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Monday, Nov 16
BlackBerry Internet Service's Data Is Down Across the Globe [BlackBerry]
There are reports that BlackBerry Internet Service, which is sort of a portal monitored by RIM (so it's not carrier-specific) through which BlackBerry data runs, is down worldwide. That could affect email, BlackBerry Messenger, web browsing and maps, to start.
Palm Pixi Review [Review]
And I'll just say it: No Wi-Fi sucks, since there are lots of place in NY where even Sprint's 3G can't penetrate. Incredible keyboard (for the size) Awesome design and build webOS is nice Camera sucks Palm's dumb iTunes fight Slow I mean, slooooooooooooooooooooow
BlackBerry Bold 9700 $200 Today on T-Mobile, Sunday on AT&T [BlackBerry Bold 9700]
This phone, the BlackBerry Bold 9700, you can buy today on T-Mobile or Sunday, Nov. 22, on AT&T. It's the standard $200 with a two-year blood contract (and on AT&T, mail-in rebate shenanigans required). [T-Mo, AT&T]
Saturday, Nov 14
How To: Make Windows 7 Play Nice With All Your Gadgets
iPhone: As always, this is a job for iTunes. However, Windows 7 is compatible with doubleTwist, an alternative media manager that doesn't just sync with your iPhone—it works with almost anything else, too. BlackBerry: BlackBerry Desktop Manager and Media Sync still reign supreme, for c...
Friday, Nov 13
This Week's Best iPhone Apps
WhatsApp: First, let's try this: WhatsApp is like BlackBerry Messenger for the iPhone. Cool, right? If that doesn't mean anything to you, it's like an instant messaging app, tied to your number—not a screen name or PIN or anything—that integrates with your contacts. If you have the app, yo...
Wednesday, Nov 11
Loving A Gadget-Obsessed Person Is Easier Than You Think [Relationships]
My boyfriend is in love with his iPhone. He uses it all the time-during dinner, the movies and even in bed! I have an iPhone too, so I can understand his obsession, but at the same time it's becoming enough of a distraction while we are together to be a problem. What should I do?
Tuesday, Nov 10
Walmart Offers $100 Gift Card With Any BlackBerry Purchase on November 14th - 21st [Dealzmodo]
Walmart's BlackBerry selection includes: AT&T Curve 8310 AT&T Bold 9000 Sprint Curve 8330 (Red & Titanium colors) T-Mobile 8520 (Black, White, and Frost) T-Mobile Pearl 8120 (Emerald) Verizon Storm Verizon Storm II
Friday, Nov 6
The iPhone-to-Android Switch: 10 Things You Need to Know
Google Talk is the non-Gmail killer app for me, and highlights just how badly the iPhone needs a native messaging app—it's like BlackBerry Messenger, but for Google. (Or mobile AIM, but less shitty.) Keep in mind, anyone signed in to Gmail on a desktop browser can be reached through Google T...
Thursday, Nov 5
Giz Explains: Android, and How It Will Take Over the World
It doesn't stop with Microsoft, either. Symbian, whose boss called Android "just another Linux platform," is losing ground, and losing some of Sony Ericsson's business doesn't help. The Palm Pre, polished and beautiful as it is, can't keep up with Android's exploding app inventory, mul...
Wednesday, Nov 4
Opinion: BlackBerry Bold 9700 Impressions: Small and Chirpy, Like a Black Hummingbird
The BlackBerry Bold 9700 in a word? Compact. It's efficient, almost cramped, like a Japanese car from the 80s. Succinctly, it's the new BlackBerry to buy if you're on T-Mobile or AT&T. Doubly so on T-Mo, since it's their first 3G BlackBerry.
Tuesday, Nov 3
The TwitterPeek Is So Dumb It Makes My Brain Hurt
And really, if you're so hooked on Twitter than you want to have it on you at all times, the chances are good that you're also hooked on email, IM, texts and probably the services that a few other apps would provide. This is a device built around an app, basically. The iPhone, BlackBerry, Pre, Wi...
Monday, Nov 2
RIM Is Definitely Developing a WebKit (Read: Decent) Browser [BlackBerry]
It wasn't a huge leap to take RIM's purchase of Torch Mobile, a software company known exclusively for making a WebKit mobile browser, as a sign that the company was considering taking the dive. Today, though, we can be sure. BlackBerry just put out a call for WebKit developers, for a very spe...
