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This morning I suggested that perhaps very lukewarm BlackBerry Torch sales might be bolstered by lowering the price. And what do you know–Amazon is selling the “best BlackBerry ever” for half of what you’d nab it for from AT&T. Of course, for the nice low price of $99.99 you’ll still have to sign an agreement…
We’ve seen casing for the BlackBerry Torch 9800 in red and white (in addition to the stock black we see on AT&T), and now we know where one of them is headed. Rumour has it Rogers will have an exclusive on the white Torch 9800, following behind their other white BlackBerrys. I’ve checked with one…
RIM needed a BlackBerry miracle. Its market and value share are being slowly eaten up by the iPhone and Android. The BlackBerry Torch should have been that miracle, but alas it has failed to make waves and initial sales seem to indicate slow-but-maybe-not-steady sales. According to analysts at Goldman Sachs, who called the sales “underwhelming,”…
UberTwitter is one of the few Twitter clients for BlackBerry that can give the official app a run for its money, and recently had a big update. Beta 8, release 2 (which follows up on release 1 from a few weeks ago) has a bunch of new features, but the ones that really catch my…
If you’re the proud owner of a brand new AT&T BlackBerry Torch, hopefully you are tickled-pink with your device thus far. New form factor, new OS, and new look. It’s a pretty good combination… and while I don’t have one in-hand at the moment, my overall impressions of the device after having spent some quality…
There was a bunch of news this week that could have long-reaching consequences and no story was bigger than the Google and Verizon putting forth a joint policy statement regarding net neutrality. This was also a big week for Android with the release of some high-profile devices but Google also faces a huge lawsuit over…
We’ve seen one AT&T ad for the BlackBerry Torch 9800 that was high on gloss, but they’ve just released another TV spot that’s a little more fun. Appropriately enough, they’re pitching the device as a “business meets pleasure” kind of smartphone, which would be a fair enough assessment if there was a catalog of decent…
The free BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express software for small and medium businesses announced back at Mobile World Congress has just been updated to 5.0.2. What are the new features, you ask? Single sign-on (no passwords needed to securely access the intranet, files or business systems “behind the firewall,” BlackBerry Web Desktop Manager and BlackBerry Enterprise…
The BlackBerry drama for RIM continues as it succumbs to pressure put on by the Indian government to allow access to its services. Government officials and ministries from the UAE and Saudi Arabia have already made their intentions clear when it comes to security and how BlackBerry plays a role in all that. RIM has…
Rogers and Bell have already outed their new OS 6-capable BlackBerry Curve 3Gs, and now Telus is joining the party.The BlackBerry 9300 isn’t much to look at on the surface: the QVGA display, 2 megapixel camera, 3G, Wi-Fi, GPS and 256 MB of memory all closely resemble its predecessor, the Curve 8530. The biggest difference…