”…
UberTwitter is one of the few Twitter clients for BlackBerry that can give the official app a run for its money, and recently had a big update. Beta 8, release 2 (which follows up on release 1 from a few weeks ago) has a bunch of new features, but the ones that really catch my…
If you’re the proud owner of a brand new AT&T BlackBerry Torch, hopefully you are tickled-pink with your device thus far. New form factor, new OS, and new look. It’s a pretty good combination… and while I don’t have one in-hand at the moment, my overall impressions of the device after having spent some quality…