Some quick Canadian BlackBerry news from Fido. From the sounds of things over at HowardForums, it looks like the BlackBerry Curve 8520 is set to hit Fido sometime in the first quarter of 2010. The 8520 will be available in Black only… No details on exact launch date or pricing, but the SKU has been…
New Premium ‘Ace’ BlackBerry Theme from Elecite
The BlackBerry Theme designers over at Elecite recently launched yet another premium theme for consumption. Dubbed the ‘Ace’ theme, this new addition has a coverflow style interfaced called ‘app card’. There’s room for 5-6 customizable icons at the top of your screen, 10-11 quick access app card icons, a weather icon, and much more. In…
BlackBerry 8910 Passes Bluetooth Certification
The Curve 8900 might seem a little dated now that every BlackBerry and its mom is getting a trackpad, but a recent submission to the Bluetooth SIG has suggested that maybe an updated model is on the way. If the 9100 Striker and 9650 Essex are any indication, RIM isn’t shy about recycling old form…
Slacker Radio Announced for webOS, Wireless Caching for Everyone Else
The partnership with ABC News wasn’t the only thing coming from mobile music service Slacker at CES 2010 – they’ve also announced a new app for the Palm Pre and Pixi, as well as wireless caching across their iPhone, Android, and BlackBerry clients onto microSD or device memory. Sideloading the high-quality versions of favourite stations…
Video: Viper SmartStart for BlackBerry
Viper had announced that they would be showing off their remote car-starting application for BlackBerry at CES, so we thought we would check it out. As you can see, it lets you start up a car, sound the alarm, lock and unlock the doors, or pop the trunk, whereever it may be. They’re also…
Video: OnStar Application for iPhone, Android, and BlackBerry
We had heard the Chevrolet Volt would have a mobile application to keep tabs on charging status, and here at CES, it was their prize announcement. The OnStar mobile app will offer an impressive amount of remote control, including starting the car, beginning and scheduling charging, sounding the panic alarm, and accessing mileage stats. Dummy…
Classic Arcade Shooter ‘Zaxxon’ Now Available in BlackBerry App World
How freakin’ awesome is this!? If you’re into retro games, especially when they pop up for download and play on your handset of choice… keep reading. The arcade classic ‘Zaxxon’ is now available for BlackBerry users in App World. Just looking at the screenshots take me back to my youth, huddled around that 20″ tube…
Quickie: BlackBerry Tour2 9650 SKU Shows up in Verizon Inventory
It wasn’t long ago that Will gave us a real world look at the BlackBerry Tour2. The latest-and-greatest in the Tour series (codenamed ‘Essex’) packs a faster processor, optical trackpad, WiFi, and a lot more. With the Tour2 on-the-brain, I’ve got a quick bit of BlackBerry goodness share. CrackBerry has posted a snap of Verizon’s…
Thumbplay Launches BlackBerry Music Store
Yet another player is entering the growingly-crowded mobile music market: Thumbplay. Traditionally, Thumbplay has stuck with ringtones from licensed artists, but they’re moving into full MP3 downloads. Essentially, the app for BlackBerry will sync up with your browser-based Thumbplay account to track favourites, playlists, and purchases, and allow you to either stream tunes over Wi-Fi…
BlackBerry OS 5.0.0.400 for the Bold 9700 Goes Official via AVEA
Time for a quick (and official) BlackBerry OS release. Folks packing a BlackBerry Bold 9700 will be pleased to know that OS 5.0.0.400 has been released by AVEA. If you haven’t already loaded up the recent 9700 update via Bell (or if you have, and you’ve had trouble with it), this one is certainly worth…