A whole whackload of Fido information has been leaked, giving us a relatively clear picture of what to expect from Rogers’ little brother over the course of the second quarter. The star of the show is the BlackBerry Pearl 9100, which should be available on May 4. The Nokia X3, a 2G portrait slider will go…
Disguise Your Drinking Addiction as a BlackBerry Addiction with the BevBurry
Here’s a great gift idea for that BlackBerry-addicted friend of yours. You know, the one that has his 9700 holstered at his/her hip at all times… constantly has a head down, checking emails, sending BBM messages, playing Brick Breaker… you know who I’m talking about. It’s time to introduce… the BevBurry. Designed to look like…
QWERTY keyboard devices compared (video)
Recently I had the opportunity to take a look at the Nokia E72 and INQ Chat 3G, and compare them with another QWERTY keyboard device, in the form of the BlackBerry Curve 8900. We take a quick tour round the devices, starting with dimensions, then moving on to look at keyboards. Check out the video…
Research In Motion Acquires Viigo
BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion has officially acquired app developer Viigo, who we’ve looked at more than once. Viigo has been an immensely popular application that began as an RSS reader, and branched off into a variety of categories, such as weather, stocks, shopping, movies, sports, and all kinds of serialized information. In short, Viigo could often get…
BlackBerry Beta Zone Opens Up, Offering Early RIM-Created Apps
RIM has announced the new BlackBerry Beta Zone, which is a dedicated area for testers to try out bleeding edge apps from RIM, like the official Twitter client that’s still under closed beta. The BlackBerry App World will still have its Test Center section for third parties to throw their early creations to the masses,…
Hedone Design Intros ‘FAON’ Premium BlackBerry Theme
Having caught my eye before I called it a day last night, the FAON theme from Hedone Design is like nothing I’ve seen before. The theme features 4 of your most commonly used icons front-and-center, giving you quick and easy access to them. There’s also a two-line Today preview for speedy access to your calendar…
The Hockey News App Gets the VIP Treatment
It’s been some time now since The Hockey News launched their THN app… an app that delivers hockey news, scores, stats and more, right to your iPhone or BlackBerry. I have to admit, for my needs I tend to use ScoreMobile and the new TSN.ca app, but that’s just me. A more ‘hardcore’ hockey fan…
Slacker Radio 3.0.4.58 Now Available for BlackBerry
Just yesterday we learned that Slacker Radio was coming out with a new Windows Mobile client, which is good news for anyone giving the T-Mo HTC HD2 the once over. The client will work on any WVGA touchscreen equipped WinMo smartphone, so before I get into the meat of the post, congrats WinMo users. Pop…
BlackBerry Desktop Manager (BDM) 6.0 Screenshot Pops Up Online
You may recall that RIM updated the BlackBerry Desktop Manager (BDM) earlier today. The update brought us up to version 5.0.1.37, and was really nothing too major… But if you want to stay on-top with the latest and greatest, you can download it here. Shortly thereafter, the good folks at BBNews.pl leaked what appears to…
Google Mobile App Now Compatible with the BlackBerry Storm Series
Hey Stormies, if you’ve been wanting to get your hands on the Google Mobile App for some time now, but couldn’t because of compatibility issues… Your wait is over. Google just announced via the Google Mobile Blog that a new version is available, and the darn thing was built specifically with the Storm and Storm2…