If rumors are to be believed, it seems that for about 2 weeks Walmart will be the exclusive carrier of T-Mobile’s BlackBerry Curve 8520 starting on August 5th.

For those who don’t know the BlackBerry 8520 features a 320 x 240 resolution display, 2MP camera, WiFi, quad-band GSM and RIM’s OS 5.0. Unfortunately, those looking for a 3G capable device will be discouraged to hear that this will not feature said connectivity.

Alternatively, if you want to grab one ahead of the competition you can always count on eBay.

via Engadget

Tags: 2mp camera, Cell Phones, curve 8520, exclusive, Gemini, GSM, Mobile News, os 5.0, Research In Motion, rumor, T-Mobile, Walmart, WiFi

Google has recently announced that they have launched a Google Voice mobile application for the Blackberry and Android mobile platforms.

If you were lucky enough to get an invite to the Google Voice service you should definitely check this out as it will let you place calls and send SMS with your Google Voice number as well as view voicemail transcripts.

To download the Android application just head to the Android Market and search for Google Voice. However, on the Blackberry just point your browser to m.google.com/voice and you’re good to go.

Tags: Android, Android Market, application, BlackBerry, Cell Phones, Google, Google Voice, mobile app, Mobile News, MP3 Players, Research In Motion, SMS

Here’s some disturbing piece of news or better yet, ab unconfirmed rumor. It looks like BlackBerry owners in the UAE have received a performance enhancement patch from Etisalat, their official carrier. Said patch is apparently something else! It’s a spyware that will ultimately give Etisalat access to its customers’ messages and maybe more. Well that’s not nice now, is it?

Like I said, there’s nothing official so far but Etisalat customers have noticed reduced performance and battery life in their phones which was weird considering that the patch should have improved the overall performance. According to Nigel Gourlay the patch originates from a surveillance company, the SS8, and it can be activated at any time Etisalat chooses to. Besides text messages, the spyware can also monitor emails. Fortunately this whole surveillance thing can’t be handled by Etisalat’s network just yet. It looks like a 100,000 BlackBerry phones trying to connect to the registration server for the phone caused the battery and performance failure and thus the potential spyware was discovered. If you own an Etisalat Berry you should get rid of that patch somehow as you definitely deserve your privacy. What will Etisalat have to say about all this?

via Register

Tags: BlackBerry, Etisalat, Mobile News, Other Brands, Patch, Portable Devices, Privacy, Research In Motion, UAE

Are you a fan of RIM’s App World? Would you like to be able to talk about the BlackBerry store and the applications in it with all your Berry-owner friends? Well RIM has uncovered a new service for you. The company has created a social networking site, MyBlackBerry where users can sign-up and start discussing everything BlackBerry-related. For now there’s an invite-only policy going on but it should be available for everyone soon. In the mean time feel free to browse through it by following the link bellow as MyBlackBerry is now up and running!

via MyBlackBerry

Tags: App World, BlackBerry, Mobile News, Mobile Software, MyBlackBerry, Research In Motion, RIM, social networking

Verizon means business when it comes to the BlackBerry Storm 2. The phone has been spotted in Verizon’s inventory system and as you can see the Storm 2 is indeed the BlackBerry 9550 which we have shown you already. Unfortunately the device listed isn’t a fully functional one. It’s just a dummy unit but we can easily assume the real thing will be coming soon. And someone from RIM or Verizon will probably leak that info so all we need to do is wait it out.

via CrackBerry

Tags: BlackBerry, Inventory, Mobile News, Research In Motion, RIM, Storm 2, Verizon, Verizon

The following news will leave a bitter sweet taste in your mouth. It’s not all good news but it isn’t that bad either. It looks like Verizon has finally caught up with the whole App Store trend and wants to launch one for itself. And considering its large subscribers base, I’m surprised Verizon hasn’t announced one earlier. But here’s where things take a turn for the worst. Apparently Verizon will not support any other App Store out there besides its own. That means Verizon customers will not have access to BlackBerry App World or Windows Mobile Marketplace right from the start. What’s even more disturbing is that developers will have to submit twice the same app for approval if they want to make sure that Verizon customers will purchase that certain app.

