Most Canadian carriers have jacked the price up on their version of the BlackBerry Curve 83xx series, supposedly due to limited stock. Both Rogers and Telus currently have the Curve up for $99.99, and Bell is selling the device for $99.95. But if you’re looking for the best deal in Canada, Virgin Mobile has stepped…
BlackBerry Bold and Storm Only Ones to Get Application Center at Launch?
A bunch of RIM knowledgebase articles just popped up outlining how common tasks like deletion and installation will work on the upcoming Application Center. As announced at the BlackBerry Developer Conference, the center “allows you to find, browse, install, and upgrade third-party applications that have been selected by your wireless service provider”, so sayeth article number…
Handmark Acquires Freerange Mobile RSS Reader
Mobile software retailer Handmark has picked up a new partner: mobile RSS reader Freerange. I had first heard of Freerange when talking about Viigo with someone, who said they preferred Freerange, and after taking a quick look at their software, it was certainly a close race. This, of course, was back when Viigo was solely…
Free Chalk 2D Today Plus BlackBerry Theme from Gemblock
Time to share a little BlackBerry Theme love with our readers this morning. If you’re on a BlackBerry Bold or an 81xx, 83xx, 88xx or 89xx series device, you can pick up a new theme called Chalk 2D Today Plus… For free. The theme comes from designer Artem Cheban over at Gemblock.com. Looks to be…
50 Million BlackBerry’s Sold… And Counting!
Research in Motion have sold their 50 millionth BlackBerry device. That’s a heck of a lot of Berry’s, and a heck of a lot of people walking around, emailing with their heads down. RIM is also coming up on its 10th anniversary… Which means in 10 years they’ve sold the 50 million devices to roughly…
Verizon to Start Two-for-One Sale Tomorrow?
Verizon is supposedly launching a big old-fashioned two-for-one sale starting tomorrow and running until the end of March. They’re mostly BlackBerrys (including the Storm), but the Centro and Samsung Alias will also be elgible. BlackBerry 9530 Storm, $199.99, no debit card on either first or second Storm BlackBerry 8330 Curve , $79.99 after a $70…
Mozilla Concept Phone Mashes OLED Keyboard into BlackBerry 7130
Now here’s a cool idea. Optimus had made a keyboard awhile back that had small OLED screens built into each key, allowing the whole layout to be reprogrammed and re-represented – just a bit of a mindbender. Designer Billy May has applied the same idea to a BlackBerry 7130, giving us a very interesting idea…
Sprint BlackBerry Pearl and Curve get 4.5 OS Update
The Sprint BlackBerry 8130 and 8330 make the official jump OS 4.5 today, apparently including MMS support. 4.5 was a big update, and included such goodies as: * Refreshed Look – Enjoy messages, address book entries and a calendar that make better use of colors and fonts. They’re also laid out to more closely match…
BBTetris Updated With Curve Support and More
Remember that BBTetris app I told you about a little while ago? There’s a little more news that has come out on this one… in the form of some updates and new device support. Developer ‘papped’ has been busy making the app compatible with more than just the BlackBerry Bold. You can now get the…
Unofficial OS 4.6.0.234 Drops for the BlackBerry Bold
Yeah, yeah I know you’re getting tired of these BlackBerry OS updates, but what can you do. They’re only going to keep comin’, so I might as well tell you about them as they drop! The BlackBerry Bold owners in the crowd may be interested in this unofficial OS update. This time around it’s the…