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Slacker BlackBerry Storm streaming radio client released

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Feb 4th 2009 1 Comment

Like it or love it, there are a whole lot of people out there looking at two years with their new BlackBerry Storm, so they may as well have some streaming entertainment to occupy them. Slacker have announced a version of its free internet radio app for the touchscreen RIM smartphone, complete with 100 expert-programmed Slacker stations, over 10,000 artist stations or umpteen custom stations. Interestingly, you can listen to music even without a network connection, thanks to Slacker’s station caching.

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OS 4.7.0.99 for BlackBerry Storm 9530 leaks

By Chris Davies on Monday, Feb 2nd 2009 1 Comment

blackberry storm 4 0 7 99 leak Another unofficial firmware update for the BlackBerry Storm has leaked, version 4.7.0.99. The new software is seemingly only for the Storm 9530, however, not the 9500, but brings with it reportedly increased stability and faster applications.

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SlashGear Week in Review: Week 5 2009

By Chris Davies on Sunday, Feb 1st 2009 No Comments

We opened the week with our first-impressions of the T-Mobile BlackBerry Curve 8900, a surprisingly adept smartphone that’s managed to impress despite the absence of 3G. We’ve also been playing with Vuzix’s iWear AV230XL OLED video headset, and the VIA Artigo A2000 Barebone Storage Server. Finally, if you prefer your gadgets with a bit of (artificial) flesh on their bones, take a look at our Orbita Mouse unboxing; we’ll have the full review this coming week.

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OtterBox Defender case for BlackBerry Storm announced

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Jan 29th 2009 No Comments

Whether its left you screaming in frustration or cooing in delight, the last thing you want is to see your BlackBerry Storm smashed on the cold, harsh ground. Happily OtterBox have finally wheeled out one of their sturdy cases for the touchscreen smartphone, and while it won’t make it water-resistant, it will add protection against drops, bumps and dust.

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BlackBerry Curve 8900 from T-Mobile Initial Impressions

By Vincent Nguyen on Tuesday, Jan 27th 2009 No Comments

With the arguments over the BlackBerry Storm (review part 1 & 2)still raging, it’s going to take a solid, dependable smartphone from RIM to settle some users down. The BlackBerry Curve 8900 on T-Mobile might just be that device: a more traditional full-QWERTY form-factor than some of RIM’s recent diversions, SlashGear has been spending some time with a pre-release 8900 and have some first-impressions in advance of our full review.

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As looks go, the 8900 doesn’t break any new ground for RIM. Happily, the Curve family has always been blessed with handsome looks and sturdy build, and this latest device is no different. Solid and tough, it’s also surprisingly light and compact, nestling well in the hand. The display is amazingly crisp, an area which RIM have been excelling in recently with both the Bold and the Storm, and the latest BlackBerry OS 4.61.114 does its usual job of making the majority of functions available from the first level of menus. The keyboard, while not as aesthetically pleasing as that of the Bold, is responsive and highly usable, with just the right amount of key spacing (in fact some of us prefer it over the Bold) and clickiness.

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T-Mobile BlackBerry Curve 8900 arriving early: Video Unboxing

By Chris Davies on Friday, Jan 23rd 2009 No Comments

T-Mobile announced the BlackBerry Curve 8900 at the beginning of the month, and promised delivery in February. Someone obviously hasn’t told the carrier’s warehouse staff that, though, as reports are coming in of premature arrivals well in advance of the predicted February 11th release date. One of those arrivals has been caught on camera, so if you’re curious as to what comes in the box and how T-Mobile have packaged it, you’ll want to see this video unboxing.

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Check out the T-Mobile BlackBerry Curve 8900 unboxing video after the cut

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President Obama’s super-secret Blackberry cost $3,300!

By Vincent Nguyen on Thursday, Jan 22nd 2009 2 Comments

Just because you’re one of the most power person in the world does not mean that you can use whatever phone you want. So will President Obama get to keep his Blackberry? The short answer is “maybe” pending approval from NSA. CNN contacted NSA inquiring whether the agency will approve the super-secret $3,300 Blackberry and was directed to the White House which wouldn’t say which device the President has.

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BlackBerry Storm firmware 4.7.0.90 leaks for GSM & CDMA handsets

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Jan 22nd 2009 No Comments

Yet more firmware leaks for the BlackBerry Storm, and it’s looking like the only way to get a really stable, usable smartphone is to update it unofficially. Version 4.7.0.90 will play nicely with both the Verizon Storm 9500 and the Vodafone Storm 9530, and reportedly brings with it increased stability, faster screen transitions and a new, full keyboard in portrait view.

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Dilithium added Live TV and VoD supports for Blackberry

By Daniel Lim on Tuesday, Jan 20th 2009 No Comments

dilithium blackberry livetv1 480x430 Research in Motion’s popular line of Blackberry devices do not have any soft of TV tuner incorporated, but the subscribers will be able to browser, view live Tv and VOD content steaming with the added support of Dilithium Content Adapter (DCA). Basically, it’s much like mobile entertainment services such as SlingBox media and Tivo mobile apps on RIM phones you probably have heard. The different, according to Dilithium, unlike most devices that allow only browsing DVR content and scheduling, the DCA is the only product on the market that supports Live TV and VoD streaming.

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HTC, Nokia, RIM & Palm accused of cellphone patent violations

By Chris Davies on Monday, Jan 19th 2009 No Comments

nokia n73 blackberry pearl 8100 HTC, RIM, Palm, Nokia and Panasonic are among multiple cellphone manufacturers against whom a Texas company, Saxon Innovations, have filed complaints regarding alleged patent violations. The case, which the US International Trade Commission (ITC) has decided to investigate following a vote on Thursday, suggests that various products from the companies use intellectual property first filed in three patents by AMD, and which was subsequently bought by Saxon in July 2007. If the ITC finds in favor of the complaint, the manufacturers could be barred from importing their devices.