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Celio REDFLY BlackBerry drivers released

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Nov 3rd 2009 1 Comment

Celio have finally released their software driver for BlackBerry owners wishing to use the company's REDFLY "Mobile Companion" device.  Announced back in September, the new software means the BlackBerry's display can be replicated on the netbook-sized REDFLY C8N and C7 terminals, with users able to take advantage of a larger keyboard and a trackpad for navigation.

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BlackBerry Tour 9630 returns high as 50% claims analyst [UPDATED]

By Chris Davies on Friday, Sep 18th 2009 No Comments

According to research done by analyst David Eller at TownHall Investment Research, return rates of BlackBerry Tour 9630 handsets to Sprint and Verizon might be as high as 50-percent.  The most frequent complaint is believed to be problems with the QWERTY smartphone’s trackball, but somewhat bizarrely Eller also claims that people are “complaining about the sensitivity of the touch screen”.  We’d suggest that’s probably because the Tour doesn’t actually have a touchscreen.

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Celio add BlackBerry support to REDFLY smartphone companions

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Sep 17th 2009 No Comments

Celio are still attempting to carve out a niche for themselves in the “smartphone companion” segment, and to do that they’ve expanded support from Windows Mobile to BlackBerry handsets.  Select RIM smartphones can now link up to Celio’s REDFLY netbook-style terminals, giving users a bigger display and larger keyboard for easier messaging, working and internet browsing.

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Video demo after the cut

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RIM acquire WebKit browser specialists Torch Mobile

By Chris Davies on Monday, Aug 24th 2009 No Comments

blackberry tour 9630 540x337RIM have acquired Torch Mobile, the software developers behind the WebKit-based Iris Browser.  The move will see Torch Mobile’s developers working to deliver a new browser to BlackBerry handsets; WebKit is the engine underlying the iPhone’s Mobile Safari and the rendering core of Android handsets.  It follows RIM’s revelations that it plans to put full Flash onto its handsets.

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BlackBerry Tour 9630 hits Verizon and Sprint

By Chris Davies on Monday, Jul 13th 2009 No Comments

Having promised their respective versions back in June, both Sprint and Verizon have now officially released the BlackBerry Tour 9630.  In effect the 3G version of the Curve, we reviewed the Tour 9630 over at PhoneMag and came away impressed by its usable QWERTY keyboard and sturdy build.

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SlashGear Week in Review – Week 25 2009

By Chris Davies on Sunday, Jun 21st 2009 No Comments

We’ve been singularly cellularly obsessed here at SlashGear over the past seven days, and it’ll come as no surprise that the run-up to the iPhone 3G S has occupied much of our attention.  The new Apple smartphone may not look much different to its predecessor, but if our hands-on first impressions are anything to go by, Cupertino have done their best to make the user-experience as polished as the casing.  Still, it’s not just shiny Apple hardware that’s caught our eye this week; Novatel Wireless’ GSM MiFi 2352 piqued our interest when we talked to the company themselves on Monday, and  then proceeded to impress us considerably in our full review.

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RIM BlackBerry Tour 9630 detailed [Video]

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Jun 16th 2009 No Comments

rim blackberry tour 9630Sprint and Verizon may be keeping relatively quiet about the BlackBerry Tour 9630’s functionality, but unsurprisingly RIM themselves are pretty keen to get the news out there about exactly what their new “world phone” can do.  The smartphone is primarily intended to use CDMA EVDO Rev.A connectivity, but it also packs UMTS/HSPA 2100MHz support and quadband GSM/GPRS/EDGE for use when abroad.

Elsewhere there’s a 480 x 340 resolution display, 3.2-megapixel camera with autofocus and image stabilization, and 256MB of onboard storage with a microSD card to augment that.  The Tour 9630 also has GPS with support for photo geotagging.

Video overview after the cut 

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Verizon BlackBerry Tour coming too: EVDO plus HSPA roaming

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Jun 16th 2009 No Comments

Verizon isn’t letting Sprint have all the BlackBerry Tour fun, and while there’s no official press release as yet the smartphone has shown up on the carrier’s site.  Tipped for a Verizon launch back in May, when the smartphone was spotted in the carrier’s inventory system, there’s no sign of a specific release date.

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BlackBerry Tour 9630 specs leak: Arrives in Canada mid-July

By Chris Davies on Friday, Jun 5th 2009 No Comments

It looks, judging by these images, like someone has been faxing something they shouldn’t have, but when the leak is a detailed spec-sheet for the BlackBerry Tour 9630 we won’t quibble over it coming on thermal paper.  According to MobileSyrup’s source, the Tour 9630 will arrive on Canadian carrier Bell in mid-July, bringing with it an HVGA 480 x 360 display, 3.2-megapixel autofocus camera with flash, quadband GSM/GPRS/EDGE, 2100MHz UMTS/HSPA and 800/1900MHz EVDO Rev.A.

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BlackBerry Tour 9630 spotted in Verizon inventory

By Chris Davies on Friday, May 15th 2009 No Comments

verizon blackberry tour 9630 inventory listingThe BlackBerry Tour 9630 has made an appearance in Verizon’s internal inventory systems, although according to the tipster the smartphones themselves are not yet in stock.  Expected to go on sale as of July 13th, the BlackBerry Tour is believed to sit underneath the BlackBerry Bold in terms of range position, with a price tag of $199 with a two-year contract

As for specifications, RIM are yet to make anything official but the Tour 9630 is believed to be a cross between their Curve and Bold handsets.  It will have EVDO Rev.A connectivity, together with quadband GSM for global roaming, a 480 x 320 display and a 3.2-megapixel camera with video recording capabilities.

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