Dare I say AT&T might be right when they say the Bold isn’t ready for the U.S. market? Hell no! I am sure they are delaying the launch for a certain fruity reason.

But according to a leaked memo, Orange has decided to temporarily pull the Bold off their shelves. It looks like there are some issues with the device. The whole crisis might be solved in a few weeks as RIM will provide solutions for the undisclosed issues.

What issues?

Tags: At&T, At&T, BlackBerry, Bold, Mobile News, Mobile Software, Orange, Research In Motion

It’s not just Vodafone and Verizon that are getting the Storm when it will finally hit. Canadians are in it too. Bell and Telus are the carriers that have already announced the Storm for their Canadian subscribers.

I’d be surprised to see Rogers roll out a Storm. After all they have the iPhone to suck the blood of its customers with. So I guess we have to wait for official pricing and particular plans right?

Tags: Bell, BlackBerry, Mobile News, Other Brands, Research In Motion, RIM, Storm, Telus, Verizon

It seems emulators are really popular these days. If you’re tired of playing with your G1 emulator, go get the Storm emulator now. That’s right, RIM has a BlacBerry emulator which will let you get a sneak preview of what the touchscreen device will feel like. Sure you won’t have everything available but there are enough things to try out. Probably you want to touch that screen already, but the emulator won’t emulate that feeling on your PC!

Tags: BlackBerry, emulator, Mobile News, Research In Motion, RIM, Storm

Vodafone is a big name around the world. When you say Vodafone you immediately think about the mobile carrier company and you expect it to be serious and professional right?

Well then here’s what stunt Voda managed to pull in relation with it’s upcoming BlackBerry Storm. Vodafone displayed a BlackBerry running on Mac OS X. Of better said, the “Storm” pages showed a jailbroken iPhone. How do you like what you see in the pictures?

What say you Vodafone? How many people have lost their jobs over this minor incident?

via BGR

Tags: 3g iphone, Apple, Apple, BlackBerry, Mobile News, Mobile Software, Research In Motion, Storm, Verizon, Vodafone

It looks like today is a Stormy day, but not as Stormy as November will be. We are to expect Thunder/Storms in various places around the world, and especially in the USA and the UK. After we have seen Verizon’s idea of a commercial, let’s take a look at Vodafone’s approach.

The video shows us what the Storm is all about as it takes us to most of its significant features. Stay tuned for more news about the phone as we prepare to enter the Storm soon.

Tags: BlackBerry, Mobile News, Research In Motion, RIM, Storm, Vodafone, Vodafone

Verizon was reported to tape people in public talking about the Storm. Apparently all actors involved in this videos were paid $20 for their trouble. And what a trouble that is. Playing with an upcoming hot device. I’m sure a lot of people would have paid the $20 just to be in the same room with the Storm. Maybe Microsoft should take Vista to the people on the streets too instead of hiring Jerry to do their dirty work!

So I guess people like the Storm despite it reminds them about the iPhone. Verizon should be ready to sell plenty of touchscreen Berries. And there’s less than a month to go!

Tags: BlackBerry, Commercial, Mobile News, Research In Motion, RIM, Storm, Verizon, Verizon Wireless

Is Apple taking over the mobile market in the USA? We’ve just seen yesterday how Apple has already managed to manufacture and ship 10 million handsets this year and by the end of 2008 the company should surpass it’s goal. And today we find out that the iPhone has reached the second place in US mobile sales.
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Tags: 3g iphone, Apple, Apple, At&T, Mobile News, Other Brands, Palm, Research In Motion, Sprint, Sprint, T-Mobile, T-Mobile, Verizon, Verizon

It looks like the BlackBerry Storm can do copy-paste. I remember needing something like this for another phone. And I remember not being able to do it. Which phone was that…

According to leaked Storm documents obtained by BGR, the copy paste function exists on the Storm and it actually works. Simply use your fingers to select the text you want to copy. Slide the fingers to highlight the much needed selection, go to the Menu and select Copy. Paste it wherever you needed it pasted. Voila! I knew all along that this wasn’t rocket science! If I could only test it under my own eyes now…

Storm: 1 - iPhone: 0.

via BGR

Tags: copy paste, Mobile News, Mobile Software, Research In Motion, RIM, software, Storm

We are waiting to see the actual Storm in our hands and the news keep pouring in. Well it’s not exactly official news since no RIM representative revealed all of this. We take it as a human error. It’s not the first time that news gets leaked about a product right about the time we need it.

