With news of the BlackBerry Storm 9530 discontinued on Bell, I wondered out loud how long it’d be until we noticed the Storm2 making an appearance on Canada’s ‘big blue‘. That was yesterday. Today, we’re already hearing launch date and pricing rumblings. Crazy. Here are the details via our buds at MobileSyrup: Launch Date: April…
Official LinkedIn App for BlackBerry Now Available
If you’ve been among the many just sitting there patiently, hoping and waiting for a LinkedIn app to become available for BlackBerry… My friend, today is your lucky day. Within the past 24 hours a new LinkedIn app for BlackBerry has been released! This first release supports the Tour, Bold and Curve series running OS…
U.S. Air Force cripples BlackBerrys’ features to make them more secure
U.S. Air Force is joining governments of Belgium and France to crack down on BlackBerry usage. However, unlike the two governments, the Air Force won’t completely ban its employees to use their favorite messaging devices. They are going for a more subtle approach, disabling only some of the functions with a special firmware upgrade. After…
BlackBerry Internet Service 3.1 Screenshot Surfaces
Shortly after a successful North American rollout of BlackBerry Internet Service 3.0 with OpenOffice support this weekend, we’re already seeing the first signs of BIS 3.1 by way of this device screenshot. Contact sync with Yahoo! is the only thing we can confirm from this shot, but Hotmail should work too, and earlier rumours say that…
Verizon opens up its own appstore, V CAST Apps
With all of the application stores opening up, seemingly everywhere, is there more room for another? Verizon seems to think so, since they are launching their very own application store, V CAST Apps. V CAST Apps will launch only on the Blackberry Storm initially, and then find itself onto more RIM devices. Other operating systems…
Tata Indicom Launches First Weekly Prepaid BlackBerry Plan
Last fall, Indian carrier Tata Indicom announced some innovative pricing plans for texting, and are now following up with an interesting new plan for BlackBerry users – prepaid weekly. The weekly service is busted up into messaging and data options, available in 85 and 250 Rs bundles respectively, but are also available for 299 and…
Bell Discontinues BlackBerry Storm 9530, Storm2 9550 On the Way?
It’s looking like the BlackBerry Storm 9530 has reached its end-of-life on Bell. Latest word has the device officially discontinued from the Bell lineup. I can’t imagine anyone wanting to pick up the first edition of the Storm these days anyway. The only reason I could come up with is if I wanted the device…
XM Canada BlackBerry Application Arriving April 12
XM Canada will be releasing an IP radio application for BlackBerry on April 12, not unlike the one its southerly neighbour has enjoyed since February. As you can see, it allows you to brows categories, look up stations and genres, and manage favourites. XM online+ for BlackBerry will itself be a free download, but requires…
Fido to Offer BlackBerry Pearl 9100, Nokia X3, and More in Q2
A whole whackload of Fido information has been leaked, giving us a relatively clear picture of what to expect from Rogers’ little brother over the course of the second quarter. The star of the show is the BlackBerry Pearl 9100, which should be available on May 4. The Nokia X3, a 2G portrait slider will go…
Disguise Your Drinking Addiction as a BlackBerry Addiction with the BevBurry
Here’s a great gift idea for that BlackBerry-addicted friend of yours. You know, the one that has his 9700 holstered at his/her hip at all times… constantly has a head down, checking emails, sending BBM messages, playing Brick Breaker… you know who I’m talking about. It’s time to introduce… the BevBurry. Designed to look like…