Verizon BlackBerry Curve 8530, Samsung u640 Convoy and Casio G’Zone Brigade
Apart from announcing the HTC Droid Eris and launching the LG Chocolate Touch, Verizon has also announced the BlackBerry Curve 8530 and Samsung Convoy today.
Previously known as BlackBerry Aries, the Curve 8530 is the CDMA version of T-Mobile’s BlackBerry 8520.
The 8530 features EV-DO connectivity, Wi-Fi, GPS, full QWERTY keyboard, QVGA display, optical trackpad, 3.5mm headset [...]
Sprint readies lots of HTC Android phones, BlackBerries, WiMax phones and more
Sprint announced quite a few interesting phones lately, including the Palm Pixi, Samsung Instinct HD, Samsung Intrepid, Samsung Moment and HTC Hero.
Well, the third largest US carrier prepares even more surprises for 2010.
According to GearLog, Sprint executive David Owens has just unveiled some of the carrier’s plans for next year.
Reportedly, Sprint plans to launch [...]
Verizon announces the BlackBerry Storm2 for October 28
Today, Verizon has finally announced the release date and price of its BlackBerry Storm2 – ten days after Vodafone went official with its own version of the new Storm.
So, Verizon customers will be able to buy the Storm2 starting October 28 – the same date when Verizon and Motorola are hosting their Droid event.
With a [...]
Google Maps 3.2 brings Layers to BlackBerry
Google Maps for mobiles version 3.2 is now compatible with RIM’s BlackBerry smartphones, offering users most of the features already available for Symbian S60 and Windows Mobile.
One of the nicest new features available now for BlackBerry is Layers. With Layers, users can quickly view various types of info directly on their maps. There are different [...]
Samsung, LG, RIM and Sharp will support JIL widget specs
The Joint Innovation Lab (JIL), whose members include Verizon, Vodafone, China Mobile and Softbank, announced that top handset makers agreed to support the JIL widget specification in phones released starting the first quarter of 2010.
The handset makers are: Samsung, LG, Research in Motion and Sharp. It is the first time when giant phone manufactures announce [...]
BlackBerry Bold 9700 now official, AT&T, T-Mobile and Rogers will carry it
One week after it made an appearance on T-Mobile Germany’s website, the BlackBerry Bold 9700 (aka BlackBerry Onyx) has now been officially announced by RIM.
The 9700 is pretty much an improved and better looking BlackBerry Bold 9000. It runs BlackBerry OS 5.0 and it’s RIM’s second smartphone to have an optical trackpad (after the Curve [...]
RIM’s BlackBerry Bluetooth Watch (inPulse) shows up
That BlackBerry Bluetooth Watch we first heard about in August seems to be a real device after all, as two photos of it have just appeared on the Web, along with some technical details.
According to CrackBerry, the watch will come as an accessory “designed specifically for BlackBerry from the ground up.” It has a nice [...]
BlackBerry Bold 9700 shows up at T-Mobile Germany
Although it’s not properly announced (like the BlackBerry Storm2 for Vodafone), BlackBerry Bold 9700 has made an official appearance on T-Mobile Germany’s website, where we can see that the smartphone will be available for purchase sometime in November.
Also known as BlackBerry Onyx, the Bold 9700 is obviously the successor of BlackBerry Bold 9000, which is [...]
Vodafone’s BlackBerry Storm2 9520 officially coming on October 26
BlackBerry Storm2 was officially announced by Vodafone, just hours after we saw it appearing in an official promo video.
Vodafone’s Storm2 (model name 9520) will be available in the following countries: UK, Ireland, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, France, Italy and South Africa.
According to this pre-order page, Vodafone UK will ship the Storm2 starting October 26.
As expected, the [...]
Verizon to offer two BlackBerry Storm2 phones for the price of one?
Currently, if you buy any BlackBerry smartphone from Verizon (except for the Tour), you can get another one for free, thanks to Verizon’s Buy One Get One (BOGO) promotion.
According to BlackBerry Rocks (the website is down right now), the unannounced BlackBerry Storm2 will be included in the promotion as well.
Unfortunately, there’s nothing official about this [...]