Minimize Your Data Costs While Roaming

Saturday, July 5th, 2008

The major selling point of BlackBerry devices is that they enable you to remain connected anywhere at any time to anyone. But unless you have a lot of money to spare and a good reason, you probably don't want to be burning through your data on your summer vacation. With ...

BIS 2.5 Arrives in the Americas with HTML E-mail and More

Sunday, June 29th, 2008

Early this morning, RIM completed its update to BIS 2.5 in the Americas, enabling a slew of new features for those of the BlackBerry faithful running OS 4.5 and above. The most noteworthy update is support for HTML e-mail, but there are some other long overdue great features as well.

Vodafone UK Upgrades To BIS 2.5

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

Vodafone UK has launched the BIS 2.5 service we told you about last week, bringing HTML email to the consumer masses (of course, only available if you have device firmware 4.5 or greater). Any new accounts created on the Vodafone BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS) will automatically be on the new 2.5 ...

Rogers Wireless Lowers Price on BlackBerry Data

Saturday, June 21st, 2008

Good news for some of us who live north of the 49th: Rogers Wireless has lowered their BlackBerry data prices to a somewhat acceptable level! While the new plans in no way compete with the cheap and truly unlimited packages from rival Telus,

More CDMA updates

Thursday, June 19th, 2008

Following close on the heels of our previous story, we have more info for you on the CDMA progression towards 4.5. Today we have another treat for you, more screen shots of OS 4.5 in action on the 8130 and the 8830 devices.

BlackBerry E-mail, how does it work?

Friday, June 13th, 2008

One of the common questions among new users is the seeming delay in receiving email on the BlackBerry handheld. Users see that the email hits their web service, and is not instantaneously on their device.

BlackBerry Internet Service 2.5 … Yes, HTML Email!

Friday, June 6th, 2008

I don't know about you, but I've been waiting a LONG time for this - we're talking YEARS! Leaked versions of the beta OS 4.5 have been popping up all over the place and Rogers has finally delivered a device with 4.5... and now RIM is rolling out BIS 2.5 to APAC ...