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Things aren’t looking too hot for RIM as the global BlackBerry ban saga continues. First, it was the UAE, Saudi Arabia, India and Indonesia; now we have Germany considering a ban on the smartphone, too. The big difference here, however, is Germany is considering the ban for government use given an increase in “cyber attacks”…
If our hands-on video of the BlackBerry Torch 9800 hasn’t whet your palate for RIM’s first slider, maybe some smoothly-crafted TV marketing will. AT&T has started hitting the airwaves to build up hype for the lighting of the Torch this Thursday. The device packs RIM’s brand new OS 6, along with an VGA touchscreen, 5…
Just as we were wrapping up for the weekend, Saudi Arabia still had BlackBerry service, despite an impending ban. RIM made a lot of talk about not doing any particular governments any favours, but word from Saudi Arabia’s Communications and Information Technology Commission suggests that three servers (one for each carrier) are being put in…
We’ve heard about the BlackBerry tablet supposedly coming to market in November as the BlackPad, and now we have a price point from Taiwanese OEM Quanta. The BlackPad is tentatively priced at $499 US according to rumours, and Quanta will ship two million units this year, and eight million in 2011. Size estimates have ranged…
After a variety of appearances among carriers, the BlackBerry Curve 3G 9300 has been announced by RIM, complete with compatibility with their new operating system (though it’s launching with the same ol’ OS 5). This is awesome news since otherwise, the BlackBerry 9300 was shaping up to be a complete and utter rehash of the…
Ever hear of CitySourced? No? Well, we received a note from the good developers over there just a little while ago… informing us about the new availability of an Android and BlackBerry flavor of their mobile app. Woohoo! Before I touch on that, here’s a quick overview of what CitySourced has to offer. CitySourced is…
Time for some quick BlackBerry OS news. Thankfully, what I have for you this morning isn’t a leak, but an actual OFFICIAL release. That’s right, OS 5.0.0.862 has gone all official on Vodafone for the Bold 9700. If you’re on this device, you can gobble up the update right here. You may recall that 5.0.0.862…
OK Canadians, listen up… I’ve got a decent BlackBerry Torch 9800 rumor for ya. We’ve known for a little while now that Canada’s ‘Big 3’ (Bell, Rogers and TELUS) have confirmed the Torch will be available on their respective networks. So far, we’ve had no launch date or pricing info to release… but of course,…
Research In Motion dominated the headlines this weak but not all of it was good news. The company unveiled its first slider with the BlackBerry Torch but RIM is also facing some potential bans in lucrative markets. The Apple iPhone 4 has been jailbroken with a simple website and Android is growing strong as Froyo…
Well, that was quick. Saudi Arabia was the quickest to pull the trigger on a BlackBerry ban amid a movement from many other countries, but apparently after being shut down for only four hours, BlackBerrys are back to working just fine. Today’s the day the local government was supposed to unplug service because they couldn’t…