Uber announced the release of their black car and taxi app for BlackBerry OS 7+ devices. It’s great to see such a prominent company support the legacy BlackBerry devices. Hopefully, Uber plans to release a BlackBerry 10 app in the near future. The Uber app lets you “request a private car in any city the service is available. The app lets your driver know precisely where to pick you up,... »
Like the BlackBerry Z10 and Q10, but think they might be a little out of your budget? Unfortunately, there won’t be an entry level BlackBerry 10 device in 2013. “We’ve brought out these high-end devices as a as a statement of intent – to demonstrate vividly the new BlackBerry,” said Stephen Bates, BlackBerry European Marketing Director. “Our intention is to evol... »
It’s kind of a no-brainer that Research In Motion will continue to support BlackBerry 7 even once BlackBerry 10 is available. Those legacy BlackBerry devices are the foundation of the company. In a recent report from DigiTimes, it stated that RIM’s supply chain is excited for BlackBerry 10: “Handset supply chain sources stated that RIM has been making changes according to trends ... »
Nextel Mexico has finally launched the first BlackBerry 7 smartphone available on the Nextel Evolution Network. The BlackBerry 9620 has a QWERTY keyboard, support for 3G and WiFi networks, BBM and other IM messaging apps, built-in GPS, camera with flash and you can add up to 32GB of external storage. The BlackBerry 9620 smartphone from Nextel is available in Mexico starting today. To all our reade... »
Buying any BlackBerry 7 smartphone during Eid Al Adha in the UAE this year will give shoppers – residents and tourists – a chance to win valuable prizes. Customers purchasing a brand new BlackBerry 7 smartphone between October 18thand November 3nd at participating retail outlets in the UAE have a chance to be among 250 lucky winners. Prizes from BlackBerry that will make this Eid even more special... »
RIM’s BlackBerry 7 has been available for over a year now with many different models available. It’s clearly (and obviously) the best BlackBerry operating system that you can buy at the moment. Improving on the previous BlackBerry 6 operating system with hardware accelerated graphics and lots of other minor improvements to the user interface, it’s just a smoother BlackBerry expe... »
BlackBerry was the first to be approved for MasterCard mobile payments. You should listen to the interview we recently conducted with RIM’s Senior Product Manager of NFC. MasterCard has now released its PayPass Developer Toolkit with BlackBerry OS 7 support. The toolkit provides app libraries, guides, and sample apps to aid companies that want to develop their own mobile payment app. Rather ... »
Themes were a staple of the BlackBerry experience. The lack of a Theme Builder application for BlackBerry 7 made the theme development process difficult. Some persistent and clever developers have managed to find a way around this issue. However, there is good news. In a Twitter message to @tw820, RIM stated, “Theme Studio 7 is en route and we are looking to release ASAP.” A Time frame for rel... »
While the world drools over the latest and greatest smartphones with their fancy pants 6.23″ screens, hex-core cpus, 1.7 x 10^54 apps, and almost as many sensors as the Curiosity Rover, they aren’t always the most popular option to buy for most people. The new BlackBerry Curve 9320 is a great example of this. In fact, it is the sixth best-selling handset in the UK at the moment after... »
Earlier there was a rumor spreading rampant that legacy BlackBerry devices could not be supported on the same platform as BlackBerry 10. That platform being the BlackBerry Enterprise Server 10. Jeff Holleran, the Senior Director for Enterprise Product Management at RIM, has written up a nice blog post giving further insight into BES 10: What is BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10? BlackBerry Enterpri... »
“Nothing from BlackBerry 7 is in BlackBerry 10, nothing,” said Research In Motion’s CEO, Thorsten Heins in an interview with eWEEK. Although, Heins added, “that the DNA is still there so the experience will still feel intuitive to longtime BlackBerry users.” Heins additionally reiterated what we’ve come to understand about the end of the home-screen for the go-b... »
HedoneDesign has developed a new wallpaper friendly, minimalist theme called Jam. Here’s how they describe it: Put your icons in a spotlight with the new HedoneDesign theme, Jam. Brilliant white circles ensconce a sharp, clean, easily understood, and unique icon set. Fixed icons will be enhanced with the spotlight effect as well. Unique and beautiful meters in the top banner. Even if BlackBe... »
Ever been stuck at the bar just waiting to pay your bill. There must be a better way. Well, the guys over at Taab are developing a new NFC payment system to speed things up. No more fumbling with cash, credit/debit cards or anything like that to split the bill. With Taab, you can split the bill with friends and share items with just a tap using an NFC-enabled smartphone. The app is already ava... »
WATERLOO, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – August 16, 2012) – A new program from Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM)(TSX: RIM) can save enterprise and government customers on the costs of upgrading to BlackBerry® 7 smartphones while also helping with the responsible recycling of old devices. RIM announced today that it is working with e-Cycle LLC to offