Telus offers a service called SPARK, which brings radio, mobile TV, music, games and more to select handsets. Now BlackBerrys can get in on the fun, even the BlackBerry Storm in the near future. Pricing will be around: Mobile Music: $1.99 per PC or Mobile download Mobile Radio $8/month for 15 channels $15/month for 50…
Handy Weather released for BlackBerry smartphones
After “covering” the Java ME-enabled feature phone market, Paragon Software is bringing its popular Handy weather app to the BlackBerry users. Some of the app features include: Intellicast’s weather database is used. Users can pick any location from a preset list of 40,000 cities from all over the world. Detailed weather forecasts include current temperature…
SlingPlayer Mobile for BlackBerry Coming December 30th
Sling Media has been working on bringing TV viewing to BlackBerry via their Slingbox home console for at least a year or so, and now their public beta will be available real soon! SlingPlayer Mobile for BlackBerry has been announced and will be available for the Bold, Curve 8320/8900, Pearl 8120/8220 and 8820 on December…
Verizon BlackBerry Storms Still Being Returned Despite Software Upgrade?
Verizon has recently extended their return policy to include dates just prior to the BlackBerry Storm launch, suggesting that there are many unhappy customers out there wanting to return RIM’s first touchscreen device. Launch-day reviews were iffy at best and condemning at worst, but we’ve seen an operating system update since then that supposedly fixed…
BlackBerry 8900 Goes Live at The Carphone Warehouse
Not to be outdone by us colonials in Canada, the newest BlackBerry Curve (8900) is now available from the Carphone Warehouse as expected, with plans from Orange and O2. Huh? Where’s T-Mobile? Weren’t they the first to release the BlackBerry 8900 in Germany? Oh, they have it for the UK too, but apparently aren’t playing…
BlackBerry Storm 9530 Available From Bell Mobility Online While Supplies Last
A new shipment of BlackBerry Storms are coming in to Bell in the near future. If you’ve been waiting to snap one up since the initial flurry of activity on Bell (sold out in hours), you’ve got another chance now… The BlackBerry Storm 9530 is available for purchase via the Bell website right now. They…
More Details on BlackBerry Application Suite
Yesterday we got some big news about the BlackBerry Application Suite, the next generation of Connect which will bring all that great BlackBerry functionality to Windows Mobile devices. This is primarily for enterprises looking to support a wider range of devices without having to change their entire back-end for a few rebellious smartphone-users. It looks…
BlackBerry 8320 Announced on AT&T
Rolling in after New Year’s Eve, and following up on Rogers’ recent holiday release, AT&T has announced the Wi-Fi BlackBerry Curve for $149.99 on a two-year contract. To sweeten the deal, if you’ve got an unlimited plan you’ll be able to access any of AT&T’s 17,000 nationwide hotspots for free after activation. The release is…
BlackBerry Storm Versus BlackBerry 8900: Video Comparison
Just a quick follow-up from our picture comparison of the Telus BlackBerry Storm 9530 and the recently-launched Rogers BlackBerry Curve 8900. You can see that the Storm and the Curve have a lot in common design-wise, and that we can see the tone being set for future devices. The look does leave the Bold and…
BlackBerry Storm Cases from Vaja Coming Soon
While I’m on the Vaja tip, I might as well make a note here. I know there are a lot of you early BlackBerry Storm adopters out there that might be interested in a Vaja case as well. Currently, no cases are available, but Vaja does have a handy email notification form for you to…