All Entries in the "8300 Curve" Category

Verizon Saying Goodbye to Storm 9530, Curve 8330, 8830 and Pearl Flip 8230?

Our good friends over at CB got their hands on this screen shot from a Verizon computer. If you look you will see under the end of life devices the BlackBerry Storm 9530, Curve 8330, and the 8830. Now it’s not unusual for a carrier or RIM to stop shipments of certain phones. If you [...]

BlackBerry Beats Out The I-Phone Once Again!

There are a lot of people out there that aren’t big fans of the BlackBerry devices like we abusers are. They choose to be fans of the Apple’s I-phone. This has brought on the great I-Phone vs. BlackBerry debate. It has become a huge battle in the smartphone world.
There are many different models of the [...]

MoGo Talk Integrated Bluetooth Headset Coming to BlackBerry

Where is the best place to store a bluetooth headset when you’re not using it?  This is a question many of us ask because there isn’t really one ideal location.  Sure you can get a bluetooth pouch and wear it on your hip but those never seem to fit the headset correctly.  Thankfully the creative [...]

BlackBerry Curve 8300 Series Still a Popular Choice by Many

In 2009 RIM released some amazing new phones but it’s an old favorite that continues to be the most popular.  The Nielsen Company has unveiled their Top Mobile Phones of 2009 and the Curve 8300 series came in second just behind the iPhone.  It was a close race, in fact the Curve 8300 series was [...]

BlackBerry Curve is King of Smartphones

The BlackBerry Curve series is once again outselling all other smartphones including the iPhone.  In a recent study conducted by IDC Research , a global market intelligence firm, results showed that the BlackBerry Curve smartphone outsold all others in the US during the second quarter of 2009.   This is not necessarily a huge shocker as the Curve has [...]

OS Updates: Official Nextel 8350i OS 4.6.1.204 and Official 8900 4.6.1.199

Here are a few new updates, one which is very important to many Sprint/Nextel users.  We have an official Nextel 8350i OS update 4.6.1.204 which is suppose to fix these issues:

Echo Issue
MMS Improvements: Remove original message when replying; Cursor now defaults to message body when replying
Quiet and vibrate profiles will now not have incoming Direct [...]

MetroPCS Launches PrePaid BlackBerry

Just picked this up off of BlackBerry News; MetroPCS just launched prepaid BlackBerry service!  The coolest part is, they are catering to BIS and BES customers!  The only device that is available at the moment is the BlackBerry Curve 8330, but hey it’s a start.  I have always kind of picked on MetroPCS, but I [...]