A Verizon comparison chart has slipped out showing the Bold 9650 next to other current BlackBerrys, and has it clearly labeled as “Coming Soon”. That’s not especially specific, but combined with the FCC approval, it’s well on its way to a launch. Sprint seems just about ready to offer it soon too, and should be…
Virgin Mobile unveils new unlimited prepaid plans with BlackBerry data service option
In a perfect world, there would be no years long cellphone contracts that keep you tied to a certain carrier for a couple of years at a time. That perfect world would have us all paying for only the cellular service we needed and nothing more. Alas, we don’t live in that world. But, the…
BlackBerry Storm 3 Launching Q4 With Revamped SurePress, Storm 4 in 2011?
The BlackBerry Bold 9800 slider and the 9670 clamshell are rapidly approaching, but later this year tipsters say we’ll see another touchscreen slate from RIM in their Storm family, and another still in 2011. Take this all with a grain of salt scoop of poutine. Yes, you need that much sodium for this rumour, because…
BlackBerry Pearl 3G Coming to Telstra Later This Month
It’s looking more and more like the end of May is going to be chalked-full of BlackBerry Pearl 3G goodness. Speaking on the Canadian side of things, TELUS, Bell, Rogers and even Virgin Mobile are all geared up and ready for launches later this month. That’s why, it comes as no surprise to me to…
Bell BlackBerry Pearl 3G Launch Delayed ‘Until Further Notice’
Things were looking up for those anticipating the Bell BlackBerry Pearl 3G. Dummy units had arrived, a launch date of May 13th was planned, and all was rosy. At least it seemed that way. If you were hoping to get your hands on the latest greatest handset in the BlackBerry Pearl series from Bell, it’s…
BlackBerry Pearl 3G (9100 and 9105) Passes FCC
Those of you who have been waiting ever-so-patiently for the new BlackBerry Pearl 3G since the announcement will be happy to hear both the 9100 and 9105 have made it through the FCC rigamarole. Now it’s clear sailing to a public release, last speculated in Canada to be sometime this week, but I have a…
U.S. Android Sales Beat iPhone in Q1 – Study
A recent survey of 150,000 users by NPD Group claims that as of Q1, Android is the number two smartphone OS in the U.S. with 28% market share, bumping out Apple (21%), and beaten only by BlackBerry (36%). When broken down by carrier, AT&T took 32% of sales, Verizon close behind with 30%, trailed by…
BlackBerry 9670 Clamshell, 9800 Slider Caught on Video Running OS 6
RIM has already shown us a lot of BlackBerry OS 6, but for those who want to see it working on a real device and not just some slick/irritating commercial, two videos have popped up showing both the BlackBerry 9670 clamshell and 9800 slider running the software. Yep, it all works fine with trackpad, even…
Pink BlackBerry Curve 8530 Available at Telus
The BlackBerry 8530 on Telus, which launched in silver and red a few months ago, is now available in a pink so cute it makes you throw up a little in your mouth. The Curve 8530 is one of RIM’s more succesful BlackBerrys to date, packing a 2 megapixel (no flash), optical touchpad, QVGA display,…
Apple boosts global smartphone market share big-time, holds on to No. 3 position
If you thought Apple had a long way to go before bumping up to the next rung of the global-smartphone-vendor ladder, you might be in for a bit of a surprise. New numbers from research firm IDC indicates that the iPhone maker has more than doubled their global smartphone shipments in the first quarter of…