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 BlackBerry Torch 9810 now up for pre-order, shipping November 9
T-Mobile has announced earlier that it will start selling the BlackBerry Torch 9810 too. The magenta carrier will have the new smartphone in stores on November 9, which is exactly one week from now. The BlackBerry Torch 9810 will be up for pre-order at T-Mobile starting today (although right now the pre-orders aren’t live yet). [...]
BlackBerry Colt to be the first BBX superphone, specs leaked alongside an image
Last week, RIM officially announced BBX, its next-gen operating system that will marry the QNX-based OS currently found on the PlayBook with the BlackBerry OS that’s powering all of the company’s smartphones at the moment. RIM gave no indication of when BBX will be inside shipping devices, but back in August we heard mumblings about [...]
BlackBerry Bold 9790 will be out in November, BlackBerry OS 7.1 later this year
We’ve seen the upcoming BlackBerry Bold 9790 back in September, when it had some pictures taken alongside its bigger brother, the Bold 9900. The 9790 is going to be the successor to the 9700 and 9780, and a cross between those devices and the new 9900. RIM has even inadvertently confirmed the existence of this [...]
UK: 16 GB BlackBerry PlayBook sees price cut to £249
The BlackBerry PlayBook may be running an entirely new, not-BlackBerry operating system, but that doesn’t mean that RIM’s first tablet is selling well. Or at least not as well as RIM would have liked it to. It’s clear that the PlayBook, at this moment, is more of a niche device than a competitor for Apple’s [...]
RIM announces BlackBerry BBX, the OS that will merge the PlayBook’s QNX with BlackBerry OS
Earlier today, RIM has officially announced its next mobile operating system, dubbed BlackBerry BBX. This will merge RIM’s two current operating systems, the BlackBerry OS seen on its smartphone range, and QNX, which powers RIM’s first (and as of yet only) tablet, the PlayBook. This move was expected and makes perfect sense. It’s also quite [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]