Tired of your BlackBerry’s default look? Why not change the color of it? The folks that are usually known as color-customizers of Apple’s products are expanding their offering to the BlackBerry devices. Actually, they’ll start accepting orders within few days when you’ll be able to make your BlackBerry — Pearl, Curve or 8800 — look…
RIM working on a Blackberry with angular keypad?
It seems RIM thinks the current mobile phone QWERTY keyboards are old and boring, hence they need to be improved. But it’s not the iPhone-like virtual on-screen input RIM wants to use instead of the classic keyboard — at least not with the device pictured above — it’s an angled keyboard where all the keys…
BlackBerry 9000/9XXX specs confirmed
We’ve been waiting on somone to leak some of the juicy details on RIM’s upcoming BlackBerry 9000/9XXX iPhone-fighting smartphone, and it looks like the blogosphere’s been blessed with a bit of BlackBerry 9000 news. The BlackBerry 9000 has been speculated to be bringing US 3G support and a powerful processor to the touchscreen-battle, but whispers…
Nokia’s silent, but deadly competitor: RIM
People think that the iPhone made a dent in Nokia’s revenues, but no one realizes that in 2007 Nokia came out with over 30 mobile phones versus Apple’s single SKU. Apple aside, the real threat isn’t the fruit from the west coast, but the businessman from Canada. Research in Motion is estimated to own 10%…
iPhone trumps BlackBerry in latest Consumer Reports
There doesn’t seem to be any shortage of official consumer-electronics rank-lists that are putting the iPhone near, or at the top, of the page this holiday shopping season. Time Magazine named the iPhone the “Invention of the Year” and the No. 1 gadget in their “Top 10 Gadgets” list. The iPhone has taken the top-spot…
SunCom first to release BlackBerry 8120 Pearl
Fancy that WiFi-packing BlackBerry 8120 Pearl that T-Mobile is slated to launch in February (you know, after they clear out existing 8100 Pearl-stock)? Well, if you happen to be within SunCom’s coverage area and have an extra $220 to spend, you can now grab-up a BlackBerry 8120 Pearl from SunCom. The $200 price tag includes…
T-Mobile BlackBerry 8120 Pearl gets real in February 2008
Following on Sprint, Alltel, and Verizon’s WiFi-equipped BlackBerry 8120 Pearl offerings, the GSM variant of the handset is slated to hit T-Mobile’s network this coming February – with a WiFi radio in place of the GPS module in the 8130. We’re looking for a February 18th launch date, to be exact. The T-Mobile BlackBerry 8120…
First “authorized” BlackBerry store opens in the middle of nowhere
Please note that we have nothing against citizens of Farmington Hills, Michigan, but somehow we expected the BlackBerry maker to hit Manhattan with its first “authorized” store. The new store provides users with “the most comprehensive offering of BlackBerry products and services,” and is run by Wireless Giant, a chain founded in 1996. Potential buyers…
Grab your Alltel BlackBerry 8130 Pearl now
Alltel’s finally joining the BlackBerry 8130 Pearl–party with today’s announcement that the BlackBerry Pearl 2 is now available to all Alltel subscribers. If you’re not familiar with the BlackBerry 8130 Pearl by now, well, you should have been paying attention – there’s going to be a quiz at the end of all this. Anyway, this…
RIM’s BlackBerry 8700 finally hitting China – Chinese businessmen rejoice
Following on the recent announcement from RIM that China’s government gave the green-light to bring the outdated BlackBerry 8700 to the Chinese masses, China Mobile has announced that they will be launching the BlackBerry 8700 by month’s end. TCL Communications, the Chinese manufacturer of RIM’s BlackBerry 8700 said that they’ve gotten an order for 10,000…