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Ever hear of CitySourced? No? Well, we received a note from the good developers over there just a little while ago… informing us about the new availability of an Android and BlackBerry flavor of their mobile app. Woohoo! Before I touch on that, here’s a quick overview of what CitySourced has to offer. CitySourced is…
Time for some quick BlackBerry OS news. Thankfully, what I have for you this morning isn’t a leak, but an actual OFFICIAL release. That’s right, OS 5.0.0.862 has gone all official on Vodafone for the Bold 9700. If you’re on this device, you can gobble up the update right here. You may recall that 5.0.0.862…
OK Canadians, listen up… I’ve got a decent BlackBerry Torch 9800 rumor for ya. We’ve known for a little while now that Canada’s ‘Big 3’ (Bell, Rogers and TELUS) have confirmed the Torch will be available on their respective networks. So far, we’ve had no launch date or pricing info to release… but of course,…
Research In Motion dominated the headlines this weak but not all of it was good news. The company unveiled its first slider with the BlackBerry Torch but RIM is also facing some potential bans in lucrative markets. The Apple iPhone 4 has been jailbroken with a simple website and Android is growing strong as Froyo…
Well, that was quick. Saudi Arabia was the quickest to pull the trigger on a BlackBerry ban amid a movement from many other countries, but apparently after being shut down for only four hours, BlackBerrys are back to working just fine. Today’s the day the local government was supposed to unplug service because they couldn’t…
Look out Research In Motion because the Apple iPhone and Google Android are gaining traction in the enterprise market, according to data from Good Technology. In a release, the company said ever since it started supporting iOS and Android, businesses have been eager to let employees use these devices. In the first half of the…
With India, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, and now Indonesia getting huffy about impenetrable BlackBerry security empowering criminals, prominent political figures are now getting involved. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is sitting on the fence about the problem at hand, but has dedicated to help reach a solution. “We are taking time…
A screenshot of Verizon’s BlackBerry Bold 9650 running RIM’s updated operating system bubbled up last week, but if you needed further convincing that it was real, here’s a picture of the device running OS 6 live. During their announcement of the AT&T BlackBerry Torch 9800, RIM said that OS 6 would be coming to the…
If you’re a BlackBerry user with a Mac as your desktop computer of choice, RIM has pushed out a BlackBerry Desktop Manager update for you… albeit a small one. It isn’t the release of Desktop Manager 6 that you are no doubt waiting for, but it’s an update, nonetheless. In the new version of BDM…
Some quick mobile CFL news comin’ atcha my Canadian friends! It wasn’t that long ago that I heard TELUS became the official wireless provider of the Canadian Football League. Besides the advertising and promos we’ll no doubt see at stadiums (and on TV) from coast to coast, new apps were rumored to be coming down…