Archive for the ‘Rumors’ Category

BlackBerry Curve 8900 Comes to T-Mobile Feb. 18th?

Word on the street is that the new BlackBerry Curve 8900 that we have all been waiting for on T-Mobile USA is coming February 18th 2009.  This was first reported by TmoNews and has made its way around the blogosphere pretty quick.  It is still an unconfirmed rumor, but I’m not really liking the sound [...]

BlackBerry OS 5.0 Leaked Features!!

I hope everyone had a nice Christmas or holiday, I know I did.  Today, we catch up on a few things that have happened.  My good buddy Mauricio over at BlackBerry Rocks sent me a little tip yesterday that excited me.  BlackBerry OS 5.0 features have been leaked!!!  What?!?  5.0?!? But 4.7 just came out… [...]

Verizon BlackBerry Storm Return Rates

A few days ago on BGR I read an interesting post about the return rates for the BlackBerry Storm on Verizon.  At first I figured with all the initial OS issues that the Storm had, it was reasonable to expect pretty high return rates.  BGR recieved some figures that said in some US markets that [...]

BlackBerry Application Suite

Here you have it folks… after a long time coming, the replacement to BlackBerry Connect appears to be this new “Virtual BlackBerry OS” that RIM is calling BlackBerry Application Suite. Here you can see screen shots of it running ontop of an HTC Touch Pro with Windows Mobile under the hood.

Sprint/Nextel BlackBerry Curve 8350i Finally Launched??

*Update: Okay, So I was talking with Troy over at BBNews and we were discussing the 8350i. He said that his rep told him that the demo devices they will release before the launch of the device have been delayed, so sorry to say, but the delay until January may be true. I’m [...]

BlackBerry Storm OS 4.7 Upgrade Available?

The new official update for the BlackBerry Storm’s OS 4.7 is kinda available.  Kevin at CrackBerry received a notification today about it.
I just received this email from no-reply@upgrade.blackberry.com:

Bundle An upgrade of BlackBerry® Device Software version 4.7 is available. This upgrade includes optimizations and enhancements approved by your wireless service provider.
Note: If your device is associated [...]

BlackBerry Curve 8900 Approved by the FCC

WOW, this is exciting.  We just posted today that T-Mobile Germany would be getting the Curve 8900 soon and now we just got some more exciting news, but for T-Mobile USA!!  According to BGR, the FCC just approved the BlackBerry Curve 8900!  There is also a new rumor floating throughout the news that is putting [...]

FCC Approves GSM Version Storm

So today we found out that on the same day as the U.S. release of the Bold, Walmart is giving it away for free.  Now we hear that the FCC just approved the design of the GSM version of the BlackBerry Storm (9500).  This is pretty exciting news because we all thought that that 9500 [...]

Sprint To Carry 8350i on Dec. 1st Online Only?

We just got a tip on the BlackBerry Curve 8350i iDEN on Sprint/Nextel.  I was notified by a Sprint store manager that the new Curve 8350i will be launched December 1st, but only available online for a bit.  It will be released in stores before Christmas, although I do not have a specific date for [...]

BlackBerry 9100 3G Pearl?

Yesterday BGR got some sweet screen shots of a listing of the BlackBerry 9100.  This little sweet heart is a doozy because it is rumored to be either a 3G version of the Pearl or just an old internal model number for the Pearl Flip 8220.  Who knows, I’m sure plenty of Pearl lovers would [...]

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