Callpod, which we already know as a maker of cool and quite expensive accessories, announced its entrance into the smartphone application market. Their product is called Keeper and it allows users to quickly and easily store all sensitive passwords, notes, lists and other personal information in a safe and multi-layer encrypted, secure environment. Speaking of…
Virgin Mobile Canada Drops Price on BlackBerry Curve 8330 to $39.99
Most Canadian carriers have jacked the price up on their version of the BlackBerry Curve 83xx series, supposedly due to limited stock. Both Rogers and Telus currently have the Curve up for $99.99, and Bell is selling the device for $99.95. But if you’re looking for the best deal in Canada, Virgin Mobile has stepped…
BlackBerry Bold and Storm Only Ones to Get Application Center at Launch?
A bunch of RIM knowledgebase articles just popped up outlining how common tasks like deletion and installation will work on the upcoming Application Center. As announced at the BlackBerry Developer Conference, the center “allows you to find, browse, install, and upgrade third-party applications that have been selected by your wireless service provider”, so sayeth article number…
Handmark Acquires Freerange Mobile RSS Reader
Mobile software retailer Handmark has picked up a new partner: mobile RSS reader Freerange. I had first heard of Freerange when talking about Viigo with someone, who said they preferred Freerange, and after taking a quick look at their software, it was certainly a close race. This, of course, was back when Viigo was solely…
Free Chalk 2D Today Plus BlackBerry Theme from Gemblock
Time to share a little BlackBerry Theme love with our readers this morning. If you’re on a BlackBerry Bold or an 81xx, 83xx, 88xx or 89xx series device, you can pick up a new theme called Chalk 2D Today Plus… For free. The theme comes from designer Artem Cheban over at Gemblock.com. Looks to be…
50 Million BlackBerry’s Sold… And Counting!
Research in Motion have sold their 50 millionth BlackBerry device. That’s a heck of a lot of Berry’s, and a heck of a lot of people walking around, emailing with their heads down. RIM is also coming up on its 10th anniversary… Which means in 10 years they’ve sold the 50 million devices to roughly…
RIM Co-CEO Temporarily Steps Down After Continued Stock Options Charges
Yesterday, RIM and the Ontario Securities Commission had settled (hopefully once and for all) the back-dated stock options scandal from 2006. Today, the damage is public: co-CEO Jim Balsillie will shell out CAN $5 million, and co-CEO number two, Mike Lazaridis, will pay CAN $1.5 million. That’s just the small potatoes. Along with their old…
Verizon to Start Two-for-One Sale Tomorrow?
Verizon is supposedly launching a big old-fashioned two-for-one sale starting tomorrow and running until the end of March. They’re mostly BlackBerrys (including the Storm), but the Centro and Samsung Alias will also be elgible. BlackBerry 9530 Storm, $199.99, no debit card on either first or second Storm BlackBerry 8330 Curve , $79.99 after a $70…
Mozilla Concept Phone Mashes OLED Keyboard into BlackBerry 7130
Now here’s a cool idea. Optimus had made a keyboard awhile back that had small OLED screens built into each key, allowing the whole layout to be reprogrammed and re-represented – just a bit of a mindbender. Designer Billy May has applied the same idea to a BlackBerry 7130, giving us a very interesting idea…
Certicom Approves RIM Bid, Awaits VeriSign’s Counteroffer
RIM’s $3.00/share bid for encryption company Certicom was allowed last week despite injunctions made on their earlier $1.50/share proposal. Now VeriSign, who had squeaked in a $2.60 bid between RIM’s two, has five days to beat the offer. Security remains a big priority for BlackBerry-maker Research in Motion, who’s primary customer remains enterprise, despite a…