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RIM's BlackBerry Commercial

RIM has a new BlackBerry commercial out and it's running in prime time. It's also already available on YouTube as you can see. In the past wireless carriers have featured RIM BlackBerrys in their ads, but this could be the first commercial directly from RIM. If you had on over to BlackBerry.com you can see a shorter version of this commercial....

BlackBerry 9000 announcement coming May 12

According to BGR the BlackBerry 9000 will be officially announced on May 12 at WES 2008 in Orlando. That's next Monday folks. BGR is usually on target with these rumors and he says it is "100% confirmed" so it looks like the next BlackBerry is coming out very soon....

BlackBerry Curve from Sprint available now

The BlackBerry Curve 8330 from Sprint is finally available today. After many rumors and delays it's finally here. The CDMA version of RIM's BlackBerry Curve is available on the Sprint web site.If you sign a two year agreement you can get the CDMA Curve for 179. If you'd rather not sign an agreement you'll have to shell out 599 before a 100 mail i...

RIM CEO discusses rumors with ZDNet

Recently ZDNet editor Larry Dignan had a chat with RIM co CEO Jim Balsillie. A number of issues were discussed like the recent Kickstart leak, as well as the rumors of a touchscreen BB. Mr. Balsillie pointed out that RIM is "not religious" about any form factor, and secondly that leaks aren't always correct. Interesting answers.Check out the full...

Sprint BlackBerry Curve not out until June

We heard rumors that Sprint would be releasing their version of the BlackBerry Curve on May 7, 2008. According to RIMarable today just isn't the day for Sprint. They called over to a local Sprint store and were told that the BlackBerr Curve would not be out until June 1. Bummer....

BlackBerry 9000 to be offered minus 3G

RIM will release a less expensive BlackBerry 9000 model that does not include 3G says BGR. The less expensive version of the upcoming BB 9000 will have some other changes like a "larger bezel around the front, and a whole different back case."In our view it does not make a lot of sense to release a new BlackBerry that does not support 3G, but it a...

BlackBerry KickStart Photos

Photos of the BlackBerry KickStart with T Mobile branding have surfaced on the Internet. The other day we saw photos that seemed to have been taken in a restroom. Today we get much nicer photos of the upcoming device. Leave it to The Boy Genius to get the photos that nobody else seems to be able to get. The BlackBerry KickStart is a new flip ph...

BlackBerry 9000 spec sheet leaked

If you've been following the news about the upcoming BlackBerry 9000 you know the rumor mill has been hard to decipher. Leave it to the Boy Genius to find an internal document detailing the specs of the new device. Head on over to the Full Story link below and you can catch a glimpse of the entire BlackBerry 9000 Internal Spec Sheet.The new BB 90...

Google's gPhone coming to T-Mobile

T Mobile is preparing to ship its first cell phones based on Google's Android operating system this year. The release of the gPhone is expected to bring an "avalanche of innovation from users and radical changes to what customers expect and demand."Joe Sims, vice president and general manager of T Mobile's broadband and new business division, sa...

BlackBerry 9000 Rumors

A recent Forbes article has caused more BlackBerry 9000 rumors to fly around the web. Forbes speculates that the BlackBerry 9000's release will be delayed until August because of call quality reasons, or ATT's reluctance to launch the BB 9000 at the same time as the 3G iPhone. Nobody knows for sure, but it appears that Forbes took their notes fro...

BlackBerry Curve coming to Sprint this month

Despite rumors to the contrary, Sprint says they will release their version of the BlackBerry Curve this month. Rumors have been flying that Sprint would delay their BlackBerry Curve release until June. Engadget did some checking around and Sprint reps have confirmed a release this month....

Oh well, another BlackBerry outage

All you BlackBerry users are surely tired of the blackouts lately. North American BlackBerry users experienced another BIS outage yesterday. This has become a regular occurance it seems and RIM doesn't have much to say for it. They seem to think it's okay because they have a relatively high up time by percentage. We say, that's not good enough....

XM Radio on your BlackBerry

XM and QuickPlay have announced XM Radio Mobile for BlackBerry smartphones. For a monthly fee of 7.99 BlackBerry users can access 20 channels of XM programming. The programming includes commercial free music channels as well as The Virus (uncensored talk) and XM Comedy (uncensored comedy) via QuickPlay's OpenVideo.Check out the link below for the d...

Sprint's BlackBerry Curve is Official

Sprint and Research in Motion have offically announced the BlackBerry Curve 8330. The Sprint BB Curve will have extras that include the Sprint Music Store, Sprint TV, Sprint Navigation, and an open on board GPS.The Sprint BlackBerry Curve will cost 179.99 after instant and mail in rebates. "Powerful core organizational capabilities, sleek and attr...

Black BlackBerry Curve from Sprint

More evidence is surfacing about the soon to be released Sprint BlackBerry Curve 8330. BBGeeks has posted this picture of the BlackBerry Curve in Black with a Sprint logo on it. All indications point to an April 20.The Sprint version of the BlackBerry Curve will have 80MB of memory on board. It will also include GPS, a 2.0 megapixel camera, vide...