If you keep up to date on RIM/BlackBerry news, you’ll no doubt know that Co-CEO Jim Balsillie is a huge hockey fan. In fact, a few years ago he tried to purchase the Nashville NHL franchise to move it to Hamilton, Ontario. After that bid failed, rumors had it he was in discussion with the…
BlackBerry Curve 8900 Series Defender Case Coming Soon from OtterBox
BlackBerry Curve 8900 owners that are looking to protect their ‘baby’ with the utmost in protection… The wait is almost over, because the BlackBerry Curve 8900 OtterBox Defender Case is almost here! OtterBox has the 8900 Defender Case listed as ‘coming soon’ on their website. If you’re looking for an absolute ‘tank’ of a case…
Verizon still dragging their feet on official BlackBerry Storm v113 update
Verizon’s BlackBerry Storm 9530 has been criticized ad-nauseum for its buggy software and unacceptably awkward on-screen keyboard paradigms. Unfortunately, it seems Verizon’s reputation as being America’s slowest-to-adopt and late-to-market wireless carrier has prevented the No. 1 US wireless carrier from rolling out the official bug-killing BlackBerry OS 4.7.0.113 firmware version to its subscribers. Because, you…
Analyst Says iPhone is More Enterprise-Ready than BlackBerry
Sorry, it’s hard to not do a spit-take after reading that. Forrester Research analyst Ted Schadler has gone on record touting the iPhone as a superior enterprise mobility solution for a few reasons, primarily because appealing to end-user demand before management criteria results in greater gains. For example, if employees have their own handsets rather…
Free Glossy Theme for the BlackBerry Curve
To follow-up my Chiron Premium BlackBerry Theme post… if paying for BlackBerry Themes isn’t your thing, I’ve found a freebie that might fit the bill… Although, the theme is limited to the BlackBerry Curve only on OS 4.2 and 4.5. Free for all, the ‘Glossy’ theme from Syntax can be found over at BlackBerry Forums…
Chiron Premium BlackBerry Theme from Elecite Now Available
I’m on a bit of a BlackBerry Theme kick this morning, so my apologies in advance for this and a few more BlackBerry Theme posts that I’ll be making today 🙂 First off comes the new Chiron Premium Theme for the BlackBerry Bold, Curve 8900 and Storm. The Chiron Premium Theme features a nice brushed…
Revised BlackBerry Curve 8350i Now Available Without Camera
Behold, another new BlackBerry device has hit the market, albeit one we’ve mostly seen before. The BlackBerry Curve 8350i is now available on Spring/Nextel without the ever familiar camera on-board. It comes complete with all of the same features as the original, including WiFi, full QWERTY keyboard, GPS, speakerphone, bluetooth, voice dialing and more. So,…
BlackBerry service on the fritz again?
Today isn’t a good day for BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion’s (RIM) BlackBerry Internet Service. We hearing reports that BlackBerry users are experiencing yet another email service outage that seems to have affected users on all the major wireless networks. The outage has apparently affected at least some parts of Canada as well. Following a complete…
GVDialer Plugs Phone into Google Voice
We’ve seen screenshots of Google Voice in a mobile web format, but a recent comment pointed us to GVDialer, a new third-party app that lets you plug into the service previously known as Grand Central on your mobile. The main features include: One number – Present your Google number as your Caller ID on outgoing…
‘Level’ from Xtremelabs for the BlackBerry Storm
If you’re running a BlackBerry Storm, and were always curious about the Storm Level Pro app, but didn’t want to lay down cash to try it out… There’s a new simple and free alternative for you to try. Available in the App World comes ‘Level’ from Xtremelabs. The app is ultra simple, it contains horizontal…