A BlackBerry Bold 9700 for free? Um, yes please! That’s exactly the deal you can get at FutureShop Canada. An in-store only promo, you can head in to your local FutureShop to pick up the Virgin Mobile BlackBerry Bold 9700 for absolutely nothing. Of course, the catch here is that you’ll have to sign-up for…
IM+ All-In-One Mobile Messenger ‘Lite’ Now Available for BlackBerry
SHAPE Services, developers of the popular IM+ All-In-One Mobile Messenger for BlackBerry have released a new version. The latest edition is a ‘Lite’ version, which of course, is absolutely FREE for you to download and use! If you’ve never used IM+ before, it allows you to go on MSN, Yahoo!, AIM, Jabber, Google Talk, Facebook,…
Associated Press targets mobiles, tablets with new unit
Apparently, the Associated Press has realized that this whole digital distribution thing isn’t going away and the news service has created a new division, AP Gateway, that will target smartphones and tablets. The new division will focus on creating content for tablets and smartphones like the iPhone, BlackBerry, and Android devices, as well as creating…
BlackBerry Contact Backup En Route for Verizon Customers
A BlackBerry contact backup application for Verizon subscribers will be arriving on March 9, according to some leaked training documents. What this Backup Assistant will do is store your contacts up in the cloud, occasionally check to see if you’ve added, changed, or removed entries, update the stored database as necessary, and when you need those…
Multiple Twitter Accounts and Ping.fm Now Available on Seesmic for BlackBerry
Seesmic’s BlackBerry Twitter application has been updated to include two significant new features: the ability to post updates to multiple Twitter accounts and Ping.fm integration, which forwards your tweets to other social networks and content platforms, like WordPress, Flickr, Facebook, and del.icio.us. On top of existing support of yFrog and Twitpic picture sharing services, Seesmic…
BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express Now Available for Free Download
At Mobile World Congress’ general keynote, RIM announced a new enterprise product called BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express, which, as of its availability today, brings basic mobility management to small businesses completely for free. Designed to phase out RIM’s previous SMB product, BlackBerry Professional Software, BESX will handle not only BlackBerry, but a host of other…
BBC iPlayer Now Available for BlackBerry in the UK
It’s not every day I report on British BlackBerry goodness (I generally leave that to Ben), but this one caught my eye and had to be told. The BBC Have updated their iPlayer app to be BlackBerry-friendly. Yes, iPlayer is now compatible with most current BlackBerry devices, and the delivers content to you about your…
BBC iPlayer arrives on BlackBerry App World Store
TechDigest has picked up a nice little piece of news, reporting that the BBC iPlayer application has now arrived on the BlackBerry App World Store. For those of you that are not so familiar, the iPlayer is a multi-platform catch-up VoD service launched by the BBC in the UK, to ensure that their content can…
OS 5.0.0.509 Leaked for the BlackBerry Curve 8900 and Bold 9000
Another BlackBerry OS update to tell you about. If you’re rockin’ the Curve 8900 or Bold 9000 you’ll want to take note. The folks over at BerryReview have posted OS 5.0.0.509 for the 8900 and 9000, and I’ve included the download links below. Keep in mind, these are very unofficial releases, so if you do…
This Week in Fake Devices: The BlueBerry 9500
Borrowing the headline from my pal Dusan, I thought I should publish what I’ve found to be the most notable clone of the week. Remember the ‘BlueBerry‘? You know, the BlackBerry knock-off that first hit our pages gosh, it must be over a year ago now. The first BlueBerry was a clear copy of the…