12 Jul 09 Is the BlackBerry 9550 the Storm 2?
Are you waiting for that new BlackBerry Storm 2 smartphone? Well we have some updates on that Berry although there’s nothing official just yet. It seems that the 9550 is the phone that’s going to be called the Storm 2. Here’s what we can expect from the 9550:
- CDMA 1xRTT/EVDO Rev. A
- Quad-band GSM/EDGE
- Single-band UMTS/HSDPA (2100MHz only)
- Wi-Fi b/g
- 3.2 megapixel camera
- 360×480 resolution capacitive screen
- OS 5.0
As you can see, the 9550 comes with WiFi support and we should expect Verizon and Vodafone to launch the phone by the end of the year. We’ll be looking for more information from RIM concerning the future of its touchscreen smartphones. Anyone excited about the Storm 2?
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10 Jul 09 Bell to Launch BlackBerry Tour Tomorrow?
The BlackBerry Tour is, at this point, the hottest RIM smartphone around. While Sprint and Verizon are ready to start selling it in stores south of the border, Canadians can count on Bell to offer the device.
The Tour will apparently start selling in Canada tomorrow although we were expecting it to be available starting July 17. Bell will be selling the phone for $249.95 CAD with a regular 3-year contract or for $699.95 CAD without a contract. In case you badly want the Tour we advise you to wake up early in the morning tomorrow and head to the nearest Bell store hoping they have received the Tour. Otherwise you’ll have to wait 5 more days to get it! That’s right, there aren’t enough units so some Bell stores might not be able to sell any BlackBerry Tour tomorrow.
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10 Jul 09 BlackBerry Onyx and Gemini Appear on Camera
The Onyx is one of your future RIM smartphones but it’s not ready to ship to your door quite yet. The phone is not official, so we have to deal with leaked pictures of it in the mean time. We don’t have all the specs but the BlackBerry 9020 Onyx will apparently come with an optical trackpad to replace that regular trackball. We definitely need more details about the Onyx, so now that the Tour is out RIM could focus more on the Onyx and tell us everything there is to know about the phone. And just in case you were wondering the other BlackBerry in the picture is the Gemini.
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10 Jul 09 CEO of Google caught using BlackBerry, not Android
What kind of phone would you expect Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google, to use? An Android powered phone, right? Or at least an iPhone given the companie’s close alliances. Well, if you guessed either of those, you’re wrong
As you can see from the above picture, Mr. Schmidt would much rather opt for a BlackBerry rather than an Android powered handset or even an iPhone.
But wait, at least he has a Google sticker on the back so he isn’t doing all wrong.
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09 Jul 09 NYC Exit Strategy Application Shows You Where You Need to Exit Your Train
This iPhone application is a must have if you’re living in New York City or you’re just visiting. The NYC Exit Strategy will show you exactly which subway car to ride in order to exit exactly where you need to be. The application will turn your commute into a more pleasant experience. You won’t lose any time and you will not get lost while trying to figure out where’s your exit. The application works offline and it’s available for just $2. In case you don’t own an iPhone then NYC Exit Strategy is available for BlackBerry, Android and even Kindle.
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09 Jul 09 Orange BlackBerry Curve 8330, Red 8350i coming to Sprint
It seems that a leaked document has shown two new BlackBerry colorways coming to Sprint in the near future. As you can see, there will be an Inferno Orange 8330 soft launching today with a Red BlackBerry Curve 8350i launching towards the end of this month.
With phones such as the Bold and Tour circulating, will these two new colorways spark enough interest to increase BlackBerry Curve sales? I mean, the Inferno Orange does sound enticing, don’t you think?
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08 Jul 09 RIM’s App World Has 2,000 Applications Waiting for Your BlackBerry to Get Them
While Apple is preparing to celebrate its App Store first year of existence, the competition is still working hard on their own application stores. RIM for example has managed to get no less than 2,000 apps ready to be downloaded on your favorite BlackBerry phone. The number is pretty impressive although not comparable yet to what Apple has to offer. The BlackBerry App World service will be available in Europe soon and BlackBerry owners from Italy, France, Germany and Spain will be able to enjoy some of these apps sometime this month. How many apps have you installed so far on your BlackBerry phone?
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07 Jul 09 Best Buy to Sell the BlackBerry Tour for $229
Have you decided where to purchase your BlackBerry Tour from? Will you get it from Verizon or Sprint? Or are you going to get it from Telus or Bell? What if you could buy it from Best Buy instead? Would you be interested?
Well good news Canadians! Best Buy Canada has the Tour on sale now. The Tour is available for $229 so you should definitely get it since it is $20 cheaper than what Telus is going to charge for it. We’ll be waiting now to see Best Buy sell the Tour for $20 less than Verizon’s or Sprint’s current price in the USA! Think that’s going to happen any time soon?
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06 Jul 09 New Gmail Plug-in Coming to BlackBerry Smartphones?
Writing emails from your Gmail account will be a lot easier for BlackBerry owners. It looks like there’s a new plug-in in the works, one that lets you access more features of Gmail. And here are some of those rumored additions:
- See your Gmail based emails in Conversation View for simple topic management
- Add and remove labels and stars to emails to keep inbox organized
- Archive and report as spam actions for mailbox management on the go
- Search your entire Gmail inbox
The plug-in is currently in beta testing so we’ll all have to wait for its public release.
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05 Jul 09 Barack Obama’s BlackBerry Delivers Prayers Every Day
I have the feeling we’re going to see Barack Obama appear in lots of stories related to technology issues in these first four years of his presidency. And we’re going to particularly see him linked to his favorite phone, the BlackBerry.