Friday, Oct 30
Week In Review—The Second Coming of Android [Roundup]
An)Droid: • Motorola Droid First Hands On: It's a Terminator • A Visual Guide to Android 2.0: So Much Nicer • No Android Version of HTC HD2 After All? • GSM Motorola Droid Caught on Video • How Motorola Stopped Sucking • Droid Eris Doesn't Look Too Shabby for a Cheapo Android Phone
Thursday, Oct 29
BlackBerry Storm 2 Review: Improving, But Still Mostly Cloudy
The Storm 2 is where the Storm should've started, but at the same time, it's coming into a different world than a year ago—even on its own carrier—where not breaking new ground is simply moving too slow. More than that, while the Storm is overall a good phone, unless you have a very specific se...
How Palm Lost (Like Apple in the 80s)
• Hardware partners: Who isn't developing an Android phone nowadays? Motorola, Samsung, LG, Sony Ericsson, and HTC dwarf Palm's hardware partner list, which consists of "Palm." Android is the new Windows Mobile, but in a good way.
Tuesday, Oct 27
Plastic Logic Que Is Going to Nuzzle Nook in Barnes & Noble Stores (And Why You Care) [Barnes & Noble]
That's Barnes & Noble (and Amazon) have apps to read their books on the iPhone and on the PC. And soon on the BlackBerry. And eventually Android. The device you read on is irrelevant—it's about keeping you in their ecosystem, buying ebooks from them. In fact, the more deftly they're able ke...
Monday, Oct 26
Still Want a BlackBerry Storm 2 Review? [BlackBerry]
Apparently, midway through pre-briefing reporters and handing out review units, there was a disagreement between Verizon Wireless and RIM over the readiness of the phone (which Verizon just "announced"). We can't discuss details, but the communication breakdown—which involved a f...
Behold, the BlackBerry* Watch: $150, Coming in February [Blackberry Watch]
Turns out those leaks about a BlackBerry Bluetooth companion watch were dead on: The Allerta InPulse Bluetooth companion watch—not a watchphone—isn't actually a RIM product, and should ship in February for $150. So what does it do?
Saturday, Oct 24
Blackberry Storm OS 5.0 Update Coming Tomorrow [BlackBerry]
Storm owners—head here tomorrow for the latest OS update. No OTA option, you'll have to go through the website or Desktop Manager. Expect some new features on top of the kicker: better text input. [Erictric via Unwired View]
Friday, Oct 23
Remainders - Things We Didn't Post [Remainders]
My favorite Canadian co-CEO, RIM's Mike Lazaridis, did a kind of evasion/denial response to questions about the gloriously hideous Bluetooth BlackBerry smartwatch, a kind of wristborne Foleo, if you will. He kinda just giggled and said that the accessories they release are generally...
Thursday, Oct 22
Ballmer on the Smartphone Race: "It Doesn't Matter What the Critics Say" [Ballmer Interview]
In this segment of my exclusive interview series with Microsoft boss Steve Ballmer, I brought up the sore subject of Windows Mobile 6.5. After defending it, he cited another product that did well but suffers mounting criticism: Nokia smartphones.
Wednesday, Oct 21
BlackBerry Bold 9700 on T-Mobile and AT&T in November [BlackBerry]
The Bold 9000's successor is now official. As a reminder: The 9700 has a slimmer design, optical trackpad, 3.2-megapixel camera (up from 2Mp), and a higher-resolution display (480 x 320). Like the Storm 2, it runs BlackBerry OS 5.0. OS 5.0 includes a faster browser, threaded text messaging, an...
Tuesday, Oct 20
8 Reasons You Can Finally Love Ebook Readers (Thanks to Nook)
Lending and Sharing. One of my main objections to the Kindle and other readers is that most of my books come from friends, rather than bookstores. The Nook realizes that and integrates a 2-week lending period—plenty of time for a quick read. Plus, you can lend to tons of different devices: Mac...
Monday, Oct 19
This, Folks, Is the BlackBerry Smartwatch [BlackBerry]
• It was designed "specifically for BlackBerry from the ground up," by a "new BlackBerry-dedicated accessory company," and could be branded as the "inPulse." This sounds suspiciously like BlackBerry wanting a watchphone, and outsourcing the design and manufacturing expertise.
Sunday, Oct 18
BlackBerry Storm 2 Review Roundup [Storm 2]
CNET: "The RIM BlackBerry Storm 2 brings some welcome additions, such as Wi-Fi, updated software, and a better touch interface, but it's going to face some serious competition from Verizon's upcoming touch-screen smartphones."
