Koodo Mobile will be getting BlackBerry service sometime soon, based on some sharp eyes spotting the active site koodomobile.blackberry.com. Koodo is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Canadian Carrier TELUS, and usually deals with cheap phones and pay-as-you-go, but with the launch of an HSPA network by its parent company, Koodo has the opportunity to bring in…
Verizon Goes Official With OS 5.0.0.591 for the BlackBerry Tour 9630
A quick OS update for the Verizon BlackBerry Tour owners out there. This is my favorite kind of update… an official one! Looks like Verizon has gone live with OS 5.0.0.591 for the 9630, and it comes with some pretty neat enhancements including the ability to add Push to Talk to your BlackBerry plan. Key…
Bell BlackBerry Storm2 9550 Rumblings… Set to Launch April 13th?
With news of the BlackBerry Storm 9530 discontinued on Bell, I wondered out loud how long it’d be until we noticed the Storm2 making an appearance on Canada’s ‘big blue‘. That was yesterday. Today, we’re already hearing launch date and pricing rumblings. Crazy. Here are the details via our buds at MobileSyrup: Launch Date: April…
Official LinkedIn App for BlackBerry Now Available
If you’ve been among the many just sitting there patiently, hoping and waiting for a LinkedIn app to become available for BlackBerry… My friend, today is your lucky day. Within the past 24 hours a new LinkedIn app for BlackBerry has been released! This first release supports the Tour, Bold and Curve series running OS…
U.S. Air Force cripples BlackBerrys’ features to make them more secure
U.S. Air Force is joining governments of Belgium and France to crack down on BlackBerry usage. However, unlike the two governments, the Air Force won’t completely ban its employees to use their favorite messaging devices. They are going for a more subtle approach, disabling only some of the functions with a special firmware upgrade. After…
BlackBerry Internet Service 3.1 Screenshot Surfaces
Shortly after a successful North American rollout of BlackBerry Internet Service 3.0 with OpenOffice support this weekend, we’re already seeing the first signs of BIS 3.1 by way of this device screenshot. Contact sync with Yahoo! is the only thing we can confirm from this shot, but Hotmail should work too, and earlier rumours say that…
Verizon opens up its own appstore, V CAST Apps
With all of the application stores opening up, seemingly everywhere, is there more room for another? Verizon seems to think so, since they are launching their very own application store, V CAST Apps. V CAST Apps will launch only on the Blackberry Storm initially, and then find itself onto more RIM devices. Other operating systems…
Tata Indicom Launches First Weekly Prepaid BlackBerry Plan
Last fall, Indian carrier Tata Indicom announced some innovative pricing plans for texting, and are now following up with an interesting new plan for BlackBerry users – prepaid weekly. The weekly service is busted up into messaging and data options, available in 85 and 250 Rs bundles respectively, but are also available for 299 and…
Bell Discontinues BlackBerry Storm 9530, Storm2 9550 On the Way?
It’s looking like the BlackBerry Storm 9530 has reached its end-of-life on Bell. Latest word has the device officially discontinued from the Bell lineup. I can’t imagine anyone wanting to pick up the first edition of the Storm these days anyway. The only reason I could come up with is if I wanted the device…
XM Canada BlackBerry Application Arriving April 12
XM Canada will be releasing an IP radio application for BlackBerry on April 12, not unlike the one its southerly neighbour has enjoyed since February. As you can see, it allows you to brows categories, look up stations and genres, and manage favourites. XM online+ for BlackBerry will itself be a free download, but requires…