A Canadian broadcasting company has filed a lawsuit against RIM over the use of the BBM name for the BlackBerry Messenger service. The Bureau of Broadcast Management was established back in 1944, and it has been using BBM Canada for much of its existence.
Research In Motion today indicated during its quarterly earnings press call that its next-generation BlackBerry 10 smartphones will not appear until "the latter part of calendar 2012." RIM had previously suggested that they'd reach the market in the first half of 2012, so the delay is a significant one. RIM said the reason for the delay is that it is waiting ...
Another of the next-generation, BB10-powered BlackBerry line-up has been revealed in the shape of the BlackBerry Milan. This phone features a style similar to the current Torch 9810, in that it's rocking a full QWERTY keyboard that slides out from beneath a full touchscreen. CrackBerry has nabbed an alleged first image of the device, which shows ...
Cincinnati Bell today announced the availability of the BlackBerry 9810 Torch. It can be purchased from Cincinnati Bell's web site for $199.99 with a new contract.
Powered by the new BlackBerry® 7 OS and Liquid Graphics™, your photos, videos, games and apps come to life in incredible detail on the large screen. Enjoy a spectacular 3.2-inch touch screen and sliding QWERTY keyboard.
Research In Motion today announced the availability of BlackBerry Messenger 6.1 beta in the Beta Zone. Key new features of the software include animated avatars, 12 new emoticons, colored chat bubbles, and the ability to update the BBM avatar by using the camera from within BBM. BBM 6.1 beta also doubles the amount of message space from 80 characters ...
RIM has announced the BlackBerry Curve 9380 for the UK market, describing the handset as the first all-touch smartphone in the BlackBerry Curve family, The phone boasts a 3.2 inch high-res display and is pre-packed with all the expected social networking apps like BBM, Twitter and Facebook, with the announcement timed to coincide with the unveiling ...
BlackBerry has unveiled the latest smartphone to join the Bold line-up, the BlackBerry Bold 9790. Originally shown off back in June under the codename Bellagio and revealed to developers back in October, the Bold 9790 packs both a touchscreen and QWERTY keyboard, comes with an optical trackpad, BlackBerry 7 OS and a 1GHz processor. The Bold 9790 ...
Research In Motion today announced the beta availability of Traffic 3.0. This new version of RIM's navigation software adds voice guidance for hands-free navigation over either Bluetooth or via the car's speaker system. Traffic 3.0 also adds more up-to-date information about roads, such as on-going construction projects and details about toll roads. ...
Cincinnati Bell today announced that it has added the BlackBerry 9900 Bold and 9860 Torch to its smartphone roster. The Bold 9900 sells for $299.99 and the Torch 9860 sells for $199.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate with a new two-year agreement.
AT&T is now offering a new BlackBerry smartphone, the Bold 9900. The Bold 9900 offers 4G HSPA+ (not LTE) data support, as well as a 2.8-inch VGA touchscreen display along with the traditional QWERTY keyboard below. The device runs on RIM's BlackBerry OS 7 and is, according to the manufacturer, the thinnest BlackBerry available to date at just 10.5mm ...
In addition to the Bold 9900, AT&T is also offering another BlackBerry smartphone, the Torch 9860. The Torch 9860 offers a large and bright 3.7-inch full touchscreen display to support web browsing and picture viewing. A 5MP camera with image stabilization is also on-board with 720p video recording capabilities. The device is supported on AT&T's 4G HSPA+ ...