General News
T-Mobile and RIM join forces to replace trackballs for free, yes FREE
It’s a beautiful day for owners with old BlackBerry models. RIM and T-Mobile want to give us a hand, they will now offer trackballs replacement for your BlackBerry smartphones for free.
Starting February 15th, T-Mobile will be lauching a free trackball replacement program but the catch is, unfortunately, only BlackBerry Pearl 8100/8120 and Curve 8320 owners [...]
Verizon Wireless to offer prepaid BlackBerry Plans
Verizon Wireless is currently planning to expand they prepaid line and options offering BlackBerry into the pack. Words are saying (BGR) that in the next three months Verizon will be offering BlackBerry as a option for prepaid plans Rumor around is that they will be adding $35 USD on top of their voice package, as [...]
BlackBerry Tour 9650 Facebook Tease
Our friend at CrackBerry caught a shot of BlackBerry facebook account creating a buzz of their pgone BlackBerry Tour 9650 to be released soon. The post has been removed but it said like the pic to the right, BlackBerry tour 9650 is coming!
Let’s see what they come up on the next few days.
BerryWeather now in Beta for the Public
I don’t know about you guys but I like to know what the Weather will be. That’s exactly what the guys at BellShare are doing with their application BerryWeather 2.1 now available to the public. BerryWeather is currently looking for feedback to improve their application. This version is way faster than 2.0 and some significant [...]
BIS 3.0 to be released by March 2010
We have news that BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS) will be updated to 3.0 somewhere in March, 2010. Other sites like CrackBerry and BBLeaks confirm the leaked info on BIS.
Early Bird Registration for WES 2010
Early registration for WES 2010 is now open. This includes an early bird discount for those who register before February 19th with a savings of $400. As a reminder WES will extend from April 27th to the 29th in Orlando, Florida. The sessions has not yet been released but we hope they come up with [...]
Official BlackBerry Twitter Client Leaked
As reported before we all know that RIM is currently working on their own BlackBerry Twitter Client, today, we came across a leaked image of what it could be this application. The leaked image was uploaded to website TweetPhoto by user @jmatuk. The application will have all Twitter features including integration with your BlackBerry main [...]
Foursquare now on BlackBerry
If you have not heard of Foursquare you loosing up on what’s hot on the net. Foursquare is a location based social network that incorporates gaming elements. The way the game works is you enter the location where you are located. You can check-in to places, this way you earn points and badges as rewards. [...]
BlackBerry Curve 8530 Now on Telus
The latest CDMA device, BlackBerry Curve 8530 finally shows up on the Telus website. The Curve 8530 is available with a 1-year contract for $299.99 and a 2-year plan for $249.99. Also an insane 3-year contract for $49.99 is available. Telus got some really cool silver and red color phones instead of your normal black [...]
BlackBerry Tour2 9650 coming to Verizon Wireless
For those who waited for Tour2 (9650) aka Essex it was finally spotted by a Verizon Wireless employee while browsing Cellebrite. Cellebrite, is a system used to transfer contacts from one phone to another. Blackberry Tour2 pictures can be seen at the BGR website for those wanting to see what the device looks like. This [...]