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BlackBerry Curve 9300 on sale on Rogers ahead of official unveil

, 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

, 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

, 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

RIM: Time to Bend the BlackBerry to the Consumer Curve

, 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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BlackBerry Curve2 confirmed in Verizon leaked holiday line-up

, Oct 27th 2009 Discuss [0]

Verizon's holiday line-up has leaked, and it includes not only a full page spread of the Android-based Motorola Droid but confirms the incoming Curve2, aka the WiFi enabled 85xx series BlackBerry Curve.  Already announced over at T-Mobile, there's no specific launch date attached to the CDMA Curve2, but we're hoping that its presence in a holiday guide indicates a release before the end of the year. Read The Full Story

AT&T BlackBerry Curve 8900 on sale early

, May 21st 2009 Discuss [0]

We weren't expecting it until tomorrow, but the BlackBerry Curve 8900 has been listed on AT&T's website as available to buy.  Priced at $199.99 following a $100 mail-in rebate, the phone has a full QWERTY keyboard, EDGE data connection and WiFi. Read The Full Story

AT&T BlackBerry Curve 8900 on sale May 22nd

, May 20th 2009 Discuss [0]

AT&T have announced that the BlackBerry Curve 8900 will go on sale in the US on Friday May 22nd.  Priced at $199.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate, the Curve 8900 is the slimmest full-QWERTY BlackBerry to date, and packs quadband GSM/GPRS/EDGE data, WiFi b/g and GPS, together with a 3.2-megapixel camera, 480 x 360 display and microSD/SDHC card slot (happy with cards up to 32GB). Read The Full Story

BlackBerry Curve 8520 reviewed: okay for entry-level

, May 5th 2009 Discuss [2]

A pre-production BlackBerry Curve 8520 has fallen into the esteemed hands of CrackBerry, and they've done the honorable thing and thoroughly reviewed it.  Intended as an entry-level handset, the EDGE-only Curve 8520 - aka the BlackBerry Gemini - isn't going to impress in the smartphone playground when it comes to features, but that doesn't stop it from being quietly competent when it comes to build and hand-feel. Read The Full Story

AT&T set to get BlackBerry Curve 8900 in the summer

, May 4th 2009 Discuss [0]

Well, it looks like AT&T is the next carrier in line to get their hands on the BlackBerry Curve 8900. This latest offering will be a serious update from the 8300 model with improved specs and performance expected. T-Mobile and Rogers already have the latest Curve, which features a 3.2-megapixel camera, Wi-Fi, GPS and a 480 x 360 display. It also has the newest BlackBerry operating system. The AT&T version of the BlackBerry 8900 will be a tad different, however. Specifically, it won't feature Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA) support for VoIP. However, it will have AT&T Navigator, XM Radio Mobile and Yellow Pages. We don't know how much the phone will cost on AT&T, but they are likely to keep it competitive with T-Mobile, which is currently priced at $149.99 with a two-year contract. The release date is also unknown, though expected to fall within the early summer months.

BlackBerry Curve ousts iPhone 3G from US smartphone top-spot

, May 4th 2009 Discuss [0]

The iPhone 3G's seemingly unstoppable dominance at the top of the US smartphone sales chart has come to an end, with the BlackBerry Curve 83xx-series snatching the number one position in Q1 2009.  Smartphones make up 23-percent of handset sales; Apple and Palm both saw their smartphone share decline by 10-percent each over the course of the quarter, while RIM's share increased to almost 50-percent.

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T-Mobile BlackBerry Curve 8900 goes on general sale

, Feb 11th 2009 Discuss [0]

If you've been clutching your penny jar, waiting anxiously to buy the BlackBerry Curve 8900 and cursing your lack of a business account with T-Mobile, it's time to breath out.  The Curve 8900 is now available to all customers, not just enterprise ones, with a ticket price of $199.99 after a $200 instant-rebate (hurrah!) and a $100 mail-in one (boo hiss). Read The Full Story

BlackBerry Gemini 9300 leaks: the 3G Curve

, Feb 9th 2009 Discuss [0]

Details of RIM's replacement to the BlackBerry Curve have leaked, with the handset believed to be called the BlackBerry Gemini 9300.  The biggest difference between the Curve and the BlackBerry 9300 will be the inclusion of triband UMTS/HSDPA, but the handset will also include a more powerful CPU, slightly redesigned keyboard and silver casing. Read The Full Story
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