Archive for the 'BlackBerry' Category

BlackBerry 8700 gets OS 4.5

Not one to be taken out back just yet, the BlackBerry 8700 can now get in on all of the OS 4.5 fun that the Curve, Pearl and 8800 have recently received. The guts didn’t change too much from the BlackBerry 8700 to the BlackBerry 8100, so you’ll likely see them both supported until they’re [...]

NTT DoCoMo Launching Consumer BlackBerry Service in August

NTT DoCoMo has announced today that it will launch Research In Motion’s BlackBerry Internet Services in Japan for the first time on August 1st. The service will only be available for the BlackBerry 8707h, which was launched last year. The BlackBerry Internet Service allows individuals access to push email without the need for a corporate [...]

Kickstart slides reveal external LCD utilities

Some more information on the unreleased flip BlackBerry codenamed Kickstart has surfaced… The leaked slides seem to be an attempt to soothe the worries of diehard BlackBerry fans who are used to holstering their devices and checking them in a very specific way. The external LCD screen will prove to be a useful feature, showing [...]

RIM Launches HSDPA Equipped BlackBerry Bold 9000 Smartphone

Research in Motion has taken a step ahead today with the introduction of the new HSDPA-capable BlackBerry Bold 9000 smartphone. Combining 3G and WiFi, the Bold supports quad-band GSM/EDGE and tri-band HSDPA connectivity and 802.11a/b/g for global use. The Bold also runs a new version of the BlackBerry OS, v4.6. The new QWERTY smartphone offers [...]

The RIM BlackBerry Curve 8330 Is Now Available From Verizon

Research In Motion’s BlackBerry Curve 8330 is officially available from Verizon Wireless today, a few days ahead of schedule. The handset is available in a liquid silver color scheme, and features a QWERTY keyboard for convenient text entry. RIM’s Curve 8330 is a consumer-oriented smartphone, featuring a 2 megapixel camera with video capture with a [...]

BlackLine Blip and GPS Snitch

BlackLine back at WES, and now we’ve had a chance to give their products a go. GPS was a big thing at WES, which worked out well for BlackLine, since they were finalizing their location sharing service at the time. Blip is software for your BlackBerry 8800 which not only allows you to share your [...]

New BlackBerry 88XX OtterBox available

OtterBox, ever the heavy-duty case providers, have just announced their OtterBox 1933 which fits the BlackBerry 8800, BlackBerry 8820 and BlackBerry 8830. As an 8800 user, this case looks like something I wouldn’t mind using on a daily basis. Most of the OtterBox products for BlackBerry turn your handheld into a little microcomputing tank, which [...]

BlackBerry 8120 shots and details

Pinstack head honcho Hayden has got a plethora of fresh shots of a BlackBerry 8120, packing Wi-Fi, external microSD slot, OS 4.3, 3.5mm headphone jack, and a Wi-Fi browser. However, while we’re pretty sure that the CDMA version of the BlackBerry Pearl 2 (or the 8130, if you will) will have a 2 Mpx camera, [...]

Malaysian carrier aiming for consumers with BlackBerry 8300 launch

Maxis announced yesterday their release of the BlackBerry 8300 in Malaysia, while making their intention of closing the enterprise-consumer gap loud and clear. Right now, Malaysia has a 70/30 split in terms of business and personal BlackBerry sales, but they hope the Curve will help change that. “As BlackBerry usage in Malaysia continues to climb, [...]

RIM Releases Wi-Fi BlackBerry 8820

On julai 17 Research In Motion announced BlackBerry 8820 smartphone the first dual-mode Wi-Fi and EGDE access. Featuring RIM’s thinnest smartphone design with GPS, a media player and microSD memory card slot, qwerty keyboard, trackball navigation and push e-mail. The phone supports the 802.11 a/b/g Wi-Fi standards and is compliant with the security protocols WEP, [...]