Mobiles reviews - blackberry

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

John Mayer lands a BlackBerry 9000 Bold

Fri, 16 May 2008 20:39:30 +0000

There's just something about superstar recording artists/songwriters that make them attractive first-run candidates to get their hands on unreleased mobile phones and other mobile gadgets. John Mayer is definitely a superstar and he definitely gets his hands on all the coolest gear before any of us mere mortals. So, it's not all that surprising that he [...]

South Korea allows corporate BlackBerry sales

Fri, 16 May 2008 18:10:25 +0000

While South Korean companies like Samsung enjoy all the good graces of the South Korean government, outsiders have typically had a hard time breaking into their market due to regulations governing the entry of foreign manufacturers. For example, RIM has been closed out from the South Korean market, leaving push-email junkies in the country unable [...]

RIM's iPhone fighting touchscreen BlackBerry 9500 'Thunder'?

Tue, 13 May 2008 19:32:26 +0000

Rumors, being what they are, should be taken with a grain of salt. That said, the newest rumor to leak out of Waterloo indicates that RIM is brewing up a serious all-touchscreen contender to the iPhone. The rumored handset, known as the RIM BlackBerry 9500 "Thunder" is said to release as a Verizon Wireless/Vodafone exclusive [...]

RIM giving away free BlackBerry handsets on May 13

Mon, 12 May 2008 20:16:26 +0000

What's better than a brand-new BlackBerry Curve? How about a FREE BlackBerry Curve? That's right, RIM is going to give away 5 free BlackBerry Curve handsets - "2 Limited Edition Pinstack Curves and 3 Limited Edition BlackBerryHomePage Curves, complete with Certificate of Authenticities and custom cases!" Come May 13, the same day that the WES Symposium kicks [...]

Quickoffice brings eOffice native Microsoft Office document support to BlackBerry with eOffice

Mon, 12 May 2008 19:49:12 +0000

The BlackBerry 9000 Bold is pretty much the biggest BlackBerry news that you'll hear for some time to come, but that doesn't make eOffice for BlackBerry any less important. As the enterprise handset of choice among corporate types, RIM's BlackBerry has become synonymous with "push emailing, corporate workhorse." And, with Quickoffice's announcement of eOffice for BlackBerry, [...]

This is the RIM BlackBerry 9000 interface - in-depth look at BlackBerry 9000 UI

Thu, 08 May 2008 20:21:08 +0000

The BlackBerry 9000 is the next greatest thing to come out of Waterloo. With loads of pictures already circulating the interwebs and Blackberry 9000 specs already known, there's not much that we don't know about the curvy handset. Good thing for us, CrackBerry has their own BlackBerry 9000 live and in-hand for an in-depth look at [...]