We’ve been seeing a lot of an in-the-works device from RIM sporting both a full physical QWERTY keyboard and a clicking touchscreen, code-named the BlackBerry Magnum or Dakota. TD analyst Chris Umiatowski has it on good word that there will be a BlackBerry that has those features as well as an optical trackpad. At first,…
Free Team USA and Team Canada Themes for the BlackBerry Storm 95xx
The 2010 Winter Olympic games in Vancouver are just over a week away… and I couldn’t be more ‘jazzed’. Of course, with the Olympics being on home soil I can’t wait to see the first Canadian step up on the podium, especially that first gold medal. Weird Fact: Did you know that no Canadian athlete…
Quickie: OS 5.0.0.419 for the BlackBerry Tour 9630 Goes Official via Sasktel
Sheesh, seems like Sasktel is hitting the news hard for some reason today. This one i just a quickie for BlackBerry Tour 9630 users. Sasktel has released an official version of OS 5.0.9.419 for download and install right here. This isn’t a leak, it’s an official build. From all accounts this build seems to be…
‘Sweet Deals’ Valentine’s Day Promo at Sasktel
Among the first of the Valentine’s Day promos I’ve come across is the new ‘Sweet Deals’ promo via Sasktel. It’s not exactly a barn-burner, but a promo it is. Here’s the deal… You can pick up a BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230, Palm Centro, or Motorola QA30 Hint for free on a three-year contract. You can…
Analyst: New BlackBerry Browser Runs Quick Thanks to Push
Shaw Wu, with the Kaufman Bros. analyst firm, reports that the first versions of the new BlackBerry browser could run 30%-60% faster than on other WebKit-based browsers (like on Android and iPhone). Apparently, this is because the BlackBerry Internet Service and push architecture that RIM has built cuts down significantly on bandwidth demands (possibly taking…
DAVE Wireless Rebrands as Mobilicity, Launching in Spring
wind Mobile is obviously the most recent player to promise to bring competition to the Canadian wireless landscape, but dave Wireless has been working to get started as well, and today announced that they’ll be coming to the market with the name Mobilicity (mobile + simplicity = clever, eh?). The launch proper will begin in…
More Pics of the BlackBerry Pearl 9100
Early, early this morning I posted a pre-requisite ‘Mr. Blurrycam’ image of the new Pearl Stratus 9100. The image showed off 3G bands 1, 4 and 8 (AWS bands), which translates into good things for T-Mobile and WIND customers. That is, if they have a hankering for a new trackpad-packing Pearl. Now, we’ve got new…
Rumor: RIM Getting Down to Work on OS 6.0?
This is interesting… I haven’t heard any rumblings on a new OS from RIM in quite some time, but that’s just what I’m hearing now. According to a ‘solid’ BlackBerry tipster over at BGR, RIM has begun work on OS 6.0. While no exact details were revealed, one has to assume that the rumor mill,…
BlackBerry Pearl 9100 Found Rocking T-Mobile and WIND 3G Bands
We’ve been hearing about the next gen Pearl series, aka ‘Pearl2’, aka ‘Striker’, aka ‘Stratus’ for some time now. We’ve seen leaked pics, a video here and here, and now a little more news. If the Mr. Blurrycam image above is to be believed, it looks like there will be at least one version of…
OtterBox Launches BlackBerry Curve 8300 Commuter Case
OtterBox is at it again. This time around, they’ve unveiled the new Commuter Series case for the BlackBerry Curve 8300 series. The new case provides the best of the rugged ‘Defender’ series case with the slim ‘skin’ stylings of the ‘Impact’ series case line. The official description from the good folks at OtterBox: The custom…