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We are proud to announce news about gwabbit, and introduce you to it if you haven’t heard of it before. It’s one of the most useful apps I have ever used, and has been a great asset to my BlackBerry. I have some news regarding gwabbit, and was granted an exclusive interview with Todd Miller, President of gwabbit, and I’m going to share both.
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We’ve just received a great tip! Apparently the BlackBerry Tour has cleared the FCC. Unfortunately it seems that internal and external photos of the Tour has not been posted yet. We did managed to grab a sketch of the back of the device, and it sure looks like the Tour to me. The FCC describes this device as a CDMA/GSM/WCDMA device with Bluetooth and GPS. I’m sure the confediantly agreement will be lifted soon and the external pictures will be shown. This means that the Tour should go on sale, on time next month! If you want to check out the FCC’s documents you can here.
Looks like the anticipated launch of Facebook v. 1.6 might be a little delayed. We just received a tip that RIM has delayed the launch to fix up some issues. Hopefully this time RIM won’t launch a broken version like they did with 1.5. We aren’t too sure on a release date for the new version just yet, but its expected sometime next month. Stay tuned for more details.
I was browsing the site today when I noticed one of the Google ads on this site was showing the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8210. Correct me if I’m wrong but has the 8210 officially been released yet? When clicking the link it took me to BlackBerry.com and only shows the 8220 and 8230 available. Could it be a typo or a sign that RIM is getting ready to launch the GPS enabled Pearl Flip 8210?
Update: After running a google search for “BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8210″ I found another ad at the top of Google’s search for the 8210. Very weird.
We have received several rumors that RIM’s updated Facebook client for BlackBerry (version 1.5) will be launching today. You may remember the screen shots that BGR showed us earlier in the week. The new Facebook version 1.5 will intergrate your Facebook contacts, calender and messages with your BlackBerry address book, calendar and inbox. If this rumor turns out to be true you should be able to download it within the next few hours. Stay tuned for an update!
See Facebook Version 1.5 screenshots here >
UPDATE: No sign of Facebook 1.5 yet, but RIM did launch MySpace 1.5 therefore it may not happen today but it will VERY soon.
We just received a tip that an upcoming BlackBerry Storm OS will introduce better finger movements for copy/pasting and selecting text. In the picture above you see the little box which you can drag along to highlight text. It’s quite a good idea!! We can’t tell you just yet what OS this will appear in however expect it soon at the rate of all these beta leaks. Using the box to slide your finger on the screen it makes it a lot easier to select text and copy/paste things. This little box at first reminded me of the hover on the iPhone, however it does not show the words magnified. Regardless it’s a great addition to the BlackBerry Storm and will for sure come in handy!
Here’s a video so you under.. Forgive me trying to operate camera and Storm at the same time…
As always stay tuned for more details…
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We’ve received a solid tip regarding TELUS and the un-released CDMA BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230. Sources have confirmed that TELUS will be launching the Pearl Flip 8230 most likely next month (February). The tipster says that TELUS will likely launch it around the middle of February (Valentines Promo?) in both Black and Pink. Just like the other Pearl smartphones the Flip is expected to be highly customizable with a varrity of OEM BlackBerry accessories and have a very reasonable price tag. So just to recap Pearl Flip on TELUS sometime next month? Stay tuned for more details when we get them!
Thanks, Frogger – Frogger previously confirmed the 8130, 8330 and Storm launches for TELUS.
I’ve received a lot of emails regarding the OtterBox cases for the new BlackBerry Storm. I contacted the folks over at OtterBox today and they told me yes they will have a case to protect your new touchscreen BlackBerry sometime Early 2009. For those of you who haven’t seen OtterBox cases before they feature three layers of tough protection from nature’s elements such as dirt, dust and droppage. Keep your eyes peeled to BlackBerry Sync for more details when they arrive…
Our TELUS ninja has reported that TELUS’ Mike iDEN network will finally see a new BlackBerry soon. The BlackBerry Curve 8350i is the new addition to the iDEN BlackBerry lineup (joining the 7100i and 7520i). It will feature Wi-Fi, OS 4.6, Direct Connect (PTT) and a little more ruggid but similar design to the current Curve 8300 series. Unfortunantly for now this ninja doesn’t have an exact release but they are expecting it to come soon with tons of accessories to make it a more consumer friendly market.
So what do you think? Will TELUS introduce two BlackBerry smartphones (Storm and iDen Curve) in the month of December or will they wait until early next year??
Thanks, Frogger
