You may recall Simon’s post yesterday about an impending OS update for the AT&T BlackBerry Bold. Well, just as a quick update for the AT&T Bold users out there, the new OS is indeed available. The update brings things up to 4.6.0.297, and delivers a few nice new features. Most importantly, AT&T’s visual voicemail is…
MyBlackBerry Community Finally Open to Public
After a false start a few weeks ago, the official BlackBerry forums are now open to the masses. There’s already a pretty decent amount of traffic, and should provide a slightly more sociable destination than community support forums, which are dedicated solely to troubleshooting people’s problems. It’s a good distinction to make, as forums can…
Poynt Adds Restaurant Search and Reservation to BlackBerry
We got a sneak peek at restaurant lookup and reservations in the Poynt application back at WES, and now the feature has properly gone live. Between this and the white pages reverse phone lookup that was added earlier this summer, Poynt is shaping up really nicely. If you haven’t checked it out already, Poynt is…
AT&T BlackBerry Bold Update Arriving This Afternoon
An official BlackBerry Bold update is around the corner for AT&T customers, offering a few small tweaks and updates. general handset optimizations the ability for the user to manually select whether they want their smartphone to connect to either 2G and 3G networks, depending on availability, or to connect to only to 2G networks a…
HTC Hero Theme for BlackBerry Bold, Curve 8900 and Tour 9630
You may recall the awesome awesomeness of the HTC Sense UI Theme for the iPhone. The theme received my thumbs up (way up) and today, I’ve got a little more HTC UI love… But this time around it’s for the BlackBerry’s in the crowd. Yep, that’s right, a new ‘HTC Hero Theme’ has launched for…
BlackBerry Storm 2 Gets a Look Under the Hood
Some brave soul has cracked the front off their BlackBerry Storm 2 and provided a look at the bare circuits beneath. The difference between the BlackBerry 9550 and the original Storm is immediately apparent – instead of the single button dab smack in the middle acting as a pivot point, all four corners are getting…
Study: BlackBerry Adds 15 Hours to Work Week
While BlackBerry has become something of a standard issue for many enterprises, it’s gradually turning into an HR headache as the threat of employees demanding overtime on mobile devices looms. Keeping time sheets for personal/business mobile use is a bit impractical – some companies simply institute mandatory BlackBerry blackouts in order to save themselves the…
OS 4.6.0.292 Spotted for the BlackBerry Bold
Another quick BlackBerry OS update this morning. This time it isn’t the Pearl Flip, but the good ‘ol BlackBery Bold that has stepped up to the plate. OS 4.6.0.292 is now officially available from Telecomunicaciones Movilnet C.A. I know, the name just rolls off the tongue doesn’t it? If you’d rather wait for an official…
BlackBerry Curve 8520 Landing on Spanish Shores this September
BlackBerry aficionados in Spain will be pleased to hear this little tidbit of news from RIM. Today, the boys and girls from Waterloo made it all official that the BlackBerry Curve 8520 is coming to Spain this September, from various wireless carriers. The Curve 8520 features a full-QWERTY keyboard (of course), Bluetooth 2.0, 256MB flash…
Torch Mobile, makers of the Iris browser, acquired by RIM; web browsing on a BlackBerry to suck less
Torch Mobile, who make the Iris mobile web browser for Windows Mobile devices, has been acquired by Research in Motion for an undisclosed sum of money. This piece of information was on their website: Torch Mobile is excited to announce that our company has been acquired by Research In Motion (RIM), one of the most…