Verizon and Sprint are both having post-holiday sales, with discounted smartphones and tablets
If you didn’t manage to pick up a new gadget before the holidays, or if you simply were lucky enough to receive some cash as a gift, you may want to know that both Verizon and Sprint have some post-holiday offers for you to look at. All the following prices are only valid if you [...]
Porsche Design BlackBerry P’9981 now on sale in the UK, yours for £1,275
The Porsche Design BlackBerry P’9981 was announced in October. This is clearly not a phone for those on a tight budget. It’s probably for those of you who think Vertu is a cool brand, but can’t really afford any of its products. Or you can, but you’re simply addicted to your BlackBerry (apparently there still [...]
UK: Carphone Warehouse starts huge clearance sale, discounts galore on smartphones and tablets
Ah, it’s that time of the year again. When retailers large and small start to push price cut after price cut and promo sale after promo sale. So if you’re in the UK and still are willing to buy a smartphone or a tablet, listen up. The Carphone Warehouse has just started a mega winter [...]
BlackBerry Bold 9790 shows up at Orange UK
Already confirmed for Vodafone and O2, the BlackBerry Bold 9790 will be also released by Orange in the UK. The new smartphone is currently listed as “coming soon” over at Orange’s website. There’s no mention on when exactly the network will launch it, but it’s probably going to happen in January (when O2 and Vodafone [...]
Sprint After Christmas Sale to include HTC Evo 3D, Evo Shift 4G, Evo View 4G, and BlackBerry Playbook
Sprint will hold a sale just after Christmas, obviously giving customers the opportunity to buy some smartphones and tablets at discounted prices. For example, the HTC Evo 3D will be only $99.99 on contract (down from $199.99). Other devices included: HTC Evo Shift 4G ($49.99), HTC Evo View 4G ($199.99), BlackBerry PlayBook ($199.99), and Samsung [...]
SIM free BlackBerry Bold 9790 to be out on January 9 in the UK
Already available in Canada and India, the BlackBerry Bold 9790 will be out in the UK soon, too. We’ve previously reported that the 9790 would be released by O2 UK sometime in January, and now we have a more exact release date for the new smartphone: January 9. Retailer MobileFun says it will start selling [...]
RIM’s next PlayBook tablet to have LTE, 1280 x 768 display?
RIM’s PlayBook tablet saw poor sales since the very first day it was launched, and probably that’s why the company gave up its plans to introduce WiMax and LTE versions of it. But a new build of PlayBook OS, namely PlayBook 2.0, is scheduled to arrive in February – and we will likely see a [...]
New BlackBerry Milan QWERTY slider leaked, will run BlackBerry 10
Not long after we’ve seen the BlackBerry London, here’s another unannounced RIM smartphone that the company reportedly readies for next year: the BlackBerry Milan. Like the London, the BlackBerry Milan comes in a large touchscreen display. What’s more, it also has a sliding QWERTY keyboard. Interestingly, CrackBerry reports that all the “next generation BlackBerry devices [...]
BlackBerry Porsche Design P’9981 hits the FCC with AT&T 3G bands
The BlackBerry Porsche Design P’9981 – RIM’s new luxurious smartphone designed in collaboration with Porsche – has been approved by the FCC (with the model number REQ71UW). While this doesn’t necessarily mean the device will be released in the US, it’s worth mentioning that the FCC has approved it to work on WCDMA 850MHz and [...]
BlackBerry Bold 9790 now available in Canada at Bell, Telus, Rogers, Koodo and Virgin
The BlackBerry Bold 9790 was announced a few weeks ago as a more affordable variant of the Bold 9900, RIM’s current flagship in the ‘classic BlackBerry’ form factor. The 9790 has a 2.44-inch 480×360 touchscreen, a 1 GHz processor, 5 MP camera, 8 GB of built-in storage space, microSD card support, NFC, and the usual [...]
