After a lot of confusion, RIM has begun to roll out two-way Google Mail sync between BlackBerry and web service, meaning if you read it on your device, it’ll show up as read in your desktop inbox and vice versa. Sent messages will be synced up automatically, too. Leaked docs suggested a BIS 3.1 launch…
BlackBerry Pearl 3G 9105 Pre-Order Available at Amazon.de
Eager to get your hands on the BlackBerry Pearl 3G? I suspect you’re not alone. The good news this morning, is that online retailers seem to be putting up pre-orders left and right. Case in point here is Amazon.de. If you live in Germany, your Amazon online retailer has the Pearl 3G 9105 up for…
Survey Says: Family Feud for BlackBerry Now Available
Are you ready to play the FEUD!? The folks at Bplay recently launched Family Feud for the BlackBerry, and it brings all of the familiar Family Feud goodness you remember from the good old Richard Dawson days, through to today’s game with Steve Harvey at the helm (John O’Hurley stepped down from his hosting duties…
OS 5.0.0.654 Leaked for the BlackBerry Curve 8530
Good morning folks. I’m back at my office, after a week ‘off’ in Minneapolis. I’ve got my Twins hat, my iPad, and I feel refreshed. What better way to get back at ‘er than with an OS leak for the BlackBerry crowd! Over the weekend OS 5.0.0.654 leaked for the BlackBerry Curve 8530. You know…
The mobile roundup – The HP buys Palm edition
We were in sunny Orlando for Research In Motion’s BlackBerry conference this week and thought its new handsets would be the big story of the week but then Hewlett-Packard dropped $1.2 billion to buy Palm. While that deal will have significant ramifications for years to come, there was also some hot hardware introduced and some…
Oprah wants you to hang up while driving
Oprah Winfrey is trying to get you to stop using your phone while driving and the media mogul dedicated her show to making the car a “no phone zone.” She urged people to sign a pledge that they wouldn’t call or text while behind the wheel and her push coincided with multiple rallies around the…
Push to Talk Free on Verizon BlackBerry Tour 9630 Until July 30
Late last month, Verizon tried selling Push to Talk for $5/month, but today they’ve decided they’d rather give it away, for some reason. The offer is good until June 30th., and lasts the whole length of the contract. Although lots of customers who have the phone already might as well pick up the free service,…
BlackBerry Ships Fourth-Most Units Worldwide – Reserach
IDC just released their unit shipment projections for Q1 2010, and claim that Research In Motion has bumped out Motorola from the number four spot – an impressive feat since they deal exclusively in BlackBerry smartphones and no feature phones whatsoever. As expected, Nokia is still the king of the hill by a significant margin,…
BMW ConnectedDrive integrates BlackBerry email and text messages into BMW dashboard!
BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion (RIM) announced a few fairly impressive BlackBerry smartphones and showed off a preview of their upcoming BlackBerry 6 operating system at WES 2010 this week, but the coolest thing at the conference was a demonstration of the BMW ConnectedDrive system. The next-generation of BMW cars will offer an option to integrate…
iPhone, BlackBerry Won’t Last Another Five Years – Kaspersky
Eugene Kaspersky, CEO of a popular antivirus company, said at a Infosec that closed operating systems, like iPhone, BlackBerry, and Windows Phone, won’t last in the long run because they don’t embrace open-source, like Android and Symbian do. That’s an awfully heavy-handed statement, considering the ample success of iPhone and BlackBerry these days, though Android…