Saturday, Oct 17
Crackberry's Take on Why Verizon Didn't Launch the Storm2 With RIM [Storm 2]
The BlackBerry Storm 2 is the followup to Verizon's most buzzed-about phone of last year, but Verizon didn't help with the news. CrackBerry says the phone didn't pass Verizon's quality assurance. [CrackBerry]
Why Has the BlackBerry Storm 2 Unveiling Been So Weird? [Storm 2]
CrackBerry has a theory on why the release of the Storm 2 has been so surprisingly sloppy, although it's certainly no excuse. CrackBerry mostly puts the blame on Verizon's TA system, for not passing the Storm 2 soon enough, and on RIM for delivering an unfinished OS on the hardware which wou...
Friday, Oct 16
BlackBerry Thinks You're All MotherF*ckers [Cellphones]
RIM's never really liked Gizmodo or Engadget, or blogs in general. They gave review units to the NYT and WSJ, who went ahead and panned the phone, just like we would have. I don't mind when we get put to the back of the list for that reason, the preference of old media over new. But this wasn't just a...
The App Store Effect: Are iPhone Apps Headed for Oblivion?
As you can see in the chart above, many apps and services take a price dip in the App Store. Zagat's premium To Go guides cost a healthy $4/month for Windows Mobile phones, but sell for just $10/year on the iPhone. CoPilot 7, a navigation app, used to set you back a full $200 on a Microsoft-badged...
Wednesday, Oct 14
Why Didn't Verizon Announce the Storm 2 When RIM Did? [Huh]
So what happened? Officially, the reason that Verizon hasn't announced the Storm 2 is that "it's not available yet," and when it is, they'll "share that like normal." O-kay. Unofficially, well, we just think it's weird, but why you tell us? [Storm 2 Coverage @ Giz]
James Dyson Lightning Interview: A Mac Man With a Bladeless Fan [Interview]
We started on tech: Giz: PC or Mac? Sir James: (Emphatically) Mac! Since 1984. I bought the first Macintosh. Giz: What kind of phone do you carry? Sir James: Well, I have a BlackBerry and an iPhone.
New York Times: BlackBerry Storm 2 Coming "This Week" [BlackBerry]
The Times mentions its redesigned screen, that it actually "gives the user the sensation of pushing a physical button when pressing a number on the glass touch screen" and relates a really curious anecdote from Verizon Wireless CEO Lowell McAdams, who let some students play with it: "Th...
Tuesday, Oct 13
SanDisk Starts Shipping X4 Flash Cards, Will Eventually Be Awesome [Flash]
Right now, they're only shipping in 8GB and 16GB capacities, which have been long available, but soon they'll be releasing 64GB and even higher flash memory. The X4 tech doesn't yet extend to SSDs, though it's not really clear why, but it's still great news for us gadget hounds. Many smartph...
Monday, Oct 12
T-Mobile Lets Furious Sidekick Users Ditch Their Contracts for Free [Rumor]
So to break it down, your options are to accept about $20 off of a G1, which you, an avid Sidekick user, probably didn't want anyway, move onto a BlackBerry (?), or to leave. Sidekick users are a dedicated bunch—there's a good chance they came to T-Mobile just to use a particular Danger handse...
Friday, Oct 9
T-Mobile Project Dark: A Hyperfast 21Mbps 3G Rollout? (Update: It's Much More) [Rumor]
Boy Genius hears T-Mobile's Project Dark (aka Black) contains two things: a bunch of phones launch, like the Cliq and BlackBerry 9700, and more importantly, a "very, very rapid expansion" of T-Mobile 3G network—the 21Mbps HSPA one. Update:
Color Plastic Logic eReader Will Have Barnes & Noble eBook Store in Spring 2010 [EReaders]
In the video, the rep says Plastic Logic's color reader will be about the size of a paperback, and seems to suggest that B&N may have book store apps for the iPhone and BlackBerry phones in the works, too.
Wednesday, Oct 7
BlackBerry Bold Debuts in Soft, Virginal White [Blackberry Bold]
We knew it was coming, so this is just some concrete confirmation. The RIM rep told me it'll be out on the 18th only online and in "select stores," which look restricted to LA and Phoenix, for some reason. One more shot of that snow white leather back:
Tuesday, Oct 6
Windows Mobile 6.5 Review: There's No Excuse For This
I'd like to think that 6.5's stunning failure to innovate is a symptom of a neglected project—maybe Microsoft just needed something, anything to hold people over until the mythical Windows Mobile 7 comes out, whatever it is. But as Steve Ballmer himself has plainly admitted, it's worse: M...
