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Wrapping up WES 2008 for another year

Well folks today is the last day of RIM's WES (Wireless Enterprise Symposium) for 2008. We saw tons of great news including the announcement of the upcoming 3G BlackBerry Bold. Here is just a wrap up of most the headlines from WES this year:

May 15th, 2008 | Leave a Comment

RIM CEO talks cracks some jokes about BlackBerry addictions

Here's a quick laugh from RIM's CEO Jim Basillie. He talks just about the addictive ways of the BlackBerry and adds some good humor too it. Thanks to CrackBerry for posting this up live from WES.

May 15th, 2008 | Leave a Comment

IBM teams up with RIM to bring Web 2.0 capabilities

RIM and IBM have announced a partnership to team up and mobilize Web 2.0 capabilities, by enhancing IBM's Wireless Solutions for BlackBerry smartphones.

“As the world enters the ‘Era of the Mobile Web’, mobile devices like BlackBerry are outnumbering TV’s, credit cards and PC’s, and are becoming increasingly critical to business operations for companies of all sizes globally,” said Bob Picciano, GM Lotus Software. “Today’s announcement extends the portfolio of IBM’s industry-leading social computing and collaboration offerings available to customers as they increasingly rely on their BlackBerry® smartphones.”

May 15th, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Meet the colorful battery doors for the Bold

Well there is no doubt that RIM has been targeting the consumer market a lot lately. With the announcement of the new BlackBerry Bold at WES no one is sure yet if it will be more of hit with the business or consumer market.

RIM is showing off these new colored leather battery doors to go along with their new toy. Apparently this will just be the start of the different battery doors. Obviously customization is another key to RIM's successful consumer targeting for instance take a look at their upcoming BlackBerry Kickstart.

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May 14th, 2008 | Leave a Comment

RIM to hold BlackBerry Developer Conference

RIM also announced a new annual developer conference aimed at bringing all developers from around the World. The conference is sheduled for October 20th this year in Santa Clara, California.

"Based on growing demand from the BlackBerry development community, we are very pleased to announce a new conference focused on developing consumer and business applications for the BlackBerry platform," said Mike Lazaridis, President and Co-CEO at RIM. "The new annual BlackBerry Developer Conference in the fall will complement the successful Wireless Enterprise Symposium held each spring and will provide a dedicated forum to help developers keep pace with advances in the latest hardware, software, tools and best practices for developing on the BlackBerry platform."

Skip on over for the full press release or visit BlackBerryDeveloperConference.com. Read More …

May 14th, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Rogers confirms BlackBerry Bold coming soon!

Rogers has just confirmed that they will be launching the BlackBerry Bold in Canada! While they don't announce any launch dates or pricing they simply made a coming soon page. You can asked to be notified when the Bold launches. Visit the Rogers website for details.

May 13th, 2008 | 1 Comment

BlackBerry Bold (9000), the first 3G packin’ Berry

Kicking off WES 2008 this morning RIM announced the upcoming release of BlackBerry Bold, also known as BlackBerry 9000. This 3G packing smartphone comes fully equipped with HSDPA, EDGE, Wi-Fi, GPS and a 2.0 megapixel camera. Not only that but the BlackBerry Bold also features 1GB on on-board memory, 128MB of flash memory for content storage (such as phonebook and messages), Media Sync allowing it sync directly with iTunes and its amazing half-VGA (480×320 resolution) color display.

The BlackBerry Bold is expected to hit carriers this summer. Pricing is expected to be fairly high. Check out BlackBerryBold.com or click on over for its full press release. Read More …

May 12th, 2008 | 3 Comments

Windows Live Hotmail (pushed) and Messenger coming to BlackBerry!!

RIM and Microsoft has signed an agreement to bring Microsoft's Live Hotmail and Messengers services to BlackBerry. This agreement will allow BlackBerry users to have access to push Hotmail email and actual a Live messenger application by entering their username and password once (similar to how Windows Mobile works).

"The BlackBerry platform is respected around the world for providing optimized messaging capabilities and RIM continues to look for ways to provide customers with a wide range of communications options and the best possible mobile experience," said Mark Guibert, Vice President, Corporate Marketing at Research In Motion. "Our relationship with Microsoft and the addition of Windows Live services to BlackBerry smartphones helps us build on that strategy for our customers."

May 12th, 2008 | 2 Comments

RIM announces $150 Million BlackBerry Partners Fund

RIM has teamed up with RBC and Thomson Reuters to start a $150 Million fund called "BlackBerry Partners Fund". This fund will be focusing on investing into new mobile applications and services.

“The mobile world has evolved well beyond phone calls and simple messaging to require more empowering and liberating solutions that connect people to everything that matters most to them, wherever and whenever they want,” said Jim Balsillie, Co-CEO, Research In Motion. “RIM, RBC and Thomson Reuters share the common belief that mobile applications and services will propel the industry forward and the BlackBerry Partners Fund is being formed to help fuel innovation and activity in the mobile ecosystem.”

May 12th, 2008 | 1 Comment

RIM marketing BlackBerry 9000 as BlackBerry Bold?

While Kevin over at CrackBerry has been enjoying his BlackBerry 9000 he seems to have learned of a new name for the device. According to CrackBerry and BGR they both are claiming the new name for the device will be "BlackBerry Bold".

After a little bit of research it appears that blackberrybold.com has been registered to someone in Vancouver and not by RIM as of yet. However RIM does own a wide variety of blackberry9000.com domains including blackberry9130.com.

So it's really hard to say what RIM will launch the BlackBerry 9000 as but we should find out real soon…

May 10th, 2008 | Leave a Comment