Yesterday we heard that the BlackBerry 9700 Bold (Onyx) would be finding its way to T-Mobile U.S. on November 11th., but what about abroad? Well, the latest rumours are saying that T-Mobile UK will launch the Onyx earlier, along with Rogers, in mid-October. As for the Storm 2, we had seen SKUs appear in Vodafone’s…
BlackBerry 9700 Bold and Motorola CLIQ Coming to T-Mobile November 11?
Two hot handsets are getting a tentative release date on T-Mobile; the Motorola cliq and BlackBerry 9700 (a.k.a Onyx) should be hitting shelves on November 11th. Rogers is still apparently good to go with the new Bold in mid/late October, but AT&T should be launching at the same time as T-Mobile. If you didn’t catch…
Brightkite Now Available on BlackBerry
Brightkite is a location-aware social networking app for Android, iPhone, and now BlackBerry that lets you share photos and notes at certain GPS coordinates both with your friends and to the community at large. Using the service requires you to occasionally “check in”, which might be a pain for those who are used to automated…
BlackBerry Tour Return Rates High Due to Trackball Malfunction
Ruh-roh. Sprint’s BlackBerry Tour return rates “have been climbing toward 50%” due to trackball difficulties, according to an analyst note from TownHall Investment Research. As CDMA carriers’ flagship BlackBerry device, this is bad news. Mounting anecdotal evidence supports the seriousness of the problem, although I personally didn’t have any issues during my two weeks with…
Cool Little App: Student GPA for BlackBerry
Here’s an interesting little app for BlackBerry. Called ‘Student GPA’, this app does a few things and it does them well…it calculates your GPA and tracks your credits for you. All you need to do is enter your course names, the year, grades, and credits. The app helps to calculate the credit point average and…
DigitalPro Theme for BlackBerry by HedoneDesign
This new, sharp BlackBerry Theme from HedoneDesign was built specifically for the Curve 8900, Bold, Storm and Tour series. I’ve pasted in a neat walkthrough video below as well, which will give you a good look at the theme (the walkthrough is on an 8900). Keep in mind however, that there are 2 versions. In…
Getting Ready to Buy the Storm 2? You’ll Need a New Charging Pod With That…
I know many out there have been wondering about the Storm 2, especially current Storm users. They want to know if their current accessories will work with the new-and-improved version. And with good cause. Well, this morning my bud Kevin over at CB took a closer look at the Storm 2… More importantly, whether or…
Opera unveils next-generation Opera Mini 5 – We talk with Opera’s CEO about Mini
I recently got a chance to take a sneak-peak at Opera’s Opera Mini 5 beta last week, and it basically blew me out of the water. Opera asked that I keep the launch of Mini 5 on the hush until they were ready to go live. Today, Opera took the wraps off its all-new Opera…
Get $50+ Towards a T-Mobile BlackBerry Curve after Trade-In
If you’ve been eyeballing a new BlackBerry Curve (8310, 8320, 8900 or trackpad-toting 8520), T-Mobile has just announced a new promotion where you get $50 and up towards a new purchase when trading in your old cell phone. The trade-in has to be in working order, and you have to be buying a new Curve,…
BlackBerry Storm 2 Likely for October Release, With OS 5.0.0.212
Sure, we have no launch date on the BlackBerry Storm 2 yet, and we really have no clue what OS the touchscreen beauty will be running. I think we’ve all assumed it would be running a variant of OS 5.0… and today, we might have some confirmation, albeit kind of rumor-ish. The boys at BlackBerryOS…