Well CTIA Fall 2008 was huge for RIM this fall. We saw tons of press releases, two new BlackBerry models and new services. Unfortunately no sign of the long awaited BlackBerry Javelin or Storm/Thunder but they should come before the years finished.
Here is a run down of what happend at CTIA Fall 2008 starting off with:
- A Look at RIM’s CTIA Fall 2008 booth
- Introducing the iDEN BlackBerry Curve...
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Run down of what happend at CTIA Fall 2008
Slacker coming to BlackBerry (Streaming Radio)
If your like me and haven’t heard of Slacker before it’s a personal radio that provides access to over 100 expert programmed stations or 10,000 artist stations online. Slacker is currently only available in the United States, but hopefully they will come to Canada some day.
Slacker and RIM today announced plans to bring users in the United States free or premium (paid) based streaming radio...
MySpace and Ticketmaster also coming to BlackBerry
Tons of announcements came in from CTIA Fall 2008 today. RIM announced deals with both MySpace and Ticketmaster just to further advance their consumer marketing.
MySpace – Similar to RIM’s Facebook application, the MySpace application will allow users to connect to their friends and message between members, view real time status and mood updates, find and add friends and provide camera...
RIM & TiVo partner up to bring mobile TiVo control
RIM has showed us at CTIA Fall 08′ that they have lots planned for this year. The first announcement this morning was that TiVo will be coming to BlackBerry. The new service is expected later this year, along with some other goodies (cough *Thunder/Storm* cough).
“TiVo subscribers will soon be able to wirelessly control their TiVo DVRs using a BlackBerry smartphone – anytime, anywhere...
Live shots – BlackBerry Pearl 8220 in Red
CrackBerry and friends have got some live shots of the newly announced BlackBerry Pearl 8220. One of the colors coming for T-Mobile USA is this dark red color. It’s a fairly nice shade of red similar to the Red Curve. Other colors. If you don’t like the red T-Mobile will also be launching it in black. Anyways the pics come from CTIA Fall 2008, which is going on in San Fransisco this week....
iDEN BlackBerry Curve 8350i for Sprint is official!!
This week at CTIA Fall 2008 has been interesting so far for RIM. Early this morning start with the launch of the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 and now RIM is proud to announce the much needed iDEN BlackBerry Curve 8350i. Finally his brings a upgrade to iDEN users on Sprint-Nextel’s aging iDEN network. This new Curve will sport both Wi-Fi and GPS along with a 2.0 megapixel camera, MicroSD memory...
Introducing the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220
RIM today has officially announced the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 smartphone. The new Pearl Flip is RIM’s first flip phone on the market and will feature Quadband GSM, EDGE, 2.0 megapixel camera, GPS, Wi-Fi and RIM’s new OS 4.6 as seen on the Bold. Full details can be found on BlackBerryPearl.com.
The Pearl Flip will be available exclusively on T-Mobile in the United States later this...
Leaked AT&T document shows Bold launch soon
A leaked document from AT&T’s PR department courtesy of The Boy Genius shows that the BlackBerry Bold will be launching next month. The document doesn’t include any official launch date and it appears they are still waiting for an official quote from RIM. The Bold will be available from AT&T for $299.99 with contract. Keep an eye on CTIA 2008 for more launch details… Read More →
Check out RIM’s booth at CTIA 2008!
Doug from BBCool has been covering CTIA in San Francasico this week. Doug snapped some pictures of RIM’s booth. Nothing too crazy to report about but hopefully after tomorrow we will see the new BlackBerry Pearl 8220 (Kickstart) and all of its crazy accessories.
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Nextel to gain Wi-Fi iDen BlackBerry this year?
Apparently Sprint-Nextel’s CEO Dan Hesse announced at CTIA 2008 that Nextel will gain a Wi-Fi iDen BlackBerry. This new BlackBerry will replace Nextel’s old school BlackBerry 7100i. Unfortunately thats all we know but hopefully RIM pulls something tough out. [Source] Read More →














