Category: Featured News

Rogers Pearl Flips get ready to go on sale!

By James on Oct 29, 2008 in BlackBerry, Canada, Curve 8300 Series, Featured News, Pearl Flip 8200 Series, Rogers, Rumors.

Rogers is expected to start shipping the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 today. The latest word is that it should be in stores for Halloween day. Pricing has been rumored to start anywhere from $49 and stop at $149 depending on rebates (with three year contract). The Pearl Flip will be available in both Black or Pink at launch. With any luck maybe they will pick up a the red or silver ones as well.

As well Rogers should be close to launching the Wi-Fi/UMA BlackBerry Curve 8320. Dummies arrived in store for it as well.

Check out the shots that Treatz from HowardForums sent into CrackBerry:

BrickBreaker touchscreen edition for Storm!

By James on Oct 24, 2008 in BlackBerry, Featured News, Software, Storm 9500 Series.

Are you addicted to BrickBreaker on your current BlackBerry? Are you thinking about getting the new touchscreen BlackBerry Storm? Well if you are the good news is that RIM has brought BrickBreaker over in touchscreen mode for the Storm! Check out the video from CrackBerry it shows how to play the game…

6 New BlackBerry Storm videos!!

By James on Oct 20, 2008 in BlackBerry, Featured News, Storm 9500 Series, Videos.

I know it seems everything is so BlackBerry Storm related lately and I’m sorry to those who are sick of it. But anyways Engadget has posted six new videos of the BlackBerry Storm today. The new videos cover how to Surf the web on the device, under the battery, everyday use, VZ Navigator, how to place a call and how to email. Enjoy the vids! Read More

Grand Opening Sale! Introducing BBSync’s Store!

By James on Oct 16, 2008 in Accessories, BlackBerry Sync Store, Featured News, Hot Deals, Site News.

Looking for a place to get the latest BlackBerry software and accessories? We are proud to introduce our new accessory and software store found at store.BlackBerrySync.com. To introduce the new store to our community we are offering 20% off all software until November 7, 2008 simply use coupon code “BBSYNCOPEN” when checking out. Shipping is just $5.95 to anywhere in the United States on most accessory orders.

Head on over to Store.BlackBerrySync.com and check it out >>

Get your hands on a Storm from Verizon

By James on Oct 14, 2008 in BlackBerry, Featured News, Storm 9500 Series, USA, Verizon.

Unfortunately it won’t be to keep just yet. Verizon Wireless is holding events in select USA cities where you can actually test out a Storm 9530 and have free food while your at it. The events start in Omaha, NE on October 28th and finish November 20th in Milwaukee, WI. Now if only we could squeeze an actual release date out of them… hmm…

Head on over to VZWSolutions.com/rsvp and get signed up for a course today >>

[Via BBNews]

BlackBerry Storm hands-on reviews!

By James on Oct 08, 2008 in BlackBerry, Featured News, RIM, Reviews, Storm 9500 Series, USA, Verizon.

Three major sites were able to take the BlackBerry Storm for a test drive before the official launch. Engadget, Gizmodo and PhoneScoop all tested it out and snapped lots of pictures and wrote extensive reviews. Here is some of what they had to say about this new sexy device…� Read More

TELUS bringing BlackBerry Storm to Canada

By James on Oct 08, 2008 in BlackBerry, Canada, Featured News, Storm 9500 Series, Telus.

More great Storm news today is that TELUS Mobility in Canada will be launching the Storm 9530 World Edition. No solid release date was announced, however most likely it will be available for mid-November. This CDMA Rev. A EVDO smartphone will feature Quadband GSM for World roaming, 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus, expandable microSD up to 16GB and of course its the first click smartphone to be on the market. Rumor also has it for all your Bell fans that TELUS may not have the exclusive launch on this baby… Stay tuned.

Head on over to TELUS for their coming soon page >>

Press Release (via BGR) after the jump Read More

BlackBerry Storm is official!!!

By James on Oct 08, 2008 in 8800 series, BlackBerry, Featured News, International Networks, Pearl 8100 Series, RIM, Storm 9500 Series, USA, Un-Released models, Verizon.

Good Morning everyone! Today’s a great day in RIM history because today Research In Motion has announced their first touch screen BlackBerry smartphone, the Storm. It’s confirmed for Vodafone and Verizon sometime next month.

The Storm will come in two models, the 9500 for European carriers such as Vodafone. The 9500 brings UMTS/HSPA and quad-band EDGE/GPRS/GSM. The 9530 is designed for North American markets such as Verizon and brings EV-DO Rev. A/CDMA technology � and (2100Mhz) UMTS/HSPA. Check out RIM’s press release after the jump…

First look at BlackBerry Application Center

By James on Oct 06, 2008 in BlackBerry, Featured News, RIM, Rumors, Software, Storm 9500 Series.

Wow what a crazy weekend this has been for the BlackBerry world. First we’ve seen a ton of leaks for the BlackBerry Storm and now its the BlackBerry Application Center to go along with the Storm. This will be RIM’s shot at Apple’s App Store for their iPhone. You will be able to download tons of applications designed for your BlackBerry Storm with a few simple clicks…

Features list of the BlackBerry Application Center:

The Application Center will be available on 4.7 Storm devices and will be designed for the Storm touch screen UI.
Carriers will be responsible for hosting the application data and sending updates to the directory to RIM.
The main application screen will provide the user with a list of all applications that are available for install from the particular carrier for the specific device model and OS version. Incompatible applications will not be displayed.
The main screen will provide the user the ability to quickly browse the application list, then view the available information about each application in a detailed description screen which shows the logo and full description. Installation will occur with one click (launches the web browser).
The user will be able to access the Options > Applications screen from within the App Center (allowing the user to delete applications directly from within the App Center).
The user will be provided with various status info: date the app list was most recently updated; notification that updates are available; option to reapplication list was completed, etc.
Since the download and installation will be handled by the browser in this first release, the Application Center will not be capable of restarting the application / download intelligently.
The Application Center will automatically check for updates daily.

[CrackBerry]

Everything you want to know about BlackBerry Storm

By James on Oct 05, 2008 in BlackBerry, Featured News, RIM, Storm 9500 Series, USA, Un-Released models, Verizon.

Boy Genius has posted an everything you would want to know about the BlackBerry Storm 9530. You can check out all the slides but here is a quick run down… As you may or may not know the Storm will feature a revolutionary touch screen that clicks when pressed down. It will also feature a 3.2 megapixel camera with auto focus, high resolution 3.25″ display, both full QWERTY and Suretype touch keyboards and Assisted GPS (which provides your location faster). These slides also show details on how to type and use the Storm (and OS 4.7).