BlackBerry Curve 9380 launched by O2 UK
Today, O2 has launched the BlackBerry Curve 9380 in the UK, becoming the first British network to offer RIM’s new affordable smartphone. O2’s Curve 9380 is free on plans starting at £21.50 (with a 24 month contract), or at £32 (with an 18 month contract). You can buy it here. The 9380 runs BlackBerry OS [...]
BlackBerry Bold 9790, Curve 9380 and Curve 9350 officially announced in India
RIM has announced that three of its new smartphones (which all run BlackBerry OS 7) would be available in India starting the very first day of December. The smartphones are: BlackBerry Bold 9790, BlackBerry Curve 9380, and BlackBerry Curve 9350. The Bold 9790 features a 2.4 inch touchscreen display with 480 x 360 pixels, full [...]
BlackBerry Curve 9380 now up for pre-order with Orange UK contracts, free from £20.50 per month
The BlackBerry Curve 9380 was announced recently as a more budget-friendly alternative to the Torch 9860 which was launched earlier this year. Naturally, to achieve its more affordable price, the Curve 9380 has some lower-end specs compared to its big brother, but it’s still an interesting device nonetheless, being the cheapest full touch BlackBerry. The [...]
BlackBerry Curve 9380 pre-orders start in the UK from £319.99 (SIM-free), shipping on November 28
The recently announced BlackBerry Curve 9380 is headed to the UK. So far we’ve heard that O2 was going to carry it, and now it’s already up for pre-order at some retailers in SIM-free and unlocked form. Play.com offers the Curve 9380 for £319.99. Unfortunately the shop doesn’t list an exact shipping date, instead saying that [...]
T-Mobile USA to launch the BlackBerry Bold 9900 in white
Released by T-Mobile USA in a black version back in August, the BlackBerry Bold 9900 should also be available via the fourth largest US carrier in white soon. There’s no word on how soon exactly, but the image seen below pretty much confirms the existence of a white T-Mo-branded 9900. Just like the black edition, [...]
Blackberry Playbook to go on sale for $199.99 at select retail stores in the US and Canada
Everyone remembers when the HP Touchpad went on sale for $99 and was sold out extremely quickly. Well, we’ve been hearing a lot about the Playbook going on sale for $199.99 at a few retail stores the past few days, but it was mostly rumors and tips. Today, the sale has been confirmed by Blackberry’s [...]
BlackBerry Bold 9790 headed to Vodafone, O2 UK
Expected to be launched in Canada soon, the new BlackBerry Bold 9790 is (unsurprisingly) coming to Europe, too. In the UK, both O2 and Vodafone will sell the Bold 9790, but it looks like this is not going to happen before the end of the year. O2’s official website currently states that the 9790 will [...]
T-Mobile discounting the HTC Amaze 4G, Galaxy S II and other devices this Saturday
T-Mobile USA has announced the “Magenta Saturday” sale, which will be held this Saturday (November 19), allowing customers to buy select smartphones or tablets at lower than usual prices. Among the smartphones that you’ll be able to get for a $49.99 net down payment (after mail-in rebates that can go up to $150) from T-Mo [...]
BlackBerry Bold 9790 and Curve 9380 priced at Telus
Not long after Rogers announced it would offer the BlackBerry Bold 9790 in Canada in time for the holidays, Telus has done the same thing. Even more, Telus has unveiled that it’s going to sell the BlackBerry Curve 9380, too. Both the Bold 9790 and Curve 9380 have already appeared at Telus’ official website, here [...]
BlackBerry Bold 9790 announced by Rogers, Curve 9380 announced by O2 UK
Officially unveiled by RIM earlier today, the new BlackBerry Bold 9790 has been confirmed by Rogers, which said it would launch it in Canada “in time for the holiday gift-giving season” for an price that hasn’t been disclosed. Of course, we already knew that the 9790 was headed to Rogers, but nothing’s better than a [...]