Virgin Mobile, a relatively recent acquisition of Bell Mobility, has finally hooked into the new HSPA network that had been rolled out by its big brother, and is offering a range of high end devices to take advantage. As rumoured, various iPhones and the BlackBerry Bold 9700 are now a part of the Virgin Mobile…
Study: Windows Phone Enterprise Growth Exceeds BlackBerry’s
A recent study by Aberdeen Group examined current and planned enterprise mobile deployments, and though BlackBerry is still the king of the hill, its lead is shrinking. Their projected growth in enterprise is 3% for 2010, while Windows Mobile’s is 7%, which, if accurate, would make it a 77% – 70% race between the two.…
T-Mobile Taking Care of Their Balls… Trackballs, that is!
Important note for all T-Mobile BlackBerry users… in particular, BlackBerry users still rockin’ the trackball. Starting on February 15th, T-Mobile will replace any damaged or not-quite-up-to-snuff trackballs… for FREE. Yep, a free BlackBerry trackball replacement program is in the works. Awesome. The service will be available for Pearl 8100/8120 and Curve 8320 users only, and…
Hands-On Video of BlackBerry Magnum
The source of those first pictures of the touchscreen/QWERTY candybar, the BlackBerry Magnum, has released a short video hardware tour. The casing is nearly identical to the Bold 9000, but seeing as this is a preproduction unit with no working OS, we can expect to see some changes before things get officially released. Still, you…
Official: BlackBerry Tour 9650 Coming Soon
BlackBerry’s official Facebook page had accidentally let slip that the Tour 9650 would be coming soon (and promptly pulled the message). If you hadn’t heard of the Essex, the 9650 will basically be an updated Tour 9630, except it will have Wi-Fi and a trackpad. The device isn’t a huge surprise, since it had been…
Boost Mobile launches BlackBerry Monthly Unlimited Plan with BlackBerry Curve 8330
Boost Mobile has introduced the BlackBerry Curve 8330 on its BlackBerry Monthly Unlimited plan. I’m guessing the idea is to push the Curve 8330 beyond enterpises to the “regular Joe” who may also like the idea of push-email. In that sense, Boost has ensured consumers can easily grab the device from Best Buy, RadioShack as…
Shazam Encore Music ID Comes to BlackBerry
Shazam has been identifying, grabbing lyrics for, and allowing purchases of songs on BlackBerry since last spring, with Storm compatibility arriving a little bit later in the summer. Since then, a new version came around to iPhone (and now BlackBerry) called Shazam Encore, which hosted faster song lookup, recommendations, and optimizations for song ID while…
BlackBerry 8910 Accidentally Shown at CES
Not that you haven’t seen it before, but the BlackBerry 8910 Curve (a.k.a Atlas, Dakota) made an unexpected appearance at the Consumer Electronics Show a few weeks back at the Case-Mate booth. Youch. There’s nothing really new to report aside from the picture – I would have been curious to see the device itself running…
BlackBerry Internet Service 3.0 Bringing WMA and OpenOffice Support?
An incoming BlackBerry Internet Service 3.0 upgrade will apparently be offering Windows Media Audio support and the ability to work with OpenOffice presentations, spreadsheets, and documents. All of that is, of course, on top of the previously-leaked features of two-way GMail sync and GMail labels. Sometime after it rolls out this March will be a…
White BlackBerry 8520 Comes to Rogers
Rogers had released the BlackBerry Curve 8520 in the fall in black and lavendar colour options, but now the fashion-conscious can now consider a white version, as well. Personally, I prefer the classic black, but white has already been making the rounds on the Bold 9000, and I’ve seen more than a few in the…