And this new piece of leaked news say that RIM will have an App-Store-like ready for the Storm. Unlike Apple’s store, the BlackBerry App Center will run on the carrier’s site. That means every carrier will have total control on any received applications from RIM. And unlike Apple’s store you will have to search, monitor and delete programs from the browser of the Berry you are using. That means the App Center can’t install applications directly.

So we are waiting for official news, and we might actually get them in a couple of weeks at the BlackBerry’s Developer Conference scheduled for October 20th. And we do have so many question left unanswered yet…

Tags: App Store, Apple, application, BlackBerry, Mobile News, Research In Motion, RIM, Storm

Personally I am uncomfortable with the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220. It’s a great phone but I can’t but feel that RIM shouldn’t have created flip Berries. Berries should be something else. Think Curve, Bold or Storm. The phone is rumored to have a price already from T-Mobile. It will cost $150 with a two-year contract or $200 with a one year contract. Rather steep wouldn’t you say?

We’re waiting for an official T-Mobile announcement to confirm these prices. The phone is expected to arrive this year, so flip phone lovers can already get in line for it.

Tags: BlackBerry, flip, Mobile News, pearl flip 8220, Research In Motion, RIM, T-Mobile, T-Mobile

We are not sure what RIM is playing at here. The company had the ability to deliver the BlackBerry Bold already in Chile, but it sure is taking its time in getting its latest smartphone out here in the States. If that’s the situation here in the good ole’ USA, things definitely aren’t looking better for other countries too. The latest rumor brings us the news of a Bold launch in Japan, not this year apparently, but in the first quarter of 2009, a hell of a long time for something that has been in the news for too long already. NTT DoCoMo will be the privileged carrier to provide the device in the island country at an unknown price. We don’t think the Japanese are tech-starved in anyway, but wouldn’t it be better for RIM and for all of us to get the device out already, before we all move on and get hooked on to something better?
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Tags: BlackBerry Bold, Cell Phones, Japan, NTT DoCoMo, Research In Motion

It looks like we’re not going to see a BlackBerry Bold from AT&T soon. The Bold was supposed to be launched on October 2nd but due to OS-related problems AT&T might delay the launch. Device training was supposed to start on October 7th and since that has been postponed to a later date.

While there’s no official AT&T announcement regarding another Bold delay, we feel it’s coming. That’s even more surprising considering that usual AT&T testing and problem solving for a RIM device is about 2-3 weeks. What’s so special now? I really hope Verizon is going to get the iPhone too. Loosing that exclusivity deal might make AT&T see things from another perspective.

Tags: At&T, At&T, BlackBerry, Bold, Mobile News, Research In Motion

While the Bold is yet to arrive from AT&T in the USA, it looks like NTT DoCoMo is ready to offer the BlackBerry 9000 to its subscribers. It looks like Japan should be a logical move from RIM. But the Japanese market has been proven to be a tough market for RIM to crack.

The Bold is a truly unique device which is already being sold in various countries across the globe. If successful in Japan it might lead the way for other great RIM phones. The Pearl, the Curve and particularly the Storm might also be sent out to Japan if all goes well for Japan.

The Bold is going to be sold in Japan in 2009. Hear that AT&T? Even Japan is getting it?