Today we hear that the President receives a prayer every morning form the White House faith director Joshua DuBois straight to his smartphone. That’s a habit he picked up during the campaign and he certainly likes it enough to continue with it. Would anyone create a BlackBerry app which would automatically deliver prayer to the President? Would he be allowed to install apps on his Berry?
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05 Jul 09 Telus to Launch BlackBerry Tour, HTC Snap and HTC Touch Pro2 in July
Telus has three hot phones coming in this July. Two are coming from HTC and you’re probably expecting them: the HTC Snap and the HTC Touch Pro2. The other one is RIM’s latest Berry, the BlackBerry Tour.
It would be interesting to see what Telus’ customers will choose between a new BlackBerry and a new HTC that looks like a BlackBerry. The Tour and the Snap will be launched on the same day, July 15 while the Touch Pro2 is coming only on July 21. The Tour will be available for $249.99 and the Snap for $29.99. The Touch Pro2 will cost $249.99 and these prices will only be available with new 3-year contracts. So what do you say folks? Which phone is it going to be your favorite?
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02 Jul 09 No Blackberry Tour pre-orders on Sprint?
We just got word that Verizon Wireless would allow its subscribers to pre-order the Blackberry Tour which raised the question; will Sprint do the same?
According to a recent tweet from Sprint’s manager of social media and interactive communications, no. A twitter user reportedly asked if the Blackberry Tour would be made available to for pre-order to which @srdhoerty replied “No pre-orders for the Tour, if that’s what you mean.”
Hmm, bummer but will this even be an issue? Probably not.
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02 Jul 09 Verizon Wireless Lets Everyone Pre-Order the BlackBerry Tour
The BlackBerry Tour is coming officially on July 12 from both Verizon Wireless and Sprint. But it’s only Verizon Wireless that’s currently offering the Tour for pre-order. Until yesterday pre-orders were opened only to new customers but it looks like Verizon has changed its mind and it lets everyone pre-order the Tour now. Current Verizon wireless clients can start ordering the Tour tomorrow and the phone will be shipped out starting with Monday, July 13.
Existing customers will be able to upgrade or purchase the BlackBerry Tour on this site very soon. Please check back with us tomorrow.
What say you Sprint customers? Would you like to be able to pre-order the Tour too?
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01 Jul 09 Sprint’s BlackBerry Tour Coming Out on July 12 Too
A few days ago we heard that Sprint might launch the Tour only on July 20 which was 8 days too late compared to Verizon’s schedule for this BlackBerry. But now it appears that Sprint has done everything in its power to launch the latest BlackBerry on the very same day Big Red is also launching it. The Tour is coming from Sprint on July 12 too. The smartphone will be available for $199 after rebates and with a contract. So what will you choose folks? Sprint or Verizon?
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30 Jun 09 BlackBerry Tour definitely coming to Verizon July 12th
Just a few days ago a leaked advertisement displayed the BlackBerry Tour’s Verizon Wireless release date as being July 12th. Well, it looks like that advertisement held some truth as Verizon has come forth and confirmed that the phone will in fact be hitting the carrier on July 12th for $200.
So what have you, will you be purchasing a BlackBerry Tour?
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30 Jun 09 BlackBerry Tour Available Officially from Bell on July 17
Today is definitely a BlackBerry Tour day. The handset is already available for pre-order from Verizon Wireless in two versions, with or without a camera. And if you’re currently residing in Canada, you should know that the Tour is going to be available from Bell on July 17.
The phone will be available for $699.95 if you don’t want another 3-year contract or for $249.95 if you do want the new contract.
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30 Jun 09 BlackBerry Tour Comes Also Without a Camera from Verizon
What would you choose between a BlackBerry Tour with a camera and one without a camera? What do you think your employer or your employees prefer? In order to please any type of future customer Verizon will sell two versions of the BlackBerry Tour. First we have the regular model that’s equipped with a camera, or you can choose to purchase the second version, a Tour that’s deprived of that camera.
The Tour is now available for pre-order from Verizon Wireless and you can get either one for the same price. You’ll end up paying $199.99 for any chosen model with a two year contract and after a $70 online discount.
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29 Jun 09 Micro-USB Charging Standard Coming to Europe?
There’s good news for everyone charging their phones in Europe. It looks like there’s a phone charging standard coming to all those European handset owners. The European Commission has received today confirmation for that micro-USB charging socket from the most important names in the mobile business. Nokia, Sony, Ericsson, Motorola, Apple, LG, NEC, Qualcomm, RIM, Samsung and Texas Instruments are all going to play ball and we should expect them to launch devices ready to be charged via a micro-USB charger sometime next year. On the long run the micro-UBS standard could be adopted by other markets too since CTIA, OMTP and the GSM Association also support it. Can’t wait for the day when I won’t hate myself for forgetting a certain phone charger! What are your thoughts on this?
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28 Jun 09 BlackBerry Tour to Arrive from Sprint on July 20?
Verizon Wireless is launching the BlackBerry Tour on July 12 and it seems that Sprint doesn’t want to trail behind Big Red. Sprint is now rumored to launch the BlackBerry Tour on July 20 which would be a full eight days after Verizon. Sprint has yet to confirm it but we can easily assume that July is the month to get a Tour. Whether it’s a Verizon BlackBerry Tour or a Sprint BlackBerry Tour, that’s up to you and your wallet!
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27 Jun 09 BlackBerry Tour coming to Verizon July 12th?
It seems our buds over at Boy Genius Report have gotten their hands on a peice of Verizon Wireless promotional material that clearly states the BlackBerry Tour will hit the carrier on July 12th for $199.99 after a 2yr contract.
There’s really no telling if the advertisement if real or not as Verizon hasn’t released any official statement but it looks pretty legit to us.
Anywho, if you’re anticipating this phone mark July 12th on your calender just in case. Better safe than sorry, right?
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