BlackBerry Bold 9900 now available at Orange UK, free from £41 per month
In the UK, so far if you wanted to purchase a BlackBerry Bold 9900 on contract, Vodafone was more or less your only option. So if you didn’t favor Big Red or had an ongoing relationship with another operator, there wasn’t much you could (inexpensively) do. That changes today, although it’s only good news if [...]
BlackBerry Torch 9810 and 9860 now available in the UK
Two of the newest BlackBerry smartphones which come with a touchscreen are now finally available to purchase in the UK. The BlackBerry Torch 9810 and Torch 9860 sport very similar names, yet their predecessors couldn’t be more different. If the 9810 is, as implied by its model number, the successor to the Torch 9800, even [...]
Sprint’s LG Marquee, BlackBerry Curve 9350, and Kyocera Duramax now available
Yesterday was a big day for Sprint, as many Sundays are (since the carrier loves to release new handsets on that particular day of the week). Not as big as tomorrow may end up being, but still, three new devices have hit the streets – and Sprint’s shelves. The newly available handsets are the LG [...]
BlackBerry Curve 9360 now available in the UK, free from £20.50 per month, £329.95 SIM-free
A bit more than a month has passed since its official announcement, and RIM’s new BlackBerry Curve 9360 is now available in the UK. The Curve 9360 is one of the most affordable BlackBerry smartphones, and comes in that classic BlackBerry form factor. So it should appeal to those who want to become a part [...]
Canada: BlackBerry Bold 9900 now available at Mobilicity, comes with three months free BIS
After almost five months since its official introduction to the world, the BlackBerry Bold 9900 is now being sold by Mobilicity too. The smartphone that features the iconic BlackBerry form factor but has a touchscreen thrown in for good measure will probably be one of RIM’s most successful products of 2011, since it provides both [...]
Sprint will launch the BlackBerry Curve 9350 on October 2
Contrary to previous rumors, Sprint’s new BlackBerry Curve 9350 did not become available earlier this month. That said, the carrier has certainly not forgotten about the affordable smartphone running BlackBerry OS 7 and sporting that ‘classic’ BlackBerry form factor. Thanks to a leaked Sprint document (shown below), we now know that the Curve 9350 is [...]
BlackBerry Torch 9860 launches in India, priced at Rs. 28,490
The BlackBerry Torch 9860 has been officially launched in India today. It follows in the footsteps of two other recently unveiled BlackBerry smartphones, the Torch 9810 and the Bold 9900, which have already made it to India. All three aforementioned devices run the latest BlackBerry OS 7, of course. The BlackBerry Torch 9860 is the [...]
T-Mobile BlackBerry Curve 9360 will be available on September 28 for $79.99
Last month, RIM announced its latest line of affordable BlackBerry Curve smartphones, including the Curve 9360. Ever since, we’ve known that this particular device was bound to hit T-Mobile sooner or later. And while at some point that was rumored to happen on September 14, that turned out to be false so the magenta carrier [...]
BlackBerry Torch 9860 will be available in the UK on October 3
The BlackBerry Torch 9860, codenamed Monza, was officially unveiled last month. This is RIM’s successor to the failed Storm series, meaning it’s a full touch device – no physical QWERTY in sight. In the UK, pre-orders for this model in its SIM-free and unlocked form have started about three weeks ago. Back then we had [...]
New BlackBerry Curve 9380 poses alongside the Torch 9850
Not long after we’ve seen the BlackBerry Bold 9790 in a set of leaked photos, now we have the chance to take a look at yet another unannounced RIM smartphone, namely the BlackBerry Curve 9380 (also known as BlackBerry Orlando). The 9380 is not a high-end device, but it’s certainly interesting: it is the first [...]
New BlackBerry Bold 9790 shows up in hands-on photos
There’s a new and unannounced BlackBerry smartphone that’s waiting to be officially unveiled by RIM, and it’s called BlackBerry Bold 9790. Obviously the successor to the Bold 9700 and Bold 9780, the 9790 has appeared in a set of hands-on photos over at BGR (although we can’t actually see any hands). The Bold 9790 is [...]
BlackBerry Curve 9360 to cost $230 at T-Mobile USA (off contract)
Officially announced at the end of August alongside its 9350 and 9370 CDMA versions, the BlackBerry Curve 9860 will be released by T-Mobile USA soon. Rumor has it that it’s going to happen on September 14, but we can’t be sure of that just yet. What we can tell you is that the new Curve [...]
Verizon officially intros the BlackBerry Torch 9850
Verizon Wireless has confirmed the launch date of its BlackBerry Torch 9850 (already available at Sprint and US Cellular): September 8. Starting this day, customers will be able to buy the 9850 online. The handset will also be available in stores, but only after September 15. Verizon will ask $199.99 (new 2-yr contract required) for [...]
BlackBerry Torch 9860, Torch 9810 and Curve 9360 show up at O2 UK’s website
We’ve already told you that O2 UK would release the BlackBerry Torch 9860, Torch 9810 and Curve 9360, but now we know when exactly it’s going to happen. According to O2′s Coming Soon webpage, the new RIM smartphones will be launched later this month. All of them run BlackBerry OS 7, and are made for [...]
BlackBerry Torch 9810 now up for pre-order on contract in the UK, free from £31 per month
If you’re in the UK and are lusting after RIM’s new BlackBerry Torch 9810, you now have one more opportunity to pre-order one such device. You have been able to do just that for a while now, but only if you wanted a SIM-free, contract-free, unlocked handset. If, however, you don’t mind signing a long-term [...]
T-Mobile BlackBerry Bold 9900 4G now available for $299.99
Just as expected, T-Mobile’s BlackBerry Bold 9900 4G has become available today. The magenta carrier charges a pretty hefty $299.99 for RIM’s first Bold Touch handset, and that’s with a new two-year contract and after a $50 mail-in rebate. Still, if you absolutely must have the touch-enabled Bold 9900 and T-Mobile is your carrier of [...]
Verizon BlackBerry Torch 9850 launch date leaked
Verizon is going to launch the BlackBerry Torch 9850 soon, that much we already know. But when? Well, thanks to a leaked screengrab of a Verizon internal system, we now know. The BlackBerry Torch 9850 is the CDMA version of the successor to the failed Storm series. The Torch 9850, like its GSM-based brother, the [...]
Rogers BlackBerry Curve 9360 pricing leaks
Like all the other major Canadian carriers, Rogers will sell the BlackBerry Curve 9360, RIM’s affordable smartphone sporting that ‘classic’ BlackBerry look. Rogers may not have joined some of its competitors in already offering the Curve 9360, but it plans to do just that at some point in the near future. Rogers has already announced [...]
Canada: BlackBerry Torch 9860 now available at Telus, Bold 9900 and Torch 9810 get discounted
The recently-announced successor to the not so successful BlackBerry Storm series, the BlackBerry Torch 9860, is now finally available in Canada via Telus, just as previous info indicated it would be. So if you’re interested in a full-touchscreen BlackBerry, here are the details. Telus asks $99.99 for the Torch 9860 if you get it with [...]
Pre-orders for SIM-free BlackBerry Curve 9360, Torch 9810, and Torch 9860 start in the UK
If you’re in the UK and are lusting after RIM’s newest smartphones, then you’re in luck. Well, sort of. Three of the latest batch of BlackBerry devices are now available to pre-order in their SIM-free and unlocked form, however deliveries are only expected to start in October. So you still have some waiting to do. [...]