Category: Featured News

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First shots of BlackBerry Niagara 9630 – CDMA Bold/Curve 8900 Crossover!

By James on Mar 05, 2009 in BlackBerry, Bold 9000 Series, Breaking News, Curve 8900 Series, Featured News, Rumors.

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CrackBerry has shown us the first live pictures of the heavely rumored BlackBerry Niagara. In case you don’t know what “Niagara” is it’s going to be the CDMA Bold/Curve combonation featuring a CDMA/EVDO Rev. A Radio with 3.2 megapixel camera, GPS and of course a full QWERTY keyboard. Apparently RIM might have cut plans to include Wi-Fi in this bad boy. The Niagara looks to be a mix of both the BlackBerry Bold and Curve 8900 “Javelin” to swing a bit of both worlds in there.

Two questions: Will RIM call this the Bold 9630? and who wants one even without Wi-Fi?

[Source]

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BlackBerry 9630 will be Niagara, the new Verizon World Edition BlackBerry

By James on Feb 28, 2009 in BlackBerry, Breaking News, Featured News, Rumors.

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This one has me excited because I’ve always been a fan of my 8830 World Edition even though its been replaced by several newer models. Boy Genius got new details about the rumored BlackBerry Niagara, which in the past was rumored to be called Bold 9030 or 8930. Well it’s not going to be either according to one of BGR’s sources, the BlackBerry code-named Niagara will be modeled 9630 and seems it will pack tons of stuff except Wi-Fi. The Niagara is gurentueed to be a World Edition BlackBerry featuring CDMA EV-DO with Rev. A, Quad-band GSM with EDGE for roaming, 3.2 megapixel camera (with possibly a camera-less model), and OS 4.7.1 (maybe even 5.0 depending on the release date). Also the browser should be a little more updated to support Javescript 1.6 (that’s a little better)… As for a release date the source could not confirm that but with any luck at all you will see it around May or June on Verizon and possibly a few others? ;-)

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BlackBerry Application Suite for Windows Mobile hands-on

By James on Feb 16, 2009 in BlackBerry, Featured News, Software.

The folks from CrackBerry are on location on Mobile World Congrass and guess what they found? A live demo of RIM’s upcoming BlackBerry Application Suite for Windows Mobile smartphones! Apparently the app works fairly well on the device (HTC Touch Pro) and will be available for several Windows smartphones.

The BAS (BlackBerry Application Suite) version running was OS 4.2.1 and has the visual appearance of the new OS 4.6. Here are some photos from the device they had on hand:

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Fido BlackBerry Pearl goes live! – Pick up your Pearl 8100 for $25

By James on Feb 04, 2009 in BlackBerry, Canada, Featured News, Fido, Pearl 8100 Series.

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Seems like all the rumors we’re true! Fido has officially launched their first BlackBerry smartphone today. Even though its the old school Pearl 8100 it’s start for Fido’s BlackBerry lineup. You can pick up the Pearl 8100 for $25 with three year term. Data plans start at $15 on top of any voice plan. For complete details see fido.ca or your local store.

Also we should note that Fido is rumored to be launching several other BlackBerry models this year :)

Data plan details:

  • $15 – Unlimited personal email and IM
  • $25 – 500MB
  • $30 – 1GB
  • $60 – 3GB
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BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230 (CDMA) coming to TELUS – February 2009

By James on Jan 22, 2009 in BlackBerry, Canada, Exclusives, Featured News, Pearl Flip 8200 Series, Rumors, Telus.

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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.

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Rogers getting ready for BlackBerry Storm 9520…

By James on Jan 19, 2009 in BlackBerry, Canada, Featured News, Rogers, Rumors, Storm 9500 Series.

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Our friends at BlackBerry Cool have received a great tip on the rumored Rogers BlackBerry Storm 9520. Looks like its still in the works and should be coming fairly soon. The BlackBerry Storm 9520 will feature 3G HSDPA and Wi-Fi packed into that clickable body. No word on exact launch dates or pricing but stay tuned and we’ll let you know as soon as we find out more.

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Slacker Personal Radio for BlackBerry now available!! Free download!

By James on Jan 08, 2009 in BlackBerry, Downloads, Featured News, Software.

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Today from CES 2009 Slacker announced the release of their BlackBerry application. We first talked about Slacker months ago and as of today you download it for free! Slacker offers over 100 different genres of music with over 1 million songs. Slacker supports any BlackBerry with OS 4.3 or higher. Support for the BlackBerry Storm isn’t available yet but its coming soon. Two things recommended for using Slacker are an unlimited data plan on your BlackBerry and a micro SD memory card to store stations. Details on Slacker can be found here.

To download Slacker on your BlackBerry simply open your web browser and visit Slacker.com from there follow the install link.

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Colorware launches for BlackBerry Storm!

By James on Jan 08, 2009 in BlackBerry, Featured News, Storm 9500 Series.

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Surely by now you’ve heard of Colorware, they offer custom painting solution for your BlackBerry smartphone (and many other electronics). Well they have just launched support for the BlackBerry Storm! So now if you want to be unique again you can have your Storm custom painted. Prices start at $129 USD or $949 USD if want to buy the device. Colorware allows you to change your Storm into tons of different colors (for example the one above is close to the BlackBerry Sync colors). Only issue with Colorware is they only ship within the United States and will not ship to Canadian addresses. Anyways head on over to Colorware and create your own custom Storm…

Check out Colorware for the BlackBerry Storm

[via MobileSyrup]

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Rumor has it – Sprint launching BlackBerry Bold this Quarter!

By James on Jan 02, 2009 in BlackBerry, Bold 9000 Series, Featured News, Rumors, Sprint-Nextel, USA.

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We know that RIM is working on getting a CDMA BlackBerry Bold for sometime this year. But a new rumor has appeared on Engadget where a source claims that Sprint will be launching the BlackBerry Bold 9030 to replace the aging 8830 World Edition sometime this quarter. The new Sprint Bold is said to feature EVDO Rev. A, new OS (presummably 4.6), more memory and a 2 or 3.2 megapixel camera. So this could be very good for CDMA and Sprint users! Stay tuned for more details…

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How to Lock your BlackBerry Storm’s screen during a call

By James on Dec 28, 2008 in BlackBerry, Downloads, Featured News, Software, Storm 9500 Series.

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One annoying thing about the BlackBerry Storm is that its display is heat sensative and clickable. During a conversation its very easy to select the phones features such as speakerphone, mute, end, etc. A new BlackBerry application called TalkLock™ from CellAvant is now in Beta and fixes the issue. It simply locks your screen during a phone conversation and allows you to unlock it if needed by sliding your finger across the screen. It’s currently free and available for download at CellAvant.com/TalkLock. Check it out and see what you think!

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