BlackBerry Bold 9780 starts leaking all over the place (update: video)
Pick your poison: Vodafone Netherlands?
Categories: BlackBerry, Mobile Phone Tags: after-the-break, blackberry6, deployment, orange, place, video, vodafone nl, vodafonenl
Unannounced BlackBerry Bold 9780 covered in detail — twice over
The floodgates are really starting to open wide on this Bold 9780 , a phone that by all accounts seems like an ultra-mild Bold 9700 refresh with BlackBerry 6 preinstalled. Both TechnoBuffalo and Mainguyen , a Vietnamese retailer, have full previews posted where we can see the darker bezel in full detail along with confirmation that it'll be packing a 5 megapixel camera and 512MB of RAM, double the 9700's.
Categories: BlackBerry, Mobile Phone Tags: BlackBerry, blackberry6, bold 9780, bold9780, camera, confirmation, engadget-mobile, inthewild, mobile, vietnamese
BlackBerry Bold 9780 in the wild one more time, still looks exactly like a 9700
Look, we know that every new BlackBerry model is going to bear a striking resemblance to the model it replaces -- that's just how RIM does things -- but isn't this getting a little out of hand? The BlackBerry 6 -equpped Bold 9780 has been leaked a few times at this point, but we're seeing it now for the first time totally unshackled from Mr. Blurrycam's surly bonds..
Categories: BlackBerry, Mobile Phone Tags: 9780, blackberry6, bold9780, Dead, inthewild, keyboard, little-tougher, rim, rumor, surly, wild
BlackBerry Bold 9650 gets a fresh 6.0 leak, might be stable this time
BlackBerry 6 has yet to hit any non-touchscreen (or non- Torch , for that matter) devices in an official capacity, but goodness knows that doesn't mean there aren't binaries floating around. A version labeled 6.0.0.222 for the Bold 9650 offered by the likes of Sprint, Verizon, and US Cellular has recently hit the streets, and it's apparently a good deal more solid than the older 6.0.0.80 that had been leaked previously -- so if you're the enterprising type and you've no interest in waiting for your carrier to get their butt in gear, this might be an option worth investigating. Proceed with caution as always, of course..
Categories: BlackBerry, Mobile Phone Tags: 9650, BlackBerry, blackberry6, bold 9650, bold9650, caution, cellular, entry, goodness, option, streets, time, verizon, version-labeled
RIM posts impressive second quarter, expects even better third quarter
Coming off some negative press in the hands of the Torch , RIM would just like to remind everyone that it's still selling a crap ton of BlackBerrys...
Categories: BlackBerry, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: account, activations, black, blackberry6, hopes, negative-press, pockets, quarter, results, rim
BlackBerry Style 9670′s UI demoed in leaked official videos
RIM has yet to officially announce the upcoming Style 9670 flip, but the leakfest continues today with a handful of new videos -- professionally-produced ones this time -- that show off key features of the UI and how to use them. Unlike the Torch , the Style lacks a touchscreen -- it just wouldn't be prudent in a clamshell form factor -- which means we're seeing just what it's like to navigate the finer points of BlackBerry 6's user interface with an optical pad (and secondary display) alone on a larger, portrait-oriented display.
Categories: BlackBerry, Mobile Phone Tags: berry-style, blackberry6, certain-well, entry, handful, leak, series, touchscreen, upcoming
US Cellular adding BlackBerry Bold 9650 tomorrow for $160
For a carrier that only offers the lowly Pearl Flip 8230 and Curve 8530 right now, you could definitely argue that regional US Cellular is in desperate need of a BlackBerry freshening -- and it's getting exactly that this week with the launch of the Bold 9650 . Though it won't have BlackBerry 6 at launch, USCC's press release is quick to note that the phone is "BlackBerry 6 ready" and will be available as an upgrade "in the coming months." Like other 9650s in the field, this version offers a GSM / HSPA radio on board for global roaming capability, a 3.2 megapixel shooter, optical pad, and -- of course -- all the portrait QWERTY action you can handle. Look for it in stores tomorrow for $159.95 after a $70 rebate on a new two-year deal.
Categories: BlackBerry, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: 9650, berry-bold, black, blackberry6, global, launch, mobile, phone, release
BlackBerry users running out of loyalty: 50 percent plan to defect to iPhone or Android
Nielsen has its own angle on the smartphone numbers game out today, and the results vaguely resemble the numbers from Canalys . Perhaps more interesting than the ever present market share tug-of-war (Nielsen pegs Google, RIM, and Apple at 27 percent, 33 percent, and 23 percent in sales to new smartphone subscribers, respectively) a note on brand loyalty turns out ugly for BlackBerry: while 89 percent of iPhone owners plan on getting another iPhone, and 71 percent of Android buyers plan to re-up, only 42 percent of BlackBerry owners plan to stick around
Categories: Android, BlackBerry, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: BlackBerry, blackberry 6, blackberry6, engadget, game-out-today, numbers, planning, result, rim, the-smartphone
Latest BlackBerry 6 preview proves that the more things change…
To say RIM has a lot riding on BlackBerry 6 is an understatement. With new kids on the block like Android and iOS stepping in with lustworthy apps and attractive UIs, the BlackBerrys have been sitting in a corner BBMing everyone else at the party trying to convince them of its sustained utility. Regardless, the latest tease on the BlackBerry Blogs shows off some of the "fresh, but familiar" elements that are getting polished in the jump from OS 5 to OS 6.
Categories: Android, BlackBerry, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: bb6, BlackBerry, blackberry os 6, blackberry6, cellphones, engadget, handhelds, kids, latest-black, search, smartphones, universal
RIM shows off BlackBerry 6 multimedia experience, in pictures
While there's still no ( official ) word on when we'll get any BlackBerry OS 6 hardware, much less that 9800 Bold , RIM has seen fit to provide us another glimpse at the software front.
Categories: BlackBerry, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: bb os 6, blackberry 6, blackberry os 6.0, blackberry6, camera-controls, detection, face, gallery, photo, result, zoom