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Over the last month or so, we’ve been picking up a lot of release and pricing rumors on the BlackBerry Bold 9780. Everyone from Rogers to T-Mobile to Vodafone seem to have their hands on the 9780 in some capacity, and the list of carriers and retailers offering the device continues to grow. Case in…
Dell has announced that they’re offering about 25,000 of their employees a Venue Pro handset running Windows Phone 7 to replace their corporate BlackBerry. Dell also plans to do the same with Android once they release the Venue. Although this might be seen as some sign of allegiance to their own mobile solutions, the company…
Earlier this week we were hit with a light barrage of BlackBerry 6 OS updates. The Bold 9700, Pearl 3G 9100 (yes, and the 9105), and the Curve 3G 9300 all received OS 6.0.0.344 goodness. While users of these devices were no doubt over the moon, I couldn’t hep but wonder when the Torch 9800…
A couple of NON BlackBerry 6 leaks to tell you about this evening. Yes, it’s true, while these aren’t the BlackBerry 6 announcements Storm2 and Bold 9700 were no doubt looking forward to… they are OS updates, and will bring more goodness to said devices. The first is an OS leak for the BlackBerry Storm2…
C-Section Comics just posted this great cross-section comparing how Android, BlackBerry, and iPhone users see each other. iPhone users see Droid users as dorks and BlackBerry users as tired old men, Android users see anyone with an Apple phone as cultists and BB users as dinosaurs, and BlackBerry users see iPhone users as babies and…
WordPress, the super-dooper blogging platform, has reached quite a remarkable threshold regarding mobile users. According to the powers that be, over 1 million people now use one of their mobile apps. Granted, that doesn’t mean ALL of these people are using them on a regular basis (I’ve used the app on my iPhone only a…
A good cup of coffee goes a long way. When you need a cup, you need a cup… and often times the latest technology can help you hunt down that cup of joe. If Tim Horton’s is your coffee of choice, and you’re on a BlackBerry… the ‘TimmyMe’ application is now available for download (it’s…
A new report from comscore said Research In Motion and Samsung are tops in the United States in terms of smartphones and phones. RIM BlackBerry is still the leading smartphone platform in the United States with 37.3% of the market. The BlackBerry Torch probably helped RIM keep customers but the trends do not portend well…
If you caught Mike Lazaridis on-stage back at the Adobe MAX conference in late October, you’ll no doubt remember how pumped he was about the BlackBerry PlayBook. Among other things, he noted to developers at that time that if their PlayBook apps were approved for App World inclusion BEFORE the actual PlayBook launch… they’d be…
Yesterday, OS 6 made a big leak for the BlackBerry Bold 9700, and today its GSM cousins, the Pearl 3G 9100 (and its 9105 variant) and Curve 3G 9300 also have OS 6.0.0.344 available to them. RIM promised that the Pearl 9100 would get OS 6 when the Torch launched, while the Curve 9300 was…