Archive for October, 2009

TELUS BlackBerry Storm Discontinued? or Just an Error?

TELUS BlackBerry Storm Discontinued? or Just an Error?

October 3, 2009 | By | 2 Comments

An interesting message has popped up when you try and buy the BlackBerry Storm (9530) from TELUS. You get a message that says “An item (handset, rate plan, service or accessory) that you’ve selected is no longer available. The discontinued item has been removed from your shopping cart.”. This could mean one of three things: [...]

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Pandemic Storm Downloads Vlingo

Pandemic Storm Downloads Vlingo

October 3, 2009 | By | 5 Comments

This Friday Vlingo had some interesting news for us. Vlingo, one of the all time top downloaded apps in BlackBerry’s AppWorld, is a great asset to the Storm. So true that between the time the Storm was released and in2008, and in May when Vlingo launched the Storm version, over 45,000 people hacked Vlingo to [...]

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BlackBerry Desktop Manager for Mac is Finally Available!

BlackBerry Desktop Manager for Mac is Finally Available!

October 2, 2009 | By | Add a Comment

It’s been a long time rumored/leaked and its finally here! Today RIM released their first version of BlackBerry Desktop Manager for Mac. The new DTM allows you to create backups or restore .bbb files (the new extension for BlackBerry backups), sync personal data via address book, iCal, etc., and even your iTunes music. It was [...]

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TweetGenius gets relaunched for existing customers! Everyone coming soon…

TweetGenius gets relaunched for existing customers! Everyone coming soon…

October 2, 2009 | By | Add a Comment

Several months ago, Boy Genius announced that his popular Twitter app for BlackBerry was teaming up with BeeJive (creators of BeeJive IM). We’ve been waiting around for a few months now, and today he dropped word that existing Tweet Genius clients now have access to download it! The new TweetGenius version 1.0.9 offers a similar [...]

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Review: OtterBox Commuter Series for BlackBerry Tour

Review: OtterBox Commuter Series for BlackBerry Tour

October 1, 2009 | By | Add a Comment

I’m always impressed with OtterBox cases, and how they protect my BlackBerry. For the past week or so I’ve been testing out OtterBox’s new Commuter Series for the BlackBerry Tour. The Commuter Series is the mid-range case from OtterBox, which combines the best of both worlds with its tough silicon skin, and hard shell. The [...]

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Best Buy lists Rogers BlackBerry Curve 8520 $99/$449

Best Buy lists Rogers BlackBerry Curve 8520 $99/$449

October 1, 2009 | By | 2 Comments

It seems the Rogers BlackBerry Curve 8520 is just around the corner. Today Best Buy Canada “accidentally” listed the BlackBerry Curve 8520 for Rogers on their site. It’s currently listed at $99 with three year contract or $449 without. This comes after launch materials and dummy phones have arrived at some Rogers retail stores across [...]

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BlackBerry Storm 2 heading to Verizon & Best Buy on October 25th?

BlackBerry Storm 2 heading to Verizon & Best Buy on October 25th?

October 1, 2009 | By | Add a Comment

It’s no secret that the BlackBerry Storm 2 (9550) will be launching sometime this year. Well it seems that Best Buy has listed the Storm 2 in their internal inventory system as launching on October 25th. If this turns out to be true we would see an official launch from Verizon either late October or [...]

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HOT!!! Contest For Our Readers, Tell Us How Your BlackBerry Lights Up Your Life!

HOT!!! Contest For Our Readers, Tell Us How Your BlackBerry Lights Up Your Life!

October 1, 2009 | By | 5 Comments

We have a great contest for you, and with some thanks and compliments of MMMOOO for the prizes, we know you’ll like it. In light of all the new BlackBerry smartphones coming out soon, and all the promises of things to come, we thought we’d help with the anticipation of the next new app or [...]

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