I’ve got some buds over in Romania, and I’ve already sent them a few messages imploring them to consider the BlackBerry Curve 8900 as their next device. Why? News has broke via press release that the 8900 is coming to Romania on the Orange network. Unlike the previous generation Curve, the 8900 is solid, fits…
CDMA BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230 Coming to Telus This February
A ‘solid’ tipster over at BlackBerrySync has told them that a CDMA BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230 is indeed coming to Telus in the near future. The flippin’ Berry should hit Telus sometime in February, perhaps as part of a Valentine’s Day promo. Are they going to sell them in Pink and Red too, I wonder!?…
BlackBerry Storm OS Alert: OS 4.7.0.90 Leaked for the 9500 and 9530
Seems like forever since my last BlackBerry Storm OS update notice… Yeah, RIGHT! In a never-ending flow of OS leaks, we’ve got another (unofficial) one that has hit the web today. This time around OS 4.7.0.90 has leaked for the BlackBerry Storm 9500 and 9530. As with all of these unofficial updates, I do not…
Obama can’t give up his BlackBerry, keeping it for ‘personal’ use
Freshly-minted President of the United States of America Barack Obama is a lot of things, bona fide “techie” among them. Obama has leveraged social media technologies like SMS text messages, social networks, tweets, and email to help rally his Presidential candidacy all the way to the White House. And, as Simon mentioned below, now that…
BlackBerry Network had No Problems During Obama Inauguration
You might have heard that cell networks were incredibly clogged during President Barack Obama’s inauguration ceremony yesterday. That’s to be expected, at such a historic and hopeful occasion – I know that the live feed from the Facebook page was positively abuzz with status updates, and many folks were even having issues getting the streaming…
Fido BlackBerry Pearl 8100 Details: Coming February 4th
You may remember a week or so ago that I reported Fido would start carrying BlackBerry devices up in Canada. The only sad fact being, that their first device was to be the BlackBerry Pearl 8100. It looks like Fido has trained/is training their staffers, and are shooting for a launch date on February 4th.…
OtterBox Impact Skin for BlackBerry Bold Review
OtterBox cases have been the way to go for the most rugged mobile accessories for some time, but ever since their Defender Series lineup, they’ve been scaling down for a slightly more relaxed clientele. Who needs to send a text while they’re skydiving anyway? The Impact Series is OtterBox’s slimmest product to date, moving them…
A glimpse at BlackBerry Visual Voicemail for BlackBerry Bold!
Remember when we told you that an upcoming BlackBerry OS update would enable an Application Center and Visual Voicemail on your BlackBerry Bold? Well, it looks like AT&T is indeed making good on their promise to bring Visual Voicemail to the BlackBerry Bold. Newly leaked screenshots of the BlackBerry OS 4.6.0.219 confirm that AT&T’s upcoming…
Nokia Welcoming Back BlackBerry Services
Over the summer, Nokia squeezed BlackBerry Connect out of their E-series devices supposedly in an attempt to stake their own claim to enterprise functions with some help from Microsoft and IBM, but a recent interview with Tom Furlong, head of Nokia’s messaging services, confirmed that RIM will continue to support the service. “We are in…
RIM Bid for Certicom Blocked by Court
Last month security firm Certicom manned the legal guns against RIM’s takeover bid valued at $1.50 per share, and has apparently seen some success. Based on a court order, Certicom shareholders will not be able to take up RIM on their offer, and even if another separate bidding process is opened, RIM needs Certicom’s written…