Posted by Mauricio on Aug 26, 2008 at 12:36 PM | Comments
CellPhonesignal scored some nice pictures of the new 8220 in action with the T-Mobile OS. If I was still into flip phones I would definitely be getting this BlackBerry. It will supposedly come out in both black and red.
I would definitely suggest this phone to anyone who likes flip phones and wants to get the most out of a cell phone. The 8220 is said to be released in October this year.
Posted by Mauricio on Aug 25, 2008 at 10:50 AM | Comments
That’s what it seems like. According to CellPhoneSignal at least. The 3G launch date schedule I posted earlier showed Dallas as being in the works and without a definite date for 3G. It looks like T-Mobile tricked us with this one. Enjoy the 3G Dallas!
Posted by Mauricio on Aug 20, 2008 at 2:02 PM | Comments
Supposedly New York has had 3G for quite some time. Sort of a beta testing I guess. Don’t quote me on that though because that could just be a rumor someone started. Check out T-mobile’s 3G launch plan:
Launch Dates
Baltimore – Aug 18th
Houston – Aug 19th
Minneapolis – Aug 20th
San Diego – Sept 15th
Los Angeles – Sept 16th
Phoenix – Sept 16th
Sacramento – Sept 17th
Portland – Sept 18th
Seattle – Sept 23rd
San Francisco – Sept 24th
The following markets are also scheduled to launch in 2008:
Atlanta
Birmingham
Chicago
Dallas
Denver
Detroit
Kansas City
Memphis
Miami
New England
Orlando
Philadelphia
Tampa
Washington, D.C.
Posted by Mauricio on Aug 15, 2008 at 11:55 AM | Comments
I recently made a post about the BlackBerry Partners Fund website being down. Well it turns out that the site was being updated to an entirely new look with a few additions. Not only that, but a developers challenge was announced.
Gain distinction by entering to win the BlackBerry Partners Fund™ Developer Challenge for BlackBerry® Developers. The challenge is designed for BlackBerry® developers that have created their own BlackBerry applications in one of five main categories:
Most Innovative Game.
Most Innovative Multimedia Application.
Most Innovative Personal Productivity and Lifestyle Application.
Most Innovative Enterprise Application.
Most Innovative Web Application.
Each category will have three (3) finalists, for a total of 15 winners. A Grand prize winner will be chosen for each category.
The contest officially begins August 19, 2008, but applications are already being accepted. The deadline to submit applications is September 30, 2008.
Registration for the Developers Challenge is now open.
The BlackBerry Partners Fund is also sponsoring a 2008 BlackBerry Developers Conference which will be held on October 21 and 22 in Santa Clara, California. Click here for more info.
Posted by Mauricio on Aug 15, 2008 at 9:47 AM | Comments
According to the Associated Press, AT&T will be the exclusive carrier to the new BlackBerry Bold. This will not be good news to a lot of people who have been waiting for the Bold to come to their carrier. After reading that the Bold will possibly be released to other carriers after AT&T’s exclusive launch, this is a big disappointment.
But hey, I guess that’s why they call those rumors right?
According to T-Mobile Germany, the cost of the Bold without a service plan is roughly $680.00. The Bold with a service plan comes to about $190.00. AT&T had no comment as to the planned release date for the Bold, but others like Peter Misek or Deepak Chopra think it will be released in mid-September.
Posted by Mauricio on Aug 15, 2008 at 8:45 AM | Comments
Just saw this photo over at BerryReview. It seems as if the original photo at Howard Forums was removed. Maybe the photo wasn’t supposed to be released like that just yet…
From looking at the photo, the Javelin is slightly smaller than the Curve. If I had to choose a QWERTY BlackBerry, it would be the Javelin for its size. The button size itself still isn’t appealing to me though. It would have been nice if the Javelin had buttons like the Bold.
Posted by Mauricio on Aug 13, 2008 at 10:53 AM | Comments
The BlackBerry Partners Fund website is currently down. Maybe they are updating the site to actually have more than a press release, which means they could possibly be publishing information regarding what the fund will be used for in the future? Specifically which organizations will have access to the fund and what they will be developing. Or maybe it’s just simple maintenance . We shall see…
Posted by Mauricio on Aug 12, 2008 at 12:21 PM | Comments
Moscow, Russia and Waterloo, ON. – The VimpelCom Group (NYSE: VIP) (Beeline brand) and Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today announced the launch of the BlackBerry® 8800 smartphone for corporate Beeline subscribers in Russia.
“The BlackBerry 8800, featuring a stylish design and full QWERTY keyboard with English-Russian support, is a highly anticipated smartphone for our enterprise customers. Beeline is pleased to expand the range of BlackBerry smartphones in response to the needs of Russian business users,” said Kent McNeley, Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer of VimpelCom.
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