Mobiles reviews - rim

More on the BlackBerry 9100 KickStart clamshell

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:24:00 +0000

Can't wait to get your hands on RIM's first-ever go at making a clamshell (flip-phone) packed with all the bells and whistles that BlackBerry users get to play with everyday? Of course you can't, neither can we. Aside from being the push-email pioneer's first BlackBerry flip, the BlackBerry 9100 KickStart manages to pack in a quad-band [...]

Rogers sending out invites for BlackBerry Bold 9000 launch party, BlackBerry 9000 Bold to launch soon

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:12:44 +0000

Who doesn't like a good party, especially if the drinks are free? Rogers Wireless has started to send out invites to its RIM BlackBerry 9000 Bold launch parties scheduled to kick off on July 8. The launch festivities will apparently get rolling on July 8 in Toronto, Canada. Montreal will apparently be Rogers' next stop on [...]

BlackBerry 8820 replaces the 8800 model on Rogers Wireless

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:55:14 +0000

While we're waiting for the BlackBerry 9000 series, Rogers has discontinued the old BlackBerry 8800, only to replace it with the more powerful 8820 model. The newly launched device (at least on Rogers), builds on top of 8800's specs adding WiFi connectivity to the mix. The Blackberry 8820 is already available on the largest Canadian mobile [...]

Verizon's visual voicemail to work on BlackBerry Thunder, too

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:48:41 +0000

We already reported that Verizon is preparing to launch its visual voicemail service and that few devices — including LG Chocolate 3, LG "Voyager Refresh," Motorola "Utopia" and Motorola "Blaze" (touchscreen) — are already on board. Now we have a new tidbit of information, suggesting that the so called RIM's response to the "iPhone challenge," [...]

Live pics of the all touchscreen RIM BlackBerry Thunder surface

Sun, 08 Jun 2008 18:26:24 +0000

The iPhone and its 3G-toting successor aren't the only all-touchscreen offerings for smartphone fans. There's no rule saying that anyone wanting an attractive touchscreen smartphone have to buy it from Apple (but capacitance multi-touch sure does make the decision hard to avoid). RIM, makers of the BlackBerry smartphone lineup, has their own iPhone-fighting handset bearing a [...]

Apple clinches No. 3 spot in global smartphone market, RIM sees crazy growth, Nokia easily No. 1

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 20:36:50 +0000

With the highly-anticipate and quite polarizing Apple iPhone on the verge of making its second-generation debut next week, a new research report from Gartner has surfaced. The report puts Apple, with just a single iPhone model to boast of, in the No. 3 spot among global smartphone vendors for Q1 2008. Cupertino took broke into [...]

Box.net goes BlackBerry

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 10:40:25 +0000

Online storage service provider Box.net is already available on mobile devices through mobile web interface. In addition, following the iPhone launch, they made a special version of their website optimized for the Apple handset users. And now they're expanding into the BlackBerry world with the launch dedicated app. Coincidence or not, but with the Bold scheduled [...]

BlackBerry Pearl 8120 now available on Rogers Wireless

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 15:59:15 +0000

Here's one more "we told ya' it's coming" news. The WiFi-enabled BlackBerry Pearl 8120 is now available on Rogers Wireless. You probably already know everything about the Pearl, so I won't waste your time there. However, you may not know it's compatible with Rogers' UMA VoIP network, meaning you'll be able to use it for low-cost [...]

Palm Centro boosts Palm marketshare, RIM sees BlackBerry market share rise, Apple loses in iPhone market

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 21:02:12 +0000

Just as we're getting ready to write-off the aging Palm OS and make room in our hearts for the next-generation Palm OS, Palm goes and regains some lost ground in the smartphone market. Palm has apparently seen its smartphone market-share rise to 13.4%, up from 7.9% in Q4 2007. The popular Palm Centro is credited for [...]

Is this the RIM BlackBerry 9500 Thunder?

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 19:17:20 +0000

RIM's been rumored to be brewing up a serious iPhone competitor. The BlackBerry "AK" (Apple Killer) is believed to be the RIM BlackBerry 9500 Thunder, and a new image of the all-touchscreen device has reportedly surfaced on wireless retailer Horizon Wireless's website. Stealing some of the newly announced BlackBerry 9000 Bold's thunder, the RIM BlackBerry 9500 [...]

RIM's BlackBerry OS 4.5.0.37 now available

Fri, 30 May 2008 19:53:05 +0000

But, there's a catch. The minor BlackBerry OS 4.5.0.37 update isn't officially available to the BlackBerry using public. But, that doesn't mean there aren't copies of the updated OS circulating the interwebs. BerryReview had to take down the links to the new OS for BlackBerry 8100,8300, 8700, and 8800 devices, but push-email fiends are encouraged to [...]

More pics of RIM BlackBerry flip-phone - KickStart

Thu, 29 May 2008 20:23:32 +0000

While many await the US launch of a handful of smartphones from the likes of HTC, Sony Ericsson, Apple, and Nokia, some of you might be looking forward to RIM's first flip-phone - the RIM KickStart. Spy pics of the RIM KickStart in Black (peep the image to your right) surfaced just the day before, [...]

RIM is NOT going to let the Indian government read your email

Tue, 27 May 2008 20:16:42 +0000

We thought RIM was going to let the government of India read the emails of all its citizens, well it turns out RIM isn't going to have any of that poppy cock and is insuring that "it is committed to ensuring their emails are safe from snoopers." So all you pimps, drug dealers and business executives [...]

RIM allows Indian government to snoop on BlackBerry emails

Fri, 23 May 2008 19:24:09 +0000

RIM, not one to let the prospect of getting kicked out of the potentially lucrative Indian wireless market, has apparently had its hand forced by the Indian government. Following on government officials' threats to ban RIM from the country if a workable network-monitoring deal wasn't worked out in a timely fashion, RIM has announced that [...]

TIM bringing the BlackBerry Bold to Italy in July; Wants to rename it to Goldfinger?

Fri, 23 May 2008 09:17:47 +0000

Telecom Italia Mobile (TIM) will reportedly introduce the recently announced BlackBerry Bold 9000 in Italy during the second week of July. Apparently, the best BlackBerry to date will carry a hefty price tag, between 450 and 500 EUR. That's a lot, but I guess the price will go down for business users who spend 100+ [...]