Verizon is promising a “competitive” revenue-sharing program and from what we hear, purchasing future Verizon apps will require no credit card entry. Payment will be done through the Verizon account of each customer. More details will be released on July 28 at the Verizon Developer Community Conference and we’ll deliver them right to your computer soon!

Tags: App Store, App World, BlackBerry, marketplace, microsoft, Mobile News, Mobile Software, Research In Motion, Verizon, Verizon, Windows Mobile

I’m sure you are already aware that Telus has decided to bring the BlackBerry Tour, the HTC Snap and the Touch Pro2 to its Canadians customers. I’m glad to tell you folks that the first smartphone has arrived. The Snap and the Touch Pro2 are a bit late but definitely still coming.

The Tour will cost you $229.99 with a 3-year contract or $599.99 if you decide to get it off contract. The HTC Snap and the Touch Pro2 are coming on July 15 and 21, respectively. We’ll be patiently waiting for officially official pricing details so stay tuned!

Tags: BlackBerry, HTC, HTC, Other Brands, Research In Motion, SNAP, Telus, Touch Pro2, Tour

Just in case RIM’s BlackBerry Curve didn’t have enough color schemes, Sprint has announced the launch of their exclusive Inferno Orange 8330 that we first heard about last week.

Sure, this device is sure to be overshadowed by the recently launched BlackBerry Tour but perhaps its $49.99 price point after mail-in rebate and 2-year contract will interest some consumers.

Unfortunately, the Inferno Orange BlackBerry Curve 8330 will feature the same specs as the normal 8330. Bummer, but at least you will turn some heads with its unique color, right?

Read (Nextel) via EngadgetMobile

Tags: 8330, blackberry curve, blackberry tour, Cell Phones, inferno orange, Mobile News, Research In Motion, Sprint

Just in case you forgot folks, today is the day when both Verizon and Sprint will offer you a BlackBerry Tour. The phone has been available for pre-order for Verizon customers while Sprint subscribers had to wait it out until today. Both carriers have the phone available for $199 with a new 2-year contract so it’s up to you to choose what carrier to buy it from. You should know though that you’ll pay $299.99 upfront in a Sprint store for the Tour which means you’ll have to wait a while for that $100 mail-in rebate to come through.

Tags: BlackBerry, Mobile News, Research In Motion, RIM, Sprint, Sprint, Tour, Verizon, Verizon

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?

via BGR

Tags: BlackBerry, Mobile News, Research In Motion, RIM, Storm 2, Verizon, Verizon, Vodafone, Vodafone

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.

via bce

Tags: Bell, BlackBerry, Canada, Mobile News, Portable Devices, Research In Motion, RIM, Sprint, Tour, Verizon

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.

via bbu

Tags: 9020, BlackBerry, Gemini, leak, Mobile News, Onyx, Research In Motion

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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Tags: Android, BlackBerry, Cell Phones, CEO, eric schmidt, Funny, Google, iPhone, Research In Motion

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.

via exitstrategy

Tags: Android, Apple, application, BlackBerry, Google, iPhone, Kindle, Mobile News, NYC, Other Brands, Portable Devices, Research In Motion, Subway

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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Tags: 8330, 8350i, BlackBerry, Cell Phones, colorway, Curve, Research In Motion, Sprint

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?

via Bloomberg

Tags: App Store, App World, Apple, applications, BlackBerry, Mobile Software, Research In Motion, RIM

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?

Tags: Bell, best buy, BlackBerry, Canada, Mobile News, Other Brands, Portable Devices, Research In Motion, RIM, Sprint, Sprint, Telus, Tour, Verizon, Verizon

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.

Tags: BlackBerry, gmail, Mobile News, Mobile Software, Plug-in, Portable Devices, Research In Motion

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?

via msn

Tags: Barack Obama, BlackBerry, Mobile News, Portable Devices, President, Research In Motion, RIM

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?

Tags: BlackBerry, HTC, HTC, Mobile News, Portable Devices, Research In Motion, RIM, SNAP, Telus, Touch Pro2, Tour