Archive for the ‘BlackBerry (RIM)’ Category

Today Sprint announced that they will be adding the BlackBerry Curve 8530 to their smartphone lineup.
The Curve 8530 features BlackBerry OS 5.0, a landscape HVGA resolution display, dedicated media player keys, 3.5mm headphone jack, optical directional pad, Bluetooth with stereo audio support, redesigned QWERTY keyboard and Wi-Fi radio. It also includes preloaded applications including BlackBerry Media [...]

As expected, Verizon has launched the BlackBerry Storm2.
The BlackBerry Storm 2 features a 3.25 inch 480 x 360 capacitive touchscreen display with integrated Send, End, Menu, Escape functions and new SurePress version, EV-DO Rev A/UMTS/HSPA on 2100 MHz and quad-band EDGE/GPRS/GSM networks for international roaming, new Wi-Fi radio, 256 MB of RAM, 2 GB of [...]

The recently leaked inPulse Smartwatch accessory for the BlackBerry will in fact be released next February, according to the official portal for the device.

The inPulse Smartwatch for BlackBerry is being manufactured by Allerta and will rely on Bluetooth in order to send incoming emails, text messages and other alerts from the handset to the watch [...]

After a quasi-announcement earlier this month, Verizon has announced the forthcoming launch of the BlackBerry Storm 2 this week.
The BlackBerry Storm 2 features a 3.25 inch 480 x 360 capacitive touchscreen display with integrated Send, End, Menu, Escape functions and new SurePress technology, EV-DO Rev A/UMTS/HSPA on 2100 MHz and quad-band EDGE/GPRS/GSM networks for international [...]

Verizon will be rolling out a new BlackBerry Storm firmware update ahead of the Storm 2 launch starting Sunday night at 6PM EST, which will add highly requested features such as “a faster, more accurate and natural text input experience, word completion, a virtual QWERTY keyboard in portrait view and enhanced sensitivity when editing, copying [...]

Not long after the release dates for the BlackBerry 2 were revealed this morning, pricing has also been revealed according to yet another internal Verizon document.
The BlackBerry Storm 2 is now expected to launch at $539.99 Retail/Month-to-Month, $349.99 on a 1 year agreement or $279.99 on a 2 year agreement, both before an additional $100 [...]

The FCC has issued preliminary approval for the T-Mobile variant of the recently announced and forthcoming BlackBerry Bold 9700.
The smart device will be the first T-Mobile branded BlackBerry to feature AWS 3G access for T-Mobile along with BlackBerry OS 5.0, a 480×360 resolution landscape display, optical directional pad as found on the 8520, 3.2 megapixel [...]

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Internal employee documentation from Verizon Wireless has confirmed an October 28th launch for the long-awaited BlackBerry Storm 2 9550 after a lees than smooth quasi-debut courtesy of Walt Mossberg.
The BlackBerry Storm 2 is expected to improve upon the original Storm with a new SurePress display that relies [...]

Google has announced the addition of “Layers” to Google Maps for BlackBerry.
With the addition of layers  you are now able to view different types of information about the area around you.

” For example, you can turn on the Wikipedia layer to read entries about nearby places, then use the transit lines layer to [...]

RIM has officially announced the successor to the flagship Bold 9000 in the Bold 9700.
The Bold 9700 will feature BlackBerry OS 5.0, a 480×360 resolution landscape display, optical directional pad as found on the 8520, 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus, video recorder and flash, as well as support for 900 / 1700 / 2100 and [...]