Sunday, Oct 4
Flash 10.1: Full Flash for Everyone But iPhone, Actually Playable HD Vids
As a longtime partner of Adobe, and more than 400 million Nokia phones shipped with existing Flash technology to date, we are excited to see Flash Player becoming a reality for mobile phones and other mobile devices," said Purnima Kochikar, vice president, Forum Nokia. "Nokia is excited...
Monday, Aug 31
Patch: BlackBerry Desktop Manager 5.0.1 Features Tethering Option [BlackBerry]
The pre-release version is available now in English and multilingual versions for those anxious to give it a spin. As always, make sure you have a plan that supports tethering so you don't accidentally run up an outrageous data bill. [The BlackBerry Ninja via IntoMobile]
Tuesday, Aug 11
T-Mobile HTC Touch Pro2 Review: Wait, How Much? [Review]
The gadget: T-Mobile's take on the HTC Touch Pro2, a 3.6-inch-screened, slide-out-QWERTYed refresh to the company's flagship Windows Mobile phone. Keyboard is wonderful, even for giant banana thumbs Dude, Windows Mobile 6.1, in August of 2009
Thursday, Aug 6
BlackBerry Curve 8520 Lightning Review: Cheap (Not the Good Kind) [Lightning Review]
The Gadget: It's cheap, it's ball-less, it's the BlackBerry Curve 8520. Oh, and it's the first BlackBerry carrying the trackpad that's probably gonna wind up on every BlackBerry eventually. Every new BlackBerry makes BlackBerry OS feel a bit more tired
Monday, Jul 27
Apple Rejects Official Google Voice iPhone App [Apple]
We work hard to bring Google applications to a number of mobile platforms, including the iPhone. Apple did not approve the Google Voice application we submitted six weeks ago to the Apple App Store. We will continue to work to bring our services to iPhone users - for example, by taking advant...
Friday, Jul 24
AT&T Has Serious iPhone Dependency Issues [IPhone]
Also, AT&T moved a total of 3.5 million integrated 3G devices (that is phones with 3G + QWERTY keyboards), including the iPhone. That means the iPhone accounted for roughly 68 percent of those sales. Okay, but that includes smarter dumbphones like the LG Neon or Samsung Magnet. Meaning i...
Sunday, Jul 19
The Month in BlackBerry Apps: Too Sunny to Work Edition [Blackberry Apps]
• BlackBerry OS 5.0 Gets Tabbed Browsing • NYC Exit Strategy: The Other NYC Subway App You Need • Google Voice on BlackBerry • MyBlackBerry Social Network Gives BlackBerry, App World Users a Place to Whine About BlackBerry, App World • BlackBerry's Getting a Music Store in September
Monday, Jul 6
Nokia N97 Review: Nokia Is Doomed [Review]
That's the only way I can fathom them releasing something this unusable into a world populated by the iPhone, Palm Pre, Android and BlackBerry. If this really is the best Nokia can do, the giant is doomed to die a slow death, propped up for a while by the cheap handsets that it sells by the tens o...
Wednesday, Jul 1
Verizon Customers Under Contract Can't Order BlackBerry Tour [Verizon]
On the pre-order page, Verizon notes that, "Pre–orders not available for upgrade orders at this time." So if you're stuck with a years-old Curve 8330 or Pearl and want at least a current-gen BlackBerry, you'd better hope you've finished your contract. Even if you're eligible to upgrade to...
Wednesday, Jun 17
Palm Pre vs. iPhone 3GS: How To Make the Right Decision [Smartphones]
What about the original $99 iPhone 3G? And while we're at it, what about the best BlackBerry and Android phones? Hey, that's why we wrote up the Smartphone Buyer's Guide: The Best of the Best. You can thank us later. Or now, below, in comments.
Sunday, Jun 14
The Month in BlackBerry Apps: Slacker Stitchers Make Robot Schedules [Blackberry Apps]
BlackBerry App Coverage: • BlackBerry Facebook 1.6 Is More Like Real Facebook • New BlackBerry Messenger Is Much Better [BGR] • RIM Acquires Dash Navigation (no app from this yet, but there totally will be!) • Every Mobile Browser Should Just Give and Go WebKit
Friday, Jun 12
Smartphone Buyers Guide: The Best of the Best [Cellphones]
As the dust settles from the last two weeks of mobile madness, one question remains unanswered: Which of the new generation of smartphones should you actually buy? We've collected everything you need to know. So there you have it: everything you need to know about the latest crop of consum...
