According to EETimes, Nokia is mulling over the possibility of acquiring the famous BlackBerry manufacturer, Research In Motion (RIM). We know, this song has been sung many times before, but this time, Nokia’s remixing this track with a possible bid for Research In Motion. We’ll keep our ear to the railroad tracks on this one…
AT&T and RIM releases the Curve
AT&T will be the first wireless carrier in North America to offer the BlackBerry Curve in wireless retail and business channels beginning today, as the carrier along with RIM announced the introduction of the “smallest and lightest full QWERTY BlackBerry handset.” As we’ve already wrote several times about the Curve, I’ll just quote Kent Mathy,…
RIM working on a better, more user-friendly keyboard?
Ever since Apple introduced the iPhone, we are noticing the increasing trend of companies trying to improve their UIs and the overall devices’ usability. Don’t get me wrong – that’s a good thing, but one should know when enough is just enough…
Verizon makes BlackBerry 8830 available along with the accompanying services
Verizon Wireless just announced the availability of the long-time expected BlackBerry 8830 World Edition smartphone. The carrier also announced the new Global BlackBerry service, an “always-on, always connected” wireless e-mail solution that works in more than 160 countries, providing customers with quick and easy access to e-mail, contacts, calendar, organizer and the Web while on-the-go.…
RIM to introduce WiFi enabled BlackBerry this year
I can’t believe that we had to wait for so long to see this happening. The business-oriented device like any BlackBerry (except maybe Pearl) should come with support for WiFi connectivity. Now we have, sort of, confirmed that Research In Motion is working to add the WiFi radio to its handset(s). According to RIM’s co-CEO,…
Get FREE MMS Messaging on your T-mobile BlackBerry!!
If you use a BlackBerry on T-mobile’s network, you’re in luck! Now you can get free MMS messaging on the incoming and outgoing sides. The “BlackBerry Feature Enabler” service from T-mobile gives BlackBerry users the ability to send and recieve free MMS messages with a simple call to your T-mobile customer service representative (CSR) and…
BlackBerry OS update coming soon?
Always highly informed BoyGenius seems to be onto something. This time he’s hinting us with the new version of the BlackBerry OS (4.3.0) that will possibly be available for all of the 64MB+ device models. Apparently, the new OS version will have a Platform version of 2.7.0, where we currently have versions 2.3.0 and 2.4.0…
PC World names the top 20 products of the year; BlackBerry 8800 in, iPhone out
Following its tradition, PC World named the top 20 products of the year, including innovative web applications, powerful processors, spectacular HDTVs, and creative game consoles. What’s interesting for us is that the iPhone was not on the list. It’s kind an understandable decision, as no one tested it yet — at least no one from…
BlackBerry 8830 coming to Telus
Telus in Canada is about to get RIM’s BlackBerry 8830 World Edition. The so called “world phone” boasts both GSM and CDMA radios, allowing consumers to use a single device around the globe. The release date is still not specified — at the moment you can sign-up to be informed when this baby hit the…
O2 UK makes BlackBerry Curve available
While U.S. carriers, namely AT&T and T-Mobile, are still quiet about the official release date of the recently announced BlackBerry Curve, on the other side of the pond O2 has been busy preparing to launch this ultimate consumer-oriented device. The BlackBerry Curve page is already live on O2’s site, and is ready for immediate purchase.…