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To cap off the busy week in BlackBerry leaks, some profile shots of the BlackBerry Bold code-named Dakota, the refreshed Torch 2, and the new Curve “Apollo” have been slipped out. The Dakota looks considerably thinner than the old 9000, while keeping its definitive wide and beautiful look. We can see the back of the…
We heard yesterday that the BlackBerry Storm 3 was going into production, but on top of some fresh pictures and a full spec sheet, the disheartening news that it’s not landing until September 2011 came out today. 1.2GHz processor 3.7-inch 800 x 480 capacitive display Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE Tri-band UMTS/HSPA 5-megapixel camera with 720p video recording…
Reports from supplier partners suggest that the upcoming BlackBerry PlayBook will ship a full one million units in the first quarter, compared to the 700 – 800,000 Motorola Xoom tablets that are currently scheduled. The PlayBook is supposedly landing in March, to be followed by a 3G version with standalone push-email (woo, no Bridge requirement),…
RIM announced an update to their user-liable feature in BES 5.0.2, naming it “BlackBerry Balance” yesterday in Boston. BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0.3 basically allows office monkeys to buy their own BlackBerry, and use it as a personal as well as a professional device while staying secure enough for the IT guys. This is done by…
Hockey Fans, this evening I have some news for you direct from the NHL. Not so long ago I learned that NHL GameCenter Live is now available at a new, lower price. Also (and this is the biggie for me), you can now stream live games to the iPad! Nice! So what’s the pricetag? Well,…
RIM confirmed an off-hand comment about battery life on the BlackBerry PlayBook in an interview recently; they are, indeed, aiming to get 8 hours of life from its 5300-mAH battery. This is reassuring, considering early rumours said the battery life was balls, but RIM was quick to point out that power management is the last…
The last in a trio of BlackBerry leaks today (presumably from the DevCon Asia conference, where we saw the WebWorks SDK for the PlayBook, OS 6.1, and the Payment Service announced), is the BlackBerry “Apollo”. It doesn’t look like it’s quite set to replace RIM’s entry-level Curve 9300, since the specs (and probably the price)…
RIM’s getting ready to refresh the BlackBerry Torch 9800, by the looks of it. The next Torch looks an awful lot like the original, but much like the Dakota that was leaked earlier today, the real changes are under the hood: 1.2GHz processor Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE Tri-band HSPA 14.4Mbps 3.2-inch VGA 640 x 480 capacitive display…
Remember that new BlackBerry Storm we saw leaked in the fall? Apparently it’s moving forward and going into production, according to an anonymous tipster. SurePress is likely out, and a 3.7-inch screen, OS 6, 512 MB of RAM, a 1 GHz processor are likely in. As for the OS, it’ll probably launch with OS 6.1,…
On top of the new WebWorks SDK for the PlayBook and Payment Service, RIM made another announcement at DevCon Asia yesterday: developer tools for BlackBerry OS 6.1. The new OS will include stuff like a magnetometer (better known as a digital compass, so your phone can tell direction), support for OpenGL-ES 2.0 for better 3D…