I’m on a bit of a BlackBerry Theme kick this morning, so my apologies in advance for this and a few more BlackBerry Theme posts that I’ll be making today 🙂 First off comes the new Chiron Premium Theme for the BlackBerry Bold, Curve 8900 and Storm. The Chiron Premium Theme features a nice brushed…
Revised BlackBerry Curve 8350i Now Available Without Camera
Behold, another new BlackBerry device has hit the market, albeit one we’ve mostly seen before. The BlackBerry Curve 8350i is now available on Spring/Nextel without the ever familiar camera on-board. It comes complete with all of the same features as the original, including WiFi, full QWERTY keyboard, GPS, speakerphone, bluetooth, voice dialing and more. So,…
BlackBerry service on the fritz again?
Today isn’t a good day for BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion’s (RIM) BlackBerry Internet Service. We hearing reports that BlackBerry users are experiencing yet another email service outage that seems to have affected users on all the major wireless networks. The outage has apparently affected at least some parts of Canada as well. Following a complete…
GVDialer Plugs Phone into Google Voice
We’ve seen screenshots of Google Voice in a mobile web format, but a recent comment pointed us to GVDialer, a new third-party app that lets you plug into the service previously known as Grand Central on your mobile. The main features include: One number – Present your Google number as your Caller ID on outgoing…
‘Level’ from Xtremelabs for the BlackBerry Storm
If you’re running a BlackBerry Storm, and were always curious about the Storm Level Pro app, but didn’t want to lay down cash to try it out… There’s a new simple and free alternative for you to try. Available in the App World comes ‘Level’ from Xtremelabs. The app is ultra simple, it contains horizontal…
BlackBerry Desktop Manager 5.0 Surfaces on the Web
This past week we saw unofficial updates for the BlackBerry Bold and Curve 8900 to bring the devices up to OS 5.0… So it comes as no surprise that BlackBerry Desktop Manager 5.0 has also now surfaced on the web. User sliderz over at CrackBerry has provided a download link for Desktop Manager 5.0… and…
Ex-Apple, Microsoft Designer Signs on with RIM
Don Lindsay, a designer previously in the employ of Apple and Microsoft, is now working under BlackBerry-maker Research in Motion, and good thing, too – the BlackBerry UI could sure use a makeover. There’s some contention over whether Lindsay worked on the iPhone or not, but even if his experience limited to OS X, it…
HTC Touch Pro, BlackBerry 8220 Pearl Flip, others coming to US Cellular’s network
In this super-connected world we live in today, the little guys aren’t so little anymore. The smaller, regional carriers throughout the US are working hard to offer their customers the same hardware lineup that bigger national carriers have the pleasure of launching. It makes sense, customers aren’t blind to new product launches just because their…
T-Mobile set to announce European BlackBerry collaboration on April 22
Just yesterday we speculated that T-Mobile was getting ready to launch something new in NYC on April 21. Today, we’re hearing that T-Mobile’s European operations are also gearing up for some sort of “BlackBerry collaboration” announcement in London on April 22. That happens to coincide with the April 21 event in NYC, time zones being…
BlackBerry OS 5.0 Leaked, Nothing Special
BlackBerry operating system 5.0 has found its way onto the Bold, packing little more than a facelift. Similar to what we’ve heard regarding the BlackBerry 9630 “Niagara” interface, everything is changed to look a little more like the BlackBerry Storm (such as how you edit ringtone profiles) . Google Gears support announced at the BlackBerry…