Tags: BlackBerry, Bold, Japan, Mobile News, Mobile Software, NTT DoCoMo, NTT DoCoMo, Research In Motion, RIM

Hang on to your shorts people, we still don’t know if the Bold is going to arrive in the USA soon. At the rate we are going we’ll probably end up talking about the sale of the Storm instead of the Bold.

The shot above tells us the Bold is going to arrive in Best Buy stores starting with October 26. It might be a human mistake. After all we’ve seen those kind of mistakes all the time. I can’t wait to report on which company sold more RIM devices. My money is on Verizon on this one as I am sure more people will get the Storm when it hits. Sure the Bold is a great phone, but AT&T delayed it way too much.

via BGR

Tags: At&T, At&T, BlackBerry, Bold, Mobile News, Research In Motion, RIM, Storm, Verizon, Verizon Wireless

Vodafone is the UK carrier which will serve Brits with Storms soon. While waiting for more information about the whole UK launch we have found some leaked pictures of the newest BlackBerry. (more…)

Tags: Mobile News, Research In Motion, Storm, Vodafone, Vodafone

Verizon Wireless is getting ready to train its employees for the upcoming BlackBerry Storm. Training must be finished by November 2nd which means that November will be quite Stormy. The Touch Diamond is coming in December according to the training program.

Good thing this training program has just been leaked. At lease we can feel assured the Storm won’t be delayed. Hear that AT&T? How’s your Bold situation?

via Gizmodo

Tags: Diamond Touch, HTC, Mobile News, Research In Motion, Storm, Verizon, Verizon

Much of the following is purely speculative but if proven true, we might just witness the best BlackBerry launch ever.

It’s being said that the Storm and the Thunder do not refer to the same device. It looks like the Storm and the Thunder are both new Berries, both with a full touchscreen. The difference you ask? The Storm would have a slide-out full QWERTY keyboard. Just for those which can’t make it without an actual keyboard. (more…)

Tags: BlackBerry, Portable Devices, Research In Motion, RIM, Storm, thunder, Verizon, Verizon, Vodafone

As rumored before, Vodafone will pick up RIM’s BlackBerry Storm and offer it exclusively in the UK. It looks like the British carrier will dump the Thunder name in favor of the Storm. I’ve gotten used to the Thunder and now I’ll have to get used to the Storm.

RIM is said to announce the BlackBerry some time in October and the actual phone will hit the shops in November, well in time for the Christmas shopping spree.

What about other countries? Is RIM going to go to Chile again? (more…)

Tags: BlackBerry, Mobile News, Research In Motion, RIM, Storm, thunder, UK, Vodafone, Vodafone

Apart from the black and red colors that the original announcement declared, it seems that Research in Motion is also prepping a silver version of its first clamshell, the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220, for specific markets. An official press release shows the Kickstart in all its silver glory and we have to agree that the silver does look good on the device including its SureType keypad and the dark black front facade. Anyway, we just hope that T-Mobile and Rogers start selling the device already, whatever color it may be in, as we just can’t wait to see how well RIM is going to fare with its first foray into the flip phone realm. One more picture after the break…
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Tags: BlackBerry, Cell Phones, kickstart, pearl flip 8220, Research In Motion

India’s leading CDMA provider, Reliance Communications, has teamed up with RIM to bring BlackBerry devices closer to the masses by launching prepaid services for both CDMA and GSM networks. Up till now, BlackBerry smartphones were only available on Bharti Airtel and Vodafone, two of the largest GSM providers in the subcontinent with postpaid connections, but with this new “pay as you use” service, Reliance aims to woo the 200 million odd people who still rely on prepaid connections.

Mahesh Prasad, Reliance Communications President for Mobile Data and Content Services said:

We recognize the needs of customers and believe a prepaid option enabled by Reliance Communications will significantly broaden the consumer interest in BlackBerry smartphones and expand our business opportunity.

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Tags: BlackBerry, Cell Phones, india, prepaid, Reliance, Research In Motion