BlackBerry Desktop Software 2.0 for Mac OS brings WiFi music sync, broader iPhoto / iTunes support
About time, eh? Wintel users have been enjoying the spoils of WiFi music sync on their BlackBerry handsets for the past few months now, but if you're still stickin' with RIM (through the thick and thin ), and you just so happen to roll primarily on OS X, there's a new piece of software that you should consider. BlackBerry Desktop Software 2.0 for Mac OS has just been let loose, and it's a pretty substantial update
Categories: BlackBerry, Mobile Phone Tags: apple, BlackBerry, desktop, music, osx, result, rim, Sync, wizard
All Things D posts full Mike Lazaridis video from D: Dive Into Mobile
By now you've no doubt heard about Mike Lazaridis' recent appearance at the D: Dive Into Mobile conference, where the RIM co-CEO arrived with his own personal reality distortion field and made statements like the surprising fact that RIM "arguably" invented the smartphone, and that the BlackBerry Torch is actually fast. Don't believe us? Well, thanks to All Things D , you can now watch the complete 40-minute appearance for yourself, which just so happens to also include a fairly lengthy demo of the PlayBook
Categories: BlackBerry, Mobile Phone Tags: BlackBerry, blackberry playbook, ceo, d:diveintomobile, engadget, fairly-lengthy, field, lazaridis, playbook, result, rim, video
RIM gives lengthy PlayBook demo at Rogers conference, confirms 4G is on tap
We've already gotten a glimpse of some of RIM's PlayBook demo at the recent TabLife conference, but Rogers has now finally posted the complete video of what may well be the most comprehensive look at the device to date.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: apple, david, Demonstration, device, entry, result, rim, rogers, shapes, the-device, video
RIM buys TAT, BlackBerry UI in danger of becoming awesome
This is not a joke, in fact it's quite official.
Categories: Android, BlackBerry, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: BlackBerry, entry, qnx, rim, smartphone, solid, theastonishingtribe, user-interface
RIM sues Kik in Canada for patent infringement
Things just got a little more heated in the RIM / Kik dispute: RIM's now filed a Canadian patent infringement case against the company, just days after it pulled Kik Messenger from BlackBerry App World due to " breached contractual obligations. " We don't have the complaint yet, so we're not sure exactly what RIM's patent covers, but it's a fair bet to say it's likely messaging-related -- and it's probably a safer bet to say that RIM doesn't screw around when it comes to dealing with potential threats to BBM. You mess with the bull, you get the horns.
Categories: BlackBerry, Mobile Phone Tags: black, kik messenger, kikmessenger, mess, patent, result, rim, video
BlackBerry Curve 8980 shows up in FCC, offers some glam shots
Despite the more recent releases of the Curve 8500 series and the Curve 3G , RIM has never really offered up a true successor to the venerable Curve 8900 -- a device some would argue remains the prettiest that Waterloo has ever manufactured. Indeed, with the QVGA display and meager cam on the 3G, there's a pretty magnificent gap between it and the business-class Bold 9700 / 9780...
Categories: BlackBerry, Mobile Phone Tags: approval, business, curve, curve 8980, engadget, Filing, model, recent-releases, res, result, rim, venerable, waterloo
RIM: Kik was pulled from App World over ‘breached contractual obligations’
Looks like RIM has made a final decision on the Kik situation after having pulled the wildly popular upstart instant messaging app from the BlackBerry App World a few days ago -- and for current and hopeful Kik users, the news isn't good (bold added by us): "RIM became aware of a number of issues and customer concerns regarding the Kik app and service. Following discussions with Kik, the app was removed from BlackBerry App World on November 12. Upon further investigation, RIM concluded that Kik had breached contractual obligations.
Categories: BlackBerry, Mobile Phone Tags: BlackBerry, Bolds, engadget, entry, kik, messaging, over-the-spat, public-response, response-on-its, result, rim
Boost Mobile drops BlackBerry Curve 8530 price to $199.99
Yes, for one of the lowest-end BlackBerrys money can buy, $199.99 seems pricey, but there's something important to keep in mind here: Boost is a contract-free brand, and the Curve 8530 is no exception. The Sprint subsidiary has announced today that it's "permanently" dropping the price of the phone from $249.99 down to $199.99, after which you'll pay a continually-shrinking monthly fee for unlimited voice, messaging, and data that starts at $60. Not bad -- of course, you won't get the push-to-talk action that Boost historically has been known for with its iDEN network, but unless you're a construction worker or you're constantly dropping your phone from six feet onto concrete, we'll bet you can survive
Categories: BlackBerry, Mobile Phone Tags: announced-today, boost-mobile, concrete, construction, curve8530, entry, mobile, result, rim, subsidiary
RIM’s Jim Balsillie says ‘you don’t need an app for the web,’ rejects Apple’s appification of the internet
It's no secret that RIM doesn't exactly agree with Steve Jobs' characterization of the company's prospects, and Jim Balsillie has some more to say on the Apple vs.
Categories: BlackBerry, Mobile Phone Tags: adobeair, balsillie, browser, couple, fri, internet, jim balsillie, mobile, rim, Steve, support
WIND Mobile picking up BlackBerry Curve 3G, it seems
With their limited footprints and subscriber counts -- and therefore, clout with manufacturers -- it stands to reason that Canada's nascent AWS operators would be keen to get in on as many phones designed for T-Mobile USA as they possibly can. Sure enough, fresh evidence on BGR points to a release of the AWS-capable BlackBerry Curve 3G on WIND Mobile at some point in the future, though we don't know exactly when -- and we're assuming that $9,999.00 listed price is a bit on the high side
Categories: BlackBerry, Mobile Phone Tags: 999-00-listed, bgr, clout, colors, engadget, engadget-mobile, entry, mobile-at-some, result, rim, usa, wind, wind-mobile