Kevin from CrackBerry has confirmed that the BlackBerry Javelin will become part of the Curve family (not a surprise). Not only that but the “Javelin 8900″ as we are calling it for now will feature a new style trackball called “Atomic trackball”. This will help prevent dust, dirt and other stuff from getting into the trackball and causing it to stop responding. Continue Reading

Our friends from eVeek have just let us know that they removed price tags on four of their Premium BlackBerry Themes for OS 4.2 and 4.3. You will be able to get your hands on Luster Today, Mystified Zen, Blue Wave Zen Neon Zen. All you have to do is head on over to eVeek.com and grab your copy! These four themes are available for any BlackBerry Pearl, Curve or 8800 series running OS 4.2 or 4.3.

We know get to see tons more details of the BlackBerry Storm 9530 that Verizon will be offering. A leaked PowerPoint deck that Engadget got their hands on shows tons of interesting Verizon Storm news. The new Storm 9530 will feature 1GB on internal memory, Large 3.25″ high resolution display, 3.2 megapixel camera with auto-focus, stainless steel back and its unique design.

Any luck at all we will get a release date soon!

Check out the rest of the slides over at Engadget.com >> Continue Reading

Thanks to the latest round of spy shots, those of you who were concerned you wouldn’t be able to get your hands on a BlackBerry Storm unless you went to Big Red (aka Verizon) have been saved. Apparently RIM will be releasing a European only model of the Storm with GSM/EDGE/UMTS/HSDPA only. This model will be simply just BlackBerry Storm 9500. Check the full specs of the 9500: Continue Reading

A new feature that RIM has introduced today is BlackBerry operating system upgrades via BlackBerry.com/upgrades. You will be able to update your OS with the latest version provided by your carrier. So for any carriers that currently support OS 4.5 you will be able to get the latest version. This new software detects available updates by your device PIN (check whats available here).

Check out the latest OS upgrades at BlackBerry.com/upgrades >>

So the question this morning for Canadians is who will be launching the BlackBerry Storm 9530 first? Rumors over night claim Bell will have a 6 month exclusivity on it, however we don’t think that is true.

BlackBerryNews is reporting that they received a tip from a reliable source saying “Bell Mobility will be in fact releasing the Storm in mid Q4/early Q1. Also it will be exclusive for 6 months to the Bell system. So Telus will have to wait.”

After hearing of this we checked with several sources, which have helped us in the past with Telus’ launches. They claim that Bell has no exclusivity on the Storm and that Telus should be releasing it just in time for Christmas or shortly after Verizon. Furthermore they can’t confirm that Bell will even be getting the device at all. Continue Reading

News of the BlackBerry Storm RIM’s first touch screen smartphone is everywhere. Today (unconfirmed) news that Vodafone will be the exclusive carrier for RIM’s Storm. Another interesting tidbit is that RIM will be ditching the Thunder name as we previously talked about and running with a global name of “Storm”.

The BlackBerry Storm is expected to be available from Vodafone late October. No official word from Vodafone has been released yet.

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Myself I’ve been a long time Mac user, but have always done my backups on a PC. Finally it appears that RIM might actually be doing something to help out Mac users. A source has reported to CIO.com that RIM is working on plans to either develop a Mac verison of their Desktop Manager software or work with third party companies to provide the same features as a PC would have. The new software is expected to be seen sometime during the first half of 2009.

I have to say that if this is true I really hope RIM brings out their own version of DTM as I’m sick of dual-booting my Mac just to do backups and OS upgrades.

Rogers did confirm that they will be launching the new flip BlackBerry Pearl 8220. However they now have a website setup called YouAskedForIt.ca which will allow you to register and be notified when Rogers officially launches the new Pearl.

It’s expected that Rogers will launch the new Pearl Flip sometime this month or early next month (October). Pricing has not been confirmed, but its expected to be around $150 with three year contract.

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Where should I start with this article posted today by the Globe and Mail…

The article published in Today’s paper talks about RIM’s new Pearl Flip as a game changer for the North American market. Then they started talking about RIM’s upcoming first touch screen BlackBerry. According to the Globe and Mail RIM will release the BlackBerry Thunder and also a “a second device which features both a touch-screen interface as well as a slide-out QWERTY keypad [...] known as Storm” anyone else think thats weird? We do know that RIM filed a patent a long time ago for a slide-out keyboard, however the Storm will NOT be this device. Continue Reading