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BlackBerry PlayBook Receives First Hands-On with Video
Hey! Speaking of the BlackBerry PlayBook. The team at Engadget got a brief hands-on experience with RIM’s upcoming PlayBook tablet. The PlayBook will be the first (and hopefully not last) device rocking the new QNX operating system. The video quickly shows how the PlayBook can multitask and play videos without slowing down and feeling slugish. [...]
Rogers launching the BlackBerry Torch 9800 and Bold 9780 in White
Given Rogers’ previous history with white colored BlackBerry smartphones, we sort of figured these would be coming soon. The latest word on the block is that Rogers will be launching both the BlackBerry Torch 9800 and Bold 9780 in white. In fact dummy display models have already started to arrive at some Rogers stores. It’s [...]
RIM Announces Playbook Will Be Priced Less Than Apple’s iPad
Bloomberg has posted some more details from Research In Motion Ltd. about the upcoming Playbook we’re all excited about. First, it will sell in North America in the first quarter, and secondly, it will be sold for less than $500 as it goes to bat against the iPad.
BlackBerry Bold 9780 Spotted in Red Again…
The BlackBerry Bold 9780 may have just become officially announced, but its expected to head to store in the next few weeks. For the second time in the past few months we are getting another sneak peak at the fully red colored Bold 9780, this time in video format. It’s not clear when and where [...]
AT&T: White and Red BlackBerry Torch 9800′s launching November 7th
We first heard rumors of AT&T getting a couple colored BlackBerry Torch models back weeks ago, but this morning AT&T officially confirmed they will be carrying both red and white colored models of the BlackBerry Torch. Both of the new colored Torch’s are expected to be available on November 7th for the same price tag [...]
RIM introduces the BlackBerry Bold 9780 with BlackBerry 6
It has finally arrived! RIM officially announced the new BlackBerry Bold 9780 this morning. The new Bold 9780 keeps the familar form factor of the Bold 9700, but brings more memory (512MB), a 5.0 megapixel camera, and of course the new BlackBerry 6 OS. I know many of our readers have been patiently waiting to [...]
RIM introduces the BlackBerry Style 9670 – Coming to Sprint October 31st
We figured an official announcement was due almost anytime. RIM officially announced the BlackBerry Style 9670, exclusively for Sprint in the United States. The BlackBerry Style will be RIM’s second shot at a clamshell (flip) style BlackBerry. It will sport a small, compact design, and packed with features. The Style features a full QWERTY keyboard, [...]
SocialScope updated with BlackBerry 6 & Torch Support!
Sweet news just arrived! SocialScope has been in private beta for a long time now, but that hasn’t stopped them for launching support for BlackBerry 6 and the Torch. This new version of SocialScope allows finger swiping for navigation, universal search Twitter via SocialScope, smooth scrolling, and super low battery usage. So if you’re already [...]
BlackBerry Style 9670 coming to Sprint on October 31st?
New rumors are flying around that Sprint is getting ready to launch the BlackBerry Style 9670 on October 31st. If you’re not familiar with the name Style you may know it as Oxford or even just the Clamshell. It’s a CDMA clamshell designed smartphone featuring BlackBerry 6 OS, 5.0 megapixel camera, Wi-Fi and GPS. Sprint [...]
BIS 3.2 Coming to North America Very Soon….
RIM recently rolled out BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS) 3.2 to customers in the Asia Pacific region. Now it’s expected that RIM plans to release BIS 3.2 to North American users (which includes Canada, USA, and Mexico). The new BIS 3.2 upgrade brings Google Calendar sync, updated login enhancements, show/hide password option for all email accounts, [...]
RIM unveils BlackBerry PlayBook, a 7″ tablet loaded with features!
Wow! Today at the BlackBerry Developers Conference, RIM unveiled the BlackBerry PlayBook, a 7″ tablet that comes packed with features. This tablet from RIM comes loaded with an operating system designed by QNX. The BlackBerry PlayBook will feature a 7″ high resolution display, will be 9.7mm thick, run a 1GHZ dual-core processor, 1GB of RAM, [...]
BlackBerry Developers Conference 2010 (DEVCON) Kicks Off Today!
It’s finally that time! The yearly BlackBerry Developers Conference or DevCon for short starts today. The Developers Conference is expected to bring some new exciting news for BlackBerry developers, and of course maybe for us the consumers. While nothing has been confirmed there is a ton of rumors floating around the internet that we might [...]
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