Looks like a BlackBerry Bold doesn’t it? That is actually the BlackBerry Javelin and while it may look like the Bold, it lacks 3G and … well that’s about it. The 2 megapixel camera in the Bold is now a 3.2 megapixel in the Javelin, the all black color for the Bold is now two…
Study: Apple’s iPhone 3G to have “tsunami” effect on consumer smartphone market
The iPhone 3G will be launching at 8am local time on July 11. And, as soon as sales go live, the US is going to see a tremendous shift in the smartphone market. According to a new survey from ChangeWave Research, consumers are looking more toward the iPhone 3G than either the RIM-made BlackBerry lineup…
BlackBerry Thunder plagued by development problems – Touchscreen is a joke?
Just as we got done telling you about how great the BlackBerry Thunder’s on-screen, localized haptic-feedback keyboard will be, here comes another report that indicates the Thunder is, so far, unable to live up to its name – such is the rumor-game. We’re huge fans of localized haptic feedback touchscreens that vibrate only the region…
More pictures of the touch screen BlackBerry 9500 leak
Here are some new images of the BlackBerry 9500, known as Thunder, running version 4.7 of the BlackBerry OS. This will be the first touch screen enabled BlackBerry and from the looks of it RIM is trying to further increase their reach into the consumer space by appealing to the multimedia crowd. You can’t really…
Jeff Bradley, SVP AT&T interviewed – No enterprise war between iPhone and BlackBerry
MocoNews‘ Tricia Duryee had a chance to sit down with AT&T’s Senior VP Business Mobility Marketing, Jeff Bradley, and managed to wrangle some insightful perspectives on the enterprise market and how the iPhone and BlackBerry play in to the business-class smartphone segment – the iPhone vs. BlackBerry war, if you will. While popular opinion has…
Sidekick Gekko, Sidekick LX Tony Hawk, and BlackBerry Curve Sunset hitting Best Buy on July 27?
If the usually well-informed Boy Genius is on point with an allegedly leaked inventory document, everyone’s favorite big-box retailer will be taking shipment of the Sidekick Gekko and Sidekick LX Tony Hawk limited edition handsets on July 27, with sales presumably kicking off same day or shortly thereafter. The Sidekick Gekko will be bringing back…
RIM looking toward “strongest growth” with BlackBerry Bold launch
There’s nothing like a hot, new product launch to boost your bottom line. Summer isn’t just a blockbuster movie season. No, summer is traditionally the time of year when handset manufacturers and carriers roll out their hottest new wares for out-of-school kids and barely-working adults to drool over. So, with Research In Motion (RIM), makers…
Experiencing T-Mobile BlackBerry outage? T-Mobile is upgrading BlackBerry Internet Email to v2.5
BlackBerry email outages are something of a staple among the die-hard push-email fanatics out there. Which makes it all the more impressive when any BlackBerry service outage is announced ahead of time. T-Mobile has announced that they’re are in the process of updating their BlackBerry Internet Email system to version 2.5. And, outages are coming…
More on the BlackBerry 9100 KickStart clamshell
Can’t wait to get your hands on RIM’s first-ever go at making a clamshell (flip-phone) packed with all the bells and whistles that BlackBerry users get to play with everyday? Of course you can’t, neither can we. Aside from being the push-email pioneer’s first BlackBerry flip, the BlackBerry 9100 KickStart manages to pack in a…
Rogers sending out invites for BlackBerry Bold 9000 launch party, BlackBerry 9000 Bold to launch soon
Who doesn’t like a good party, especially if the drinks are free? Rogers Wireless has started to send out invites to its RIM BlackBerry 9000 Bold launch parties scheduled to kick off on July 8. The launch festivities will apparently get rolling on July 8 in Toronto, Canada. Montreal will apparently be Rogers’ next stop…