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The first thing that leaped into my mind when getting my hands on the BlackBerry Torch 9810 at RIM’s BB7 Fan Night event in Toronto last night was, “Huh, this feels familiar.” I’ve been using its predecessor, the BlackBerry 9800, for almost a year, so all of the exterior hardware, from the slide mechanism, to…
We’ve only recieved an inkling of what RIM’s latest BlackBerrry smartphones will cost, but Rogers has just gone on the record with how much they’ll be charging for the Bold 9900, Torch 9810, and Torch 9860. Like T-Mobile, Rogers will be offering the Bold 9900 for a little more than expected: $249.99 on a three-year…
It has been a huge day for Research In Motion, as the company just unveiled multiple BlackBerry 7 devices and these should land on a carrier near you within weeks (hopefully). These devices sport beefed up hardware and an updated operating system but are these enough to help RIM compete against the likes of Apple,…
Now that the BlackBerry Torch 9810 and 9860 have been announced with nary a peep about NFC, it’s looking like the Bold 9900 will have a distinct lead on features versus the other OS 7 smartphones from RIM. The downside is you might end up paying a premium, according to a leaked slide from T-Mobile.…
Following closely behind the rumoured launch date of the BlackBerry Bold 9900 and 9810 on Telus, Bell may be launching the OS 7 smartphones on August 16, according to some leaked internal documents. Bell is also set to carry the Torch 9860 which was officially announced today, but there’s no date for that one included.…
If you were hoping that your BlackBerry PlayBook would be running Android apps by now, I apologize for being the bearer of bad news. According to a new rumor, the “late summer” plan by RIM to get Android apps onto its tablet has been delayed until late fall. Some users purchased the PlayBook in high…
RIM has announced two of their long-leaked devices this morning: the BlackBerry Torch 9810 and the BlackBerry Torch 9850/60. Both are confirmed to have 1.2 GHz processors and 768 MB of RAM. As expected, the Torch 9810 will beat out the 9850/60 on local storage with 8 GB versus 4 GB, but that’s more or…
As if we didn’t have enough OS 7 BlackBerry launch dates today. A leaked flyer for Rogers has shown that they’ll be getting the Bold 9900 even earlier than Telus. August 9 is the date listed, which is in exactly one week, though they do say that target is tentative. Yeah, that word is there,…
Hunting around for an iPhone 5 release date? A bunch of dates from Telus have leaked, revealing that Canada is getting the iPhone 5 on October 1. At best, we have an idea of what it might look like, but any other info on the device itself is still the subject of speculation. That same…
Piper Jaffray recently wrapped up some research on smartphone adoption, revealing that 67% of BlackBerry owners were going to switch to an iPhone next, with only 26% sticking with RIM. By contrast, 94% of iPhone owners were going to get an Apple handset again, while 42% of Android owners would be continuing with the OS…