The big news out of RIM’s New York press event was BES 5.0, but they also talked a lot about their enterprise convergence service, Mobile Voice System. In so many words, it’s a fancy call forwarding system that gives your BlackBerry all of the functions of your traditional fixed office line, like extensions and conference…
Palm Treo Pro Coming to Bell February 26th
My bud John over at MobileSyrup got word the other day of some new impending releases over at Bell. The biggest news surrounds the Palm Treo Pro. It’s due to be released on Bell February 26th. Should run $199.95 on a 3-year term… and of course you’ll need to pick up the mandatory $45 data…
More Unofficial OS Updates for BlackBerry Storm 9500 and 9530
Late last night, you may or may not have noticed yet another OS update for the BlackBerry Storm hit the interwebs. Not only is the update for the 9500, but the 9530 received an update as well! Both of these updates are very unofficial… So you know what I’m going to say now, right? Backup…
Verizon Trying to Clear Out the BlackBerry 8330
With Verizon running their ‘BOGO’ sale at the moment, they’re no doubt trying their best to clear out old stock… Especially the Verizon BlackBerry Curve 8330. For some time yesterday, it looked as though they were ultra-successful. On the Verizon website, the 8330 was (in both silver and pink) listed as ‘out of stock’. Victory…
White BlackBerry Pearl Flip Spotted Again
At the aforementioned RIM shindig there was what would otherwise be a throwaway slide featuring the front of a white BlackBerry Pearl Flip, apparently the same one we saw back in September. A picture of a Verizon BlackBerry 8230 in silver recently popped up, and this looks to be the very same CDMA Pearl Flip.…
BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0 Due Q2 ’09, Featuring Remote File Access
At a swell little shindig in New York today, RIM talked up BES 5.0 codenamed after the inert (i.e stable) gas, Argon. Argon’s been in the works for a couple of years now – according to RIM, beta versions have been in the hands of companies for the last year, and in use internally for…
Proof of BlackBerry Visual Voicemail in AT&T’s online account management webpage
If you had any doubts that Visual Voicemail functionality was en route to your BlackBerry, let this latest find put that uncertainty to rest. Boy Genius Report has found that the BlackBerry Visual Voicemail option is now visible on AT&T’s online account management web page. The appearance of Visual Voicemail in AT&T’s own internal BlackBerry…
T-Mobile unleashes BlackBerry Curve 8900 on US soil!
It’s finally here! The BlackBerry Bold 9000’s slimmer, 3G-less sibling has just left T-Mobile’s starting gates as the latest BlackBerry Curve to hit American soil. The BlackBerry Curve 8900 has been launched by T-Mobile for the right-old sum of $199.99 when purchase with new, 2-year contract. Unfortunately, the announcement is a bit anti-climactic for BlackBerry…
Call it the ‘Alex Rodriguez’: BlackBerry 9300 Basically the 8900 on Steroids
I’m sure you recall the rumors dropping all across the blogosphere last week around the BlackBerry 9300. The latest offering from RIM is said to be the 3G’d-out version of the 3G-less 8900. I like the sounds of that. The 9300 is also supposed to have a higher-res screen in comparison to its younger sibling…
RIM Likely to Acquire Certicom Following VeriSign Dropping Out of Bidding
Web security company VeriSign has dropped out of the bidding for encryption agency Certicom, leaving Research in Motion’s $3.00/share offer to be the only one standing. Certicom is “expected to approve the RIM Offer”, and good for them – they played hardball and got twice as much as the initial bid. What RIM does with…