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This is just a quickie for the Canadians out there, looking for a new BlackBerry off-contract. Recently, TELUS went live with a pretty darn good deal on the BlackBerry Pearl 3G. As of now, you can step into any TELUS location (or buy online) and pick up the latest coming of the Pearl for $200…
GadgetTrak has recently launched a new security suite for Android and BlackBerry, which including remotely wiping contacts from the device, AES-encrypted contact and photo backup, remote GPS tracking (as the name suggests), and remote alarm. The app will also send you a notification if the SIM card has been changed, which is a likely scenario…
My favouritest voice app in the whole wide world, Vlingo, has added language support for French, German, Italian and Spanish, as well as text-to-voice calendar notifications when you have the SafeReader feature turned on. SafeReader still reads all incoming messages out loud to you, so you can stay connected while driving. Vlingo provides all-purpose voice…
The Bing app for BlackBerry has been updated with a few significant new features, including a mobile-optimized image search, instant flight status results, integration with OS 6 (which I presume means universal search, but can’t verify on Rogers for some reason), a filter to cut out naughty results, and a “What’s Nearby” option to browse…
We had seen some crisp renders of RIM next BlackBerry Curve last week, but in case you thought that was just some misleading marketing voodoo, here’s the real device, up and running. No final model number yet, but it’s apparently going by R010 for now, and packing the code name Sedona. A little odd, since…
Wind Mobile up in Canada has had the BlackBerry Bold 9700 since launch last year, and today, as expected, they’re refreshing it with the 9780. It’s going for $450 off-contract ($50 more than the original), and includes upgrades to the camera (5 megapixel, with flash), more memory for apps (512 MB) and a new operating…
The Wi-Fi BlackBerry PlayBook tablet will be hitting store shelves in March, and Sprint will be launching a WiMAX version later on this year, but what about the 3G variant promised at the launch announcement? Yeah, you’ll be able to tether a BlackBerry smartphone for 3G access on the Wi-Fi tablet, but that won’t do…
In one of RIM’s recent videos demoing their upcoming BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, product manager Ryan Bidan asserted that even without a smartphone to Bridge it to (thus enabling standard PIM stuff like e-mail, contacts, memopad, and calendar), the PlayBook is still a great tablet for multimedia, apps, and web browsing. That’s part true – the…
RIM is apparently considering extending their BlackBerry Enterprise Server to be able to manage corporate devices aside from BlackBerry, according to Communications Platform VP Pete Devenyi in an interview. Although they aren’t announcing any new products, it’s a direction RIM is willing to move in if there is enough demand from their customers. “BlackBerry is…
BlackBerry toting foodies rejoice! A new version of Urbanspoon has been released that brings BlackBerry 6 support for all to enjoy. Delicious. If you’ve never tried Urbanspoon before, it’s really quite simple. The app uses the GPS built-in to your Berry (or iPhone, iPad, or Android-powered device) to locate tasty restaurants near you. Once your…