Thursday, Jun 4
Verizon Finally Gets BlackBerry Pearl Flip, Adds Inflated Pricetag [Verizon]
Verizon Wireless Customers Will Flip for the New 3G-Enabled BlackBerry Pearl Flip Smartphone Verizon Wireless Delivers the Full Power of a BlackBerry Smartphone in a Popular Flip Design BlackBerry(R) Internet Service and BlackBerry(R) Enterprise Server support
Friday, May 15
BlackBerry Storm 2 Screen Won't Be Clicky, Verizon to Un-Ban WiFi on Smartphones [Unconfirmed]
Update: Oh, and some extras from the roundup of rumors: The Pearl Flip's coming real soon, and Verizon may allow future BlackBerry smartphones (starting with the Tour) to use WiFi, thus satisfying its suddenly very confused customers. "Wait," they'll say. "I'm allowed to like my service...
Friday, Apr 3
Peek Pronto Lightning Review: Simple Email Faster [Peek Pronto]
Hardware It's boxy, whimsical minimalism done right. Its unfussy shape and the front's bubbly keys are friendly and inviting. But its chrome back, and its slimness—thinner than the BlackBerry Curve 8900, the thinnest BlackBerry you can buy—infuse it with the sufficient gadget allure.
Thursday, Apr 2
Opinion: BlackBerry App World Tour and Impressions
Other Gripes Some of the more prominent BlackBerry apps also appear to be missing from store—notably, TwitterBerry. Presumably, this will change over time as more apps pop up and App World becomes the definitive clearinghouse for BlackBerry apps.
Thursday, Feb 19
Dealzmodo Hack: Overhaul Your Last-Gen BlackBerry
Ditch the BlackBerry Browser for Good RIM's newest browser, bundled with 4.6x and 4.7x handsets, is good. It renders like a modern mobile phone should. NOT SO for the 4.5 and earlier browsers. They might be fine in the exciting world of WAP, but that's yesterday's mobile web.
Monday, Feb 16
Nokia E55 is Supermodel Skinny, Only Has Half a QWERTY [Mwc'09]
microSD memory card •Bluetooth wireless technology 2.0 with Headsets: Bluetooth Headset BH-606 Power: Retractable Mobile Charger DC-10 •The smallest Nokia messaging device •A-GPS with compass and Nokia Maps 3.0 Email •IBM Lotus Notes Traveler •Nokia Messaging service
Sunday, Feb 15
Lenovo Constant Connect lets ThinkPads Instantly and Automatically Sync Emails With Blackberry Phones [Gadget]
Lenovo is adding significant value for our mutual customers by developing tighter and more seamless integration between Lenovo ThinkPad laptops and BlackBerry smartphones," said Jim Balsillie, Co-CEO, Research In Motion. "By leveraging the industry-leading, push-based connect...
Tuesday, Feb 3
YouMail Offers Free Visual Voicemail for BlackBerry Phones [YouMail]
YouMail’s Visual Voicemail Plus application for BlackBerry phones will initially be available to customers running BlackBerry O/S version 4.3 or later on T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless, and AT&T Wireless phones. To access YouMail’s free, downloadable, native application, users c...
Tuesday, Jan 27
Opinion: T-Mobile BlackBerry Curve 8900 First Impressions [BlackBerry Curve 8900]
Oh, one other sore point for BlackBerry is trying to sync one to a Mac. It's not a fun experience, with PocketMac providing nowhere near the kind of complete functionality of the PC BlackBerry Desktop Software, which handles all of your syncing, app and media management, and the total inab...
Friday, Jan 16
Opinion: Java-based Bolt Joining the Mobile Browser Wars, Doesn't Look Horrible
CrackBerry ran it through its paces, and it looks promising. The version you see above is for BlackBerry, though functionality should be almost identical ... More BOLT BlackBerry Browser invites now available, you guys are crazy Blackberry Cool
Tuesday, Jan 13
iTunes Wants $250 To Upgrade My Music Collection (Or the Deal's Off) [ITunes]
Last Tuesday's announcement that iTunes would go DRM-free was good news in several ways: Not only might iTunes win me back as a customer, but I also would be able to upgrade the best stuff I bought over the years, so I could have it in high quality, playable not just on my Apple (TM) products, b...
