Archive for the ‘BlackBerry News’ Category

RIM supplier Marvell stock downgraded

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

The company that manufactures parts for RIM BlackBerrys, Marvell Technology had their stock downgraded yesterday due to concerns that it had lost a major portion of their business.

BlackBerry Bold Disassembly and Assembly videos!

Thursday, August 21st, 2008

It appears that CNN.CN has created some assembly and disassembly videos of the BlackBerry Bold 9000. It seems that not only does the Cellular Nationwide Network known as CNN.CN have access to unreleased BlackBerry's but it also is brave enough to dissasemble the unit entirely.

UPDATE: Rogers BlackBerry Bold Now Shipping, Pricing Update

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008

We recently gave youthe pricing for the BlackBerry Bold from Rogers for both a direct buy and 3-year contract, however we have received word that there will be a special pricing for a 2-year contract, as well. It will drop at a hefty $599.99 for last year's standard contract of two additional ...

BlackBerry Resource Kit 4.1 SP6 - Now Available from BlackBerry.com

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

Just a quick note - the BlackBerry Resource Kit 4.1 SP6 has now been released on BlackBerry.com. This marks the quickest turnaround for a BRK release following the BES release. Perhaps RIM is turning a new corner, or perhaps the BES was just delayed.. hmm. Nothing has been added in the User ...

EXCLUSIVE: Rogers Bold Launch Kit!

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

There really isn't much more to say here other than the launch of the Rogers Bold must be around the corner, because out pal Treatz from HoFo just sent us pics of the Bold Launch Kit! We've got six more photos after the break!

BlackBerry Curve 8350i on iDEN Specs Revealed, Due in Q4 ‘08

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

Back on July 1, our man Jibi was the first to break the news of the iDEN 8350iand stated that it will have WiFi, OS 4.6 and should be out by the end of this year or early next year. Today, Jibi's good friend, the Boy Genius, has confirmed our original information by ...

FINALLY! OS 4.5 for CDMA 8130 and 8330

Sunday, August 10th, 2008

Well it's about time! CDMA users have been waiting (and some not so patiently) for the public release of a 4.5 OS for their device. Some of you will still have to wait, but for owners of the BlackBerry Curve 8330 and the BlackBerry Pearl 8130, the wait is over!  Sorry, looks like you 8830 ...

Virgin Mobile Canada Releases 8130 Pearl with OS 4.5.0.56

Sunday, August 10th, 2008

A few days ago, Virgin Mobile Canada jumped into the BlackBerry world by offering users a free BlackBerry Pearl 8130 with 8GB microSD card on a 3-year contract. But what makes the Virgin Mobile Pearl so interesting is that it is the first CDMA Pearl to have an official release ...

EXCLUSIVE: Rogers BlackBerry Update

Saturday, August 9th, 2008

Thanks to an anonymous tipster with inside information, BlackBerryNews now has the latest details on the current BlackBerry situation over at Rogers Wireless. We know you're hungry for the details, so let's just skip all of the formalities and get right into the new information, point-form style: Some dealerships have ordered ...

Verizon’s Thunder is the 9530, October Launch a Certainty?

Friday, August 8th, 2008

The Boy Genius has just posted a picture of Verizon's product inventory which shows the touchscreen BlackBerry Thunder as the BB9530, confirming that the Thunder is indeed from 9500 series like we said over a month and a half ago. Also being reported by the Boy Genius is a tentative launch ...