It seems like it’s been a little while since I’ve done a BlackBerry OS update! Today, I’ve got another, and it’s for the Pearl 8100, 8110, 8120, Curve 8300, 8310, 8320, AND the 8800 and 8820. Yikes, that was a lot ‘o Berries. OS 4.5.0.161 has been released for all of the above BlackBerry devices,…
Video: A Look at the Bell BlackBerry Tour 9630 Promo Kit
Here she is, a video look at the promo kit Bell stores have received for the BlackBerry Tour 9630. All sorts of Tour goodness is contained within, including the much requested beach ball (really, I have no idea why a beach ball is in there). But seriously, all sorts of promo materials are found inside.…
Bell BlackBerry Tour 9630 Arriving July 17th
Looks like BGR has managed to get his hands on an internal document/memo from Bell. Yesterday it was dummy devices and promo materials, today we have this! You can check out full details of the document after the jump… But for now a confirmed launch of the Bell BlackBerry Tour will come July 17th, with…
BlackBerry Tour 9630 Coming to Alltel
Ok lets see… Yeah we’ve got Bell and Telus, yeah… oh, and Sprint and Verizon has been all up in the news in the last little bit.. Who are we missing… What? Alltel is on the BlackBerry Tour scene as well!? Yep! Looks like good ‘ol Kevin over at CrackBerry has scored a few ‘spy…
Verizon BlackBerry Tour 9630: Two Versions Available!
More Verizon BlackBerry Tour 9630 news this morning. This really seems to be the hot topic of the last 24 hours! The latest has Verizon offering up not one, but two versions of the new handset from RIM. What’s the difference between the two? One comes with a 3.2MP camera… and the other comes without.…
Verizon BlackBerry Tour 9630 Coming July 12th for $199
On the heels of BlackBerry Tour 9630 dummy devices and promo materials arriving at Bell, some Verizon BlackBerry Tour news has dropped. BGR is reporting that the Verizon BlackBerry Tour 9630 will be available online and in stores July 12th. Look for it for $199 on the standard two-year contract. You can sign up for…
BlackBerry Tour 9630 Dummy Devices and Promo Materials Arrive at Bell
It’s only a matter of time now… You know, when you start hearing about dummy units and promo materials shipping to stores… it’s only a matter of weeks before the device pops up in-store. This time around I’m talking about the Bell BlackBerry Tour 9630, and thanks to BGR’s ‘ninjas’, we’ve got some pictures to…
Europe-wide Agreement for microUSB Standard Signed by Apple, RIM, Others
Sony Ericsson, Nokia, Motorola, NEC, Qualcomm, Samsung, Texas Instruments and three other wireless heavyweights have all signed an agreement under the eye of the European Commission to adopt a microUSB standard on data-enabled devices. This will hopefully cut down on consumer waste when it comes to chargers, as well as make life easier when switching…
A Case for a Thicker BlackBerry: David Fitzherbert’s Story
British Skier David Fitzherbert was doing some skiing off-trail in the Matterhorn and Monterosa peaks in Switzerland when something terrible happened. The snow gave way beneath him, and he plummeted some 70 feet into a crevasse. “The snow gave way beneath me and I fell down a very deep crevasse. After 70 feet it narrowed…
BlackBerry Tour Due on Sprint July 20th?
When the BlackBerry Tour 9630 was announced a few weeks ago, Bell, Telus and Verizon availability wasn’t a surprise, but we hadn’t heard a peep about Sprint’s involvement. Now they’ve got the teaser page up along with notification sign-up, but nothing about a release date. Luckily, it has been released internally to Sprint that the…