Thursday, Dec 25
The Best Gizmodo Features of 2008 [Feature]
• Bill Gates' Made Men: The Wild 'n' Crazy Ventures of the Microsoft Millionaires • iPhone Clone Battlemodo: Which One Is the iPhoniest? • Samsung Instinct Review: Best Sprint or Samsung Phone Ever • 3G iPhone Hands On [It's ok.] • How I Sold My iPhone in 24 Hours For More Than I Paid
Monday, Dec 15
Consumer Reports Shouldn't Review Cellphones Anymore [Consumer Reports]
Consumer Reports' picks for top five smartphones confirms they're woefully out of touch. Four of the five are Windows Mobile phones from last year, and the sole BlackBerry is the worst RIM offers. Uhhhh, WTF? 1. Samsung Blackjack II 2. T-Mobile Wing 3. Motorola Q9C 4. T-Mobile Shadow
Thursday, Nov 27
Opinion: Stephen Fry Slams the BlackBerry Storm
We have a soft spot for genius comedian-actor-writer-gadget-juggler Stephen Fry here at the Giz. He speaks things as he sees them, as an end user, with his usual wit. Lately he has been playing with a BlackBerry Storm and, like our review, he thinks that it's no you-know-who killer. In fact, h...
Wednesday, Nov 19
BlackBerry Storm Review (Verdict: Not Quite a Perfect Storm) [Blackberry Storm Review]
It's hard to overstate how important the BlackBerry Storm is to RIM and Verizon. It's RIM's bold effort to fend off the iPhone and Verizon's best hope for a star handset that draws people in, or at least keeps them from bailing. The Storm's major innovation is what RIM calls SurePress—the ent...
Monday, Nov 3
AT&T BlackBerry Bold Review: Best BlackBerry Yet
One issue, however, is that you cannot manually select EDGE, to save for battery life or for any other reason. Wi-Fi could also be kind of finicky—it simply wouldn't connect sometimes, even though 10 million other devices sat pretty happily on my wireless network. Rebooting the router got...
Thursday, Oct 30
Opinion: BlackBerry Curve 8900 First Impressions (Kills the Original)
Again, this isn't a final unit, so really digging into the OS and software like it's a production model isn't quite fair, but so far, it's a really stable version of the BlackBerry 4.6 OS we've seen on the Bold and Pearl Flip. And obviously, that's where a lot of the improvement is over the old Cu...
Monday, Oct 20
Patch: Blackberry OS 4.5 Firmware Now Available for T-Mo BB Curve [BlackBerry]
Blackberry Curve owners on the T-Mobile network will be happy to know that the new Blackberry OS 4.5 firmware update is available for download. The new software adds video recording, a better...
Sunday, Oct 12
BlackBerry Pearl Flip Review [Blackberry Pearl Flip Review]
New BlackBerry Pearl Flip Features Most Popular Mobile Phone Design in U.S. Key features of the BlackBerry Pearl Flip from T-Mobile include the following**: · Stereo Bluetooth® support (A2DP/AVRCP) and 3.5mm stereo headset jack T-Mobile]
Thursday, Aug 28
BlackBerry Bold Review
Keyboard A BlackBerry lives and dies by its keyboard. When the iPhone 3G was still a perfect device in the minds of fanboys before it launched, RIM diehards countered reckless banter about the death of the BlackBerry per the iPhone's Exchange support by pointing to the keyboard. After you g...
Friday, May 25
First International Review: Testing BlackBerry 8830 World Edition Abroad (Verdict: Works Flawlessly, Except for 3G)
Clearly, the RIM BlackBerry 8830 World Edition and the Verizon Wireless/Vodafone partnership works great. Extremely easy setup, even doing it abroad, clear calls, access to e-mail, the web and voice mail, and almost instant short messaging makes the 8830 a winner for anyone who needs t...
Thursday, May 10
Cheat Sheet: New BlackBerry Product Line
The BlackBerry Pearl was the first "new" BlackBerry. Shrunk from the holster-sized units of the past, the Pearl can fit in your pocket. And because it's a BlackBerry, you still get full-featured push email. However, due to its smaller form, the QWERTY keys have been shrunk to a double letter...
Thursday, May 3
Review Roundup: BlackBerry Curve Review Roundup
Now that the BlackBerry Curve has been officially announced, you're probably wondering how it is? We've got you covered. Here's a roundup of all the curve reviews on the net. Sounds like this is one BlackBerry you won't hate your company for making you use. – Jason Chen
