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BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230 Now Available from Verizon

By James on Jun 20, 2009 in BlackBerry, Pearl Flip 8200 Series, USA, Verizon.

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Just a week or two after Verizon announced they would be launching the BlackBerry Pearl Flip, it’s become available officially. Starting today you can purchase the Pearl Flip 8230 from Verizon for only $79.99 with two year contract (after rebates). Verizon has launched the 8230 in an all silver colour and its expected they will be launching pink verison within the next few weeks. For more details on the Verizon Pearl Flip visit verizonwireless.com.

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Sprint also announces BlackBerry Tour 9630 is Coming Soon!

By James on Jun 16, 2009 in BlackBerry, Sprint-Nextel, Tour 9600 Series, USA.

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Sprint felt a little left out last night with the BlackBerry Tour announcements so they posted their micro site this morning. Sprint has announced they will be rocking the BlackBerry 9630 sometime this summer as well. Sprint took it one step further and even announced pricing! Sprint’s expected to release the Tour this summer for $199 with two year term after rebates. Of course this means Verizon will probably be around the same. If you’re a Sprint fan go register at the link below to be notified when its ready!

Get more details at Sprint.com/Tour >

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Verizon announces BlackBerry Tour 9630 Coming Soon!

By James on Jun 16, 2009 in BlackBerry, RIM, Tour 9600 Series, USA, Verizon.

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Well it took long enough! Verizon has officially announced the BlackBerry Tour 9630 and its coming soon! Verizon has setup a micro site found at verizonwireless.com/tour which allows you to register for release updates. Anyway if you’re as excited as us you may want to register with Verizon to get updates on its release. Unfortunately at this time neither Verizon or Sprint has announced release dates or pricing. Stay tuned!

Visit VerizonWireless.com/Tour for more details >

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T-Mobile branded BlackBerry Curve 8520 aka Gemini Spotted in Wild!

By James on Jun 15, 2009 in BlackBerry, Curve 8500 Series, Rumors, T-Mobile, USA.

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Hmm look what has been caught in the wild! It’s an unreleased T-Mobile branded BlackBerry Curve 8520. The 8520 is also known as the Gemini and has been spotted many times before. From what we know the 8520 will be part of the low end BlackBerry family, possibly to replace the existing 8300 series. It’s been rumored to be coming on to T-Mobile in the way of Prepaid service, however nothing has been confirmed yet. This may be a low end berry but it does like slick. It features a 2.0 megapixel camera with no flash and only GSM with EDGE data, Wi-Fi, dedicated music keys on the top and RIM’s new Optical Trackpad for navigation. Not ETA on when the device will launch, although it’s thought to be launching  within the next few months.

[BlackBerryOS via IntoMobile]

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It’s Official! Verizon launches BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230

By James on Jun 04, 2009 in BlackBerry, Pearl Flip 8200 Series, RIM, RIM Press Release, USA, Verizon.

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Just only a day after 8230 dummies started showing up at Verizon stores, they have officially released it. It looks like Verizon’s Pearl Flip will run you $129.99 after a $70 mail-in rebate with a new two year term. Verizon is said to be releasing the 8230 in both silver and pink, however the press release only have the silver one listed. We aren’t sure if that means the pink one will follow at a later date or if they forgot it. It’s not listed on Verizon’s website yet but it should show up later today on or around June 19th. Click on over for the full press release… Read More

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Verizon prepping for BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230 Launch!

By James on Jun 03, 2009 in BlackBerry, Pearl Flip 8200 Series, USA, Verizon.

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Verizon customers who have been itching for Pearl Flip will be happy. It’s being reported that Pearl Flip 8230 dummy phones are starting to make their owns into Verizon stores. This means that we should see an official 8230 launch within the next week or so. Verizon is said to be launching it two colors (all silver and all pink). Exact release dates and pricing are not known as of yet. Verizon will join Alltel, US Cellular, Bell and Telus who have all already release this device.

[via CrackBerry]

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Verizon’s Storm 9530 OS 4.7.0148 Now Available Online!

By James on Jun 03, 2009 in BlackBerry, BlackBerry OS, Storm 9500 Series, USA, Verizon.

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In case you missed it Verizon launched an official OS update for the Storm 9530 last week. Previously you were only able to download the update via BlackBerry Desktop Manager, but as of today its available on Verizon’s download page. The latest OS to be released by Verizon is OS 4.7.0.148 and so far we have heard some very positive reviews regarding this update. So if you feel like checking it out follow the link below and install it. Keep in mind any carrier’s 9530 can run this OS and you have to do is remove the vendor.xml file.

Visit Verizon’s BlackBerry downloads page >

How to remove the Vendor.xml file from carrier branded OS >

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Verizon finally launches OS 4.7.0.148 for Storm 9530!

By James on May 31, 2009 in BlackBerry, BlackBerry OS, Curve 8300 Series, RIM, Software, Storm 9500 Series, USA, Verizon.

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It took them long enough but Verizon finally launched an official OS update for their BlackBerry Storm. After testing out several OS versions it seems that Verizon finally feels 4.7.0.148 will have to do. Anyone with a Verizon branded Storm can download this much needed OS update by connecting their BlackBerry into Desktop Manager and clicking the Application Loader or on BlackBerry.com/update. As of now the OS is not listed on Verizon’s BlackBerry software page but it should be soon, so keep an eye on it.

Verizon BlackBerry OS Download Site >

BlackBerry Online Upgrade Application (Requires PC and Internet Exploerer) >

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Pretend to Scan Fingerprints on your BlackBerry Storm w/ Fingerprint Scanner App

By James on May 29, 2009 in BlackBerry, BlackBerry Sync Store, Canada, Downloads, RIM, Storm 9500 Series, USA.

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For those of your out there who like having the funny applications for your BlackBerry Storm, I’ve got one for you! It’s called Fingerprint Scanner by Computer Time, CO. Basically it acts like a finger print scanner when you place you finger on the display. It’s great to entertain friends for a few seconds. Please note that this does not actally read your finger print it simply pretends too. You can also fill in personal information about the person and it will flash on the display.

Entertain others by making them think your phone can scan & verify fingerprints plus conduct an FBI background check. You can save names in the database for the full effect of making them believe that your phone can really do this. They will think you have the most amazing phone ever made.

FBI Check – Allows you to simulate the retrieval of criminal information from the FBI database. Fill in some personal information on someone you know along with a list of offenses, then you’ll be ready to fool your friends in to believing they are in the FBI database.

Note: For Instructions, press the volume down key on right side of phone.

Purchase Finger Print Scanner for only $2.99 from the BlackBerry Sync Store >

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Verizon to launch BlackBerry Tour, Storm 2, Pre & others within 6 months…

By James on May 29, 2009 in BlackBerry, Rumors, Storm 9500 Series, Tour 9600 Series, USA, Verizon.

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An article posted by Reuters today says that Verizon announced during a webcast that they will carrying several new smartphones within the next six months. The list included the BlackBerry Storm 2, which is expceted to feature a new generation touch screen from RIM, as well the Palm Pre, several Android powered smartphones and the highly anticipated BlackBerry Tour 9630. So it looks like we might just see the next generation Storm in time for Christmas of this year!

“Over the next six months or so you will see devices like Palm Pre and a second generation Storm” on the Verizon Wireless network, McAdam said. “You can expect to see us launch a steady stream of new devices from multiple vendors.”

What do you think of this news? Does the idea of Storm 2 excite you? or Are you holding for something better?

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