Blackberry users have been suffering for quite some time and with the recent outage at RIM things are getting worse. However, just when BlackBerry users thought all was lost, a fantastic offer is here courtesy of Windows Phone evangelist Ben Rudolph in a tweet, he sent out earlier. [click to continue…]
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Verizon, who has always been a strong supporter of BlackBerry phones, has announced today that they will be carrying the BlackBerry Torch 9850. This new Device from RIM will be running the latest operating system Blackberry 7. On the last Simple Mobile Review Podcast we started wondering if some of these BlackBerry 7 phones would be able to upgrade to the new QNX OS. It is tough to tell anyone to get a BlackBerry today, however the phone is nice enough that perhaps some will take the leap (aks RIMarkableRobb) . For our Blackberry readers the new device is available online at www.verizonwireless.com on Sept. 8 and in Verizon Wireless Communications Stores on Sept. 15. [click to continue…]
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At so many levels, RIM Blackberry devices are a total failure when compared with the rest of the Market contenders in the world today. Except for BBM. This borderless messaging services lets you chat, group-chat, send files, pictures, video, etc. to anyone else on the system with no fuss, no muss. It is drop-dead easy to do and there is zero additional cost associated with the feature. Well, except that you have to be on a Blackberry device. That is the part that really kills it for me. If you want to do cross-platform messaging, you have to download apps for all your friend’s platforms, create accounts, and try and keep up. Not very appetizing in my opinion. You can almost get there with Google Talk, but it really lacks a few feature that would make it a no-brainer. Now, Samsung is announcing ChatON, “a true global mobile communication service”, and releasing it in 120 countries and 62 languages. ChatON can do regular text messaging, and send picture and video messages as well. It can also do group chat. The service is multi-platform and available for Android, iOS, Blackberry and the Samsung Bada OS. If your flavor of choice is not in this list (Windows Phone 7?), you will be able to connect via a web-based version. There is also slated to be a feature-phone basic client so that nobody is left out. The web-based version can also be used on a PC/Mac, so it really is starting to look universal.
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After much speculation, RIM has announced their social music sharing and discovery service. BBM Music, compared to Amazon Cloud Locker or Google Music, is a joke. For $5 per month you can add up to 50 songs to your profile and change up to 25 songs in your profile per months. BBM Music will allow you to access up to 50 songs from each of your friends dumb enough to sign up for the BBM Music service. This offering highlights how out of touch RIM is with the consumer. This level of stupidity can only flow from the top of the company.
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BlackBerry users that also use a BlackBerry PlayBook will be happy to know that BlackBerry Bridge v1.0.5.6 is now available in BlackBerry App World. Updates to BlackBerry Bridge, the software that allows you to pair your BlackBerry with your PlayBook, often comes as precursor to an update to BlackBerry Tablet OS, so, we will keep our eyes peeled for any BlackBerry PlayBook updates…
[Via RIMarkable]
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The feel of the brushed stainless steel bezel, balance of the device and elegant curves and design makes the BlackBerry Bold 9930 a device to envy. Beyond the luxurious design you quickly notice the 1.2 GHz processor dramatically improves the cold boot time from 3-5 minutes down to 1 min 26 sec. The Bold 9930 has the security and efficiency we have come to expect form RIM with a newfound design. I was lucky enough to get a review unit earlier this week of the Verizon BlackBerry Bold 9930 and I have been kicking the tires to summarize my thoughts.
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I cannot be the only user of the newly launched BlackBerry Bold 9930 running BlackBerry 7 that frequently sees the Browser crash. I did not doing any thing crazy to produce the crash but here is what I did.
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When RIMarkable Robb took the a picture of the BlackBerry store on monday the sales person had several boxed he was working through it could have been the new BlackBerry Torch 9810 and the BlackBerry Torch 9850/9860. RIM has officially announced three new BlackBerry devices running BlackBerry 7 OS. Availability and pricing should be coming over this month as carriers start launching the devices.
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It was bound to happen… So many BlackBerry users have stated that would never leave the BlackBerry because of BlackBerry Messenger that you knew it was only a matter of time before Apple came out with their own proprietary, iOS only, instant messaging application. Today at WWDC Apple introduced iMessage which will be available to all iOS 5 or later devices.
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Images of a new, unofficially announced BlackBerry device, the touch BlackBerry Bold 9790, have been leaked. Not only is the Bold 9790 unannounced, this is the first time we’ve ever heard of the device as it hasn’t shown up on any 2011 BlackBerry roadmaps that we’ve seen.
The BlackBerry Bold 9790 is said to be similar to the Bold 9780, albeit a bit thinner, has a touch screen, and runs BlackBerry 7. We aren’t sure, however, if the 9790 is actually a device that RIM plans to release, or, just a prototype the company has being toying around with.
[ More Bold 9790 Images after the jump ]
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