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Koodo Mobile have been adding some nice new devices to their lineup in 2011. The featurephones we’re so used to seeing are stepping aside, to make room for more attractive offerings, like the BlackBerry Curve 9300. According to a tipster over at MobileSyrup, Koodo is set to offer the BlackBerry Curve 9300. No launch or…
The next batch of BlackBerry handsets will have near-field communications installed, which will allow you to pay for stuff by simply tapping your phone on a sensor at retailers. While RIM might have the technical prowess to enable NFC in the hardware, the back-end logistics are apparently proving to be a headache. According to several…
GetGlue, a social network for checking-in to stuff of just about any type, has graduated their closed beta BlackBerry app to prime time, and is now available for free in App World. No new features unfortunately, but all of the major bugs should be soundly squashed. GetGlue is a way of sharing your fandom of…
It looks like BlackBerry Traffic isn’t the only thing RIM is updating today. Facebook for BlackBerry has just gone into a limited beta, and is looking a whole lot different. The biggest feature addition is Chat, which is long overdue. The notification system has been polished up a bit, closely emulating the native drop-down BlackBerry…
RIM’s free navigation app, BlackBerry Traffic, has had a hefty update to 2.0 in the Beta Zone, which includes some serious user interface changes, a route selection screen, and a new “next maneuver” view which tells you what your next turn should be. You can also check through your search history for previous destinations (handy…
If you needed any reassurance that the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet would actually launch at the end of the month as RIM has indicated, TrueSupplier is listing the OEM touch screen with bezel for $82.49, and outside touchscreen alone for $59.99. The PlayBook has some other, considerably snazzier parts to it, like a 7-inch 1024 x…
Until recently, Microsoft offered to host BlackBerry Enterprise Servers for $10 per month per user, but that has apparently changed. They now offer the add-on as a free add-on to existing hosted Exchange customers. From their Mobility Solutions sheet: “Hosted BlackBerry for Microsoft Exchange Online is acquired as an add-on to Exchange Online Standard or…
At the CanSecWest security conference in Vancouver, some well-intentioned hackers broke into a BlackBerry handset through the WebKit browser in OS 6.0 (found on the Torch, Style, Bold 9780, and others). Vincenzo Iozzo, Willem Pinckaers, and Ralf Weinmann were able to access the phone’s contact list and files stored on the microSD memory card, as…
CoTweet, a popular enterprise-grade social networking client, has launched a salvo of mobile apps at SXSW to keep marketing, support, and PR professionals in touch with their customers via Twitter. They’ve had an iPhone client for a little while now, but Android, BlackBerry and Windows Phone apps are all new. Windows Mobile is a strange…
BlackBerry Social was announced about six months ago as a way for third-party app developers to plug into RIM’s hugely popular BlackBerry Messenger client. Today it goes into public beta, allowing devs to add custom fields to BBM profiles, change profile elements like avatar pictures, embed chats within their app, enable file transfers between users,…