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RIM planning 10- and 7-inch PlayBooks for 2012 tips roadmap leak

Chris Davies, Jan 17th 2012 Discuss [6]

RIM has two more BlackBerry PlayBook tablets in the pipeline for 2012, according to a roadmap leak, including a 10-inch LTE-enabled model targeting late holiday sales. Despite the poor reception of the first-gen PlayBook - recently slashed to just $299 apiece - product information leaked to N4BB indicates a new 7-inch "3G+" PlayBook is expected in April, with a 10-inch LTE-equipped PlayBook due in December. There's also word on when we might expect to see the first BlackBerry 10 smartphones; more after the cut. Read The Full Story

BlackBerry Curve 9360 with BlackBerry 7 announced for T-Mobile

Chris Burns, Sep 21st 2011 Discuss [4]

Since all the way back on the 23rd of August we've been waiting for the BlackBerry Curve 9360, and today we get to see it popping up first on T-Mobile. This device is one of several BlackBerry devices to be the first to feature both the latest BlackBerry 7 mobile operating system and the BlackBerry 7 Webkit-browser. This particular curve is designed specifically to intercept those customers around the world looking to upgrade from a feature phone OR update their already-loved earlier model Curve. Look like the BlackBerry for you? Read The Full Story

RIM unveils new BlackBerry Curve smartphones

Rue Liu, Aug 23rd 2011 Discuss [1]

RIM announced today three new models for its BlackBerry Curve smartphone series that will run the BlackBerry 7 OS---the BlackBerry Curve 9350, 9360, and 9370. Designed for the mid-tier market, these new handsets are affordable, easy-to-use, full-featured, and socially-connected. They will be excellent for customers upgrading from a feature phone or a previous generation BlackBerry Curve. Read The Full Story

Verizon Release Dates Leaked For Droid Bionic, XOOM 4G, And More

Rue Liu, Aug 4th 2011 Discuss [17]

An internal Verizon document has leaked, revealing the exact launch dates for several phones and tablets that we've all been eagerly awaiting. Some of these devices have already been announced, some have only been rumored, and one in particular is way past due. Read The Full Story

BlackBerry Curve 9360 outed: Oddly absent from RIM’s reveal

Chris Davies, Aug 3rd 2011 Discuss [1]

RIM has no shortage of phones to show us this morning - the Torch 9850/9860 for one, and the Torch 9810 - but one thing it didn't bring was a new Curve. That's strange, since it seems to have one waiting in the wings: OneMobileRing has apparently received a production-ready BlackBerry Curve 9360, the replacement to RIM's Curve 3G 9100 from last year. Read The Full Story

Bank Of America Testing Mobile Wallet With NFC BlackBerry Smartphones

Rue Liu, Feb 25th 2011 Discuss [0]

The time when you can pay for that Starbucks coffee with the swipe of your BlackBerry may very well be upon us. A source from BGR claims that Bank of America has begun testing out its new Mobile Wallet service that uses NFC technology for mobile payments. Read The Full Story

RIM’s BlackBerry Curve 3G for Sprint Announced

Evan Selleck, Sep 15th 2010 Discuss [0]

The Curve lineage is one of BlackBerry customer's favorites. Featuring a pretty slim form factor and one of the best uses of a full physical QWERTY keyboard to date, it's the total BlackBerry package in a body that most everyone can enjoy. Building off that success, Research In Motion today have officially announced the future availability of the next Curve device: the Curve 3G. The model number is 9330, for those technical fans, and it will be available for your purchase in just a matter of weeks. Read The Full Story

Vodafone UK BlackBerry Curve 3G goes on sale

Chris Davies, Aug 24th 2010 Discuss [0]

The BlackBerry Curve 3G (aka the Curve 9300) has arrived on Vodafone UK, two weeks after RIM made the QWERTY smartphone official. Priced from free with a new agreement (of £25+ per month), the Curve 3G has a 2.8-inch QVGA display, triband UMTS/HSPA and GPS, along with WiFi b/g/n and Bluetooth 2.1. Read The Full Story

BlackBerry Curve 9300 on sale on Rogers ahead of official unveil

Chris Davies, Aug 5th 2010 Discuss [3]

It's no Torch but the BlackBerry Curve 9300 has gone up for sale through Canadian carrier Rogers Wireless, despite not having been officially announced by RIM themselves. As expected, the Curve 9300 is pretty much an 8520 with a hot injection of 3G. $79.99 - and a three-year agreement - gets you the handset, complete with a 3-megapixel camera, dual-band UMTS/HSPA, a 2.8-inch QVGA display but not, despite what Rogers' spec sheet reckons, Android 2.1 as the OS. Read The Full Story

Android ahead of iPhone OS in Q1 2010 US smartphone market

Chris Davies, May 10th 2010 Discuss [2]

Analysts NPD are claiming that, by their count, Android has crept past Apple to take the number two spot of most popular smartphone operating systems in the US. Based on figures from Q1 2010, Android-based devices accounted for 28-percent of smartphone unit sales, ahead of Apple's iPhone OS at 21-percent but still lagging behind RIM's BlackBerry OS at 36-percent. Read The Full Story

BlackBerry Curve 8910 spotted with optical pad

Chris Davies, Jan 12th 2010 Discuss [0]

RIM's new crush, the optical control pad, is slowly making its way through the company's line, and it looks as though the next handset to lose its trackball will be the BlackBerry Curve 8900. According to BerryReview you're looking at the BlackBerry Curve 8910, the most obvious change being its new navigation controller. Read The Full Story

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RIM: Time to Bend the BlackBerry to the Consumer Curve

Joanna Stern, Nov 24th 2009 Discuss [4]

Last week the trackball on my BlackBerry Curve decided to quit on me. The thing couldn’t roll down a hill if it tried and, well, the phone’s dated version of the operating system was starting to make me look like a mobile T-Rex. (I always thought if I were to be a dinosaur, I’d be a T-Rex.)

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