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Upcoming Blackberry Bold 9780 poses for the camera

Here’s the first image of what’s being labeled as the BlackBerry 9780. No word on when this is going to be available but known specs are that it’ll be running RIM’s new BlackBerry 6 OS, 3G and have a screen resolution of 480 x 360, 512MB of flash memory and will sport a darker  bezel [...]

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“Antenna Meter” app checks your BlackBerry’s antenna signal strength

It was a week ago that Apple held their “Antennagate” press conference where they announced free cases for all iPhone 4 owners. In addition, CEO Steve Jobs lambasted other manufacturers by stating the “Death Grip” reception issue doesn’t just happen to them… it happens on Samsung, Nokia, HTC and RIM devices too. Our homegrown Canadian [...]

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RIM teases us again with images of the BlackBerry 6 multimedia experience

RIM has continued the teasing process by posting pics of their new OS called BlackBerry 6. We’ve seen a couple official videos in the past and a fair share of leaked videos that give a good outline. The images below has BlackBerry 6 hooked on Rogers network and shows the multimedia experience of what RIM [...]

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RIM fights back: “Apple’s self-made debacle is unacceptable”

Apple held their iPhone 4 antenna press conference and stated that other manufacturers such as Nokia, Motorola, HTC and RIM devices have the same “Antennagate” problem where the signal slowly disappears. Apple went as far as showing examples of each. Well our homegrown Waterloo-based Research in Motion is fighting back! Thanks to Kevin over at [...]

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Limited Edition Team Canada BlackBerry Bold 9700 hits eBay

If you’ve ever wanted a unique looking BlackBerry then here’s your opportunity! A few months back a Limited Edition Team Canada BlackBerry Bold 9700 was created to celebrate Canada winning some shiny Olympic Gold medals. It looked really cool and there was only 20 of them around. Well one of them has popped up on [...]

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Lazaridis on RIM’s new BlackBerry 6: “you’re going to see something different”

Research in Motion held their Annual Meeting of Shareholders yesterday in Waterloo and co-CEO Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis were asked a number of questions about where the company stands in the Smartphone market and what they are doing to compete. Specifically one of the questions surrounded the hype and lineups that Apple gets when [...]

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RIM announces free security app called “BlackBerry Protect”, now in private beta

RIM has announced that their “BlackBerry Protect” will be released in a “limited beta” next week and then officially available in an “open public beta later this year”. This is a free security application that basically give users the ability to wirelessly backup, restore, locate, remote device lock and remote wipe your BlackBerry device. We’ve [...]

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Video: BlackBerry Bold 9800 Slider gets quick look

There’s been many pics floating around of the unreleased BlackBerry Bold 9800 Slider but they can only do so much, correct? Well, BGR has managed to post the very first video of the upcoming device, it’s only 0:14 seconds but it shows the Bold 9800 running the new BlackBerry 6 OS. I’m sure this will [...]

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Koodo puts sign up page for upcoming BlackBerry Curve 8530

There’s absolutely no hiding the fact that Koodo Mobile will be launching their first BlackBerry soon. A press release went out a few days ago confirmed the Curve 8530 “it’s expected to retail for $300, or $150 for new customers who put the smartphone on their Tab”. Rumours are that this will be released on [...]

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RIM officially announces BlackBerry Pearl 3G Smartphone

Even though there has been several leaked documents that reveal the pricing, and even the Rogers dummy phones have arrived. RIM has now officially announced the BlackBerry Pearl 3G Smartphone. According to the press release this morning Mike Lazaridis, President and Co-CEO, Research In Motion said “The BlackBerry Pearl 3G is unlike any other smartphone [...]