Welcome to the club, BlackBerry owners! Following on RIM’s announcement of their Media Sync service, Flickr has released their free solution to allow BlackBerry owners to upload pictures taken with their handset directly to a Flickr account. Flickr Mobile Photo Uploader allows the BlackBerry user to tag their photos, catalog them in to albums, adjust…
Details on BlackBerry OS 4.6 for BlackBerry 9000 Bold / BlackBerry 9500 Thunder
We’ve already been introduced, informally at least, to RIM’s new BlackBerry 9XXX smartphone duo. The RIM BlackBerry 9000 Bold and BlackBerry 9500 Thunder have been outed as the next-best thing to come from Waterloo. So, with the Bold and Thunder getting prepped to take on the likes of the iPhone head to head, it only…
Live pics of the all touchscreen RIM BlackBerry Thunder surface
The iPhone and its 3G-toting successor aren’t the only all-touchscreen offerings for smartphone fans. There’s no rule saying that anyone wanting an attractive touchscreen smartphone have to buy it from Apple (but capacitance multi-touch sure does make the decision hard to avoid). RIM, makers of the BlackBerry smartphone lineup, has their own iPhone-fighting handset bearing…
Apple clinches No. 3 spot in global smartphone market, RIM sees crazy growth, Nokia easily No. 1
With the highly-anticipate and quite polarizing Apple iPhone on the verge of making its second-generation debut next week, a new research report from Gartner has surfaced. The report puts Apple, with just a single iPhone model to boast of, in the No. 3 spot among global smartphone vendors for Q1 2008. Cupertino took broke into…
Box.net goes BlackBerry
Online storage service provider Box.net is already available on mobile devices through mobile web interface. In addition, following the iPhone launch, they made a special version of their website optimized for the Apple handset users. And now they’re expanding into the BlackBerry world with the launch dedicated app. Coincidence or not, but with the Bold…
BlackBerry Pearl 8120 now available on Rogers Wireless
Here’s one more “we told ya’ it’s coming” news. The WiFi-enabled BlackBerry Pearl 8120 is now available on Rogers Wireless. You probably already know everything about the Pearl, so I won’t waste your time there. However, you may not know it’s compatible with Rogers’ UMA VoIP network, meaning you’ll be able to use it for…
Palm Centro boosts Palm marketshare, RIM sees BlackBerry market share rise, Apple loses in iPhone market
Just as we’re getting ready to write-off the aging Palm OS and make room in our hearts for the next-generation Palm OS, Palm goes and regains some lost ground in the smartphone market. Palm has apparently seen its smartphone market-share rise to 13.4%, up from 7.9% in Q4 2007. The popular Palm Centro is credited…
Is this the RIM BlackBerry 9500 Thunder?
RIM’s been rumored to be brewing up a serious iPhone competitor. The BlackBerry “AK” (Apple Killer) is believed to be the RIM BlackBerry 9500 Thunder, and a new image of the all-touchscreen device has reportedly surfaced on wireless retailer Horizon Wireless‘s website. Stealing some of the newly announced BlackBerry 9000 Bold’s thunder, the RIM BlackBerry…
RIM’s BlackBerry OS 4.5.0.37 now available
But, there’s a catch. The minor BlackBerry OS 4.5.0.37 update isn’t officially available to the BlackBerry using public. But, that doesn’t mean there aren’t copies of the updated OS circulating the interwebs. BerryReview had to take down the links to the new OS for BlackBerry 8100,8300, 8700, and 8800 devices, but push-email fiends are encouraged…
More pics of RIM BlackBerry flip-phone – KickStart
While many await the US launch of a handful of smartphones from the likes of HTC, Sony Ericsson, Apple, and Nokia, some of you might be looking forward to RIM’s first flip-phone – the RIM KickStart. Spy pics of the RIM KickStart in Black (peep the image to your right) surfaced just the day before,…