Looks like the BlackBerry is coming to Kenya. The other day, Orange, together with RIM officially announced the launch of BlackBerry in the country. When asked to comment on the development, a BlackBerry spokesperson commented: “The BlackBerry solution brings together smartphones, software and services to allow easy wireless access to email, phone, calendar, web, multimedia…
More Screenshots of BlackBerry Desktop Manager for Mac
Some of you in the cross-section of Mac/BlackBerry users have been slobbering over the screenshots of Desktop Manager for Mac since the June announcement. Well, how about some fresh eye candy? Functionally, it doesn’t seem like there’s much new going on – sync contacts, media, backup data, manage applications, yadda-yadda. The newish feature in this…
AT&T Re-releases BlackBerry Bold Firmware with Visual Voicemail
OS 4.6.0.297 for the BlackBerry Bold on AT&T is once again available after an initial release followed quickly by some technical difficulties and a retraction of the firmware earlier this month. The big deal with this particular patch is the addition of a free visual voicemail application, allowing subscribers to cruise through their voicemail without…
WorldMate Live for BlackBerry Updated with Yelp Reviews
Travel application WorldMate Live has updated to version 3.0, boasting new browsability of user-generated reviews from Yelp, along with a few improvements to their calendar sync and hotel booking functions. Honest reviews are great to have when you’re in an unfamiliar city; sure a quick Google search can point you to a store or restaurant,…
BlackBerry Instant Messaging Clients Updated
On top of MySpace and Facebook apps for BlackBerry getting some updates; all of the native Windows Live, Google Talk, Yahoo!, AOL, and ICQ instant messengers have been updated, thanks to the new BlackBerry Internet Service. Here are some of the features available in version 2.5.27 of the apps: Add dedicated icons to the Home…
Rogers BlackBerry Curve 8520 Launch Imminent
If past history means anything (and it always does), the launch of the BlackBerry Curve 8520 is coming real soon on Rogers. First we were privy to some leaked inventory shots, then came some leaked device images… and now, we’ve learned that employees are to begin training on the device… The last and most sure…
Facebook 1.6.0.22 for BlackBerry Arrives With OS 5.0 Support
If you’ve already managed to upgrade to BB OS 5.0 (sneaky you), but are getting frustrated with your most popular apps not working so well… One of the major social networking apps for BlackBerry has been updated with 5.0 support. I’m talking about Facebook for BlackBerry of course! The new version brings us up to…
Free ‘Blueprint’ BlackBerry Theme from Gemblock
My bud Artem over at Gemblock has just let me know about a new BlackBerry Theme he’s released. It’s called the ‘Blueprint’, and best of all, it’s free! The Blueprint theme features a high contrast design, semi-transparent menus, 3 messages and calendar entries and a lot more. As you can see from the screenshots above…
Verizon, Sprint: BlackBerry Tour Trackball is Fine
Yesterday a report went out that carriers were experiencing return rates on the BlackBerry Tour approaching 50% due to the trackball malfunctioning, but Verizon and Sprint have today both denied the figure; Verizon even went so far to say that the BlackBerry 9630 has a lower-than-average return rate. I’d really like to believe that those…
Two-Way GMail Sync for BlackBerry En Route
A few weeks ago, RIM released a BlackBerry plug-in that added quite a few functions to Google Mail on the device, including stars, archiving, and labels, but still only pushed updates from phone to service rather than supporting true two-way sync. Fortunately, some sharp eyes have spotted a blurb in the latest BlackBerry Connection newsletter,…