RIM’s long-overdue BlackBerry 8350i has been locked into Sprint’s Nextel iDEN network, but we haven’t heard about many other international releases aside from Latin America. Well, word has is Telus’ push-to-talk service, Mike, will also be hosting the new BlackBerry Curve in the near future. No word on release date, but they say that this…
Fantastic Verizon BlackBerry Storm Hands-On Video Review
This is a great video review for those of you still wanting to get your hands on the new BlackBerry Storm. The reviewer goes through the basics of the OS, talks about the built-in camera, takes a peek inside the battery door and a whole lot more. I don’t want to play spoiler here so…
Facebook Version 1.5 Coming to BlackBerry in January 2009
It’s been quite some time since Facebook launched their Facebook for BlackBerry application. Just over a year to be exact. The application has a lot of cool features including the ability to invite and accept friend requests, upload pictures on-the-go, and live status updates for all of the friends on your list. If you love…
Viigo launches NCAA basketball channel
Viigo’s continually loading up their Windows Mobile and BlackBerry app with fresh content, and the latest addition is NCAA basketball. With it, you’ll be able to check game times and live scores right from your mobile. Viigo’s Sports channel is already jam-packed with soccer, golf, hockey, baseball, and plenty of other sports coverage that lets…
BlackBerry Desktop Manager 4.7 now available
Those in the UK who are busy picking up Vodafone BlackBerry Storms may want to nab the latest Desktop Manager Software to go along with it. Even if you’re on an older BlackBerry, having the latest desktop software will generally have a few perks and bug fixes in there. With Desktop Manager, BlackBerry users can…
Truphone goes BlackBerry
Truphone has recently launched a beta of its mobile internet telephony service, Truphone Anywhere, for BlackBerry smartphones. The service works in 33 countries worldwide and it’s designed to save BlackBerry users’ money on international calls. The service works alongside domestic service providers, but reduces international call costs to as little as $0.06 per minute. Here’s…
BlackBerry Storm coming to Bell and Telus on same day?
Last we heard, Telus BlackBerry Storm launch parties were stretching all the way until December 12th., presumably with a release proper shortly after. Now we’re getting some information from the Bell side of the fence, the live demo units will be available around December 10th., and that Telus and Bell will be launching simultaneously. This…
BlackBerry Storm: the five-minute fiddle
Those of you that have been reading my mini-mini-reviews of devices (the ‘five-minute fiddle’ series), will know that I’ve tried a bunch of devices recently – albeit in some cases for a very limited amount of time – hence the ‘five-minute’ part 🙂 So, devices I have checked out are the Nokia N96, Sony Ericsson…
BlackBerry Bold: the five-minute fiddle
You may have seen my other posts on my five-minute fiddles with the Nokia N96 and Sony Ericsson C905 – well today, I did really have 5 mins with the Blackberry Bold to check it out – headlines below (read the other posts here and here)…. By the way, just to recap on the point…
iDEN BlackBerry gets FCC approval
Sprint’s upcoming iDEN BlackBerry based on the Curve line has gone through the FCC hoops and come out with a user manual on the other side. Now, the OS has seen some significant changes since RIM’s last push-to-talk handset, the 7100i, so functionality has seen a significant overhaul; check out page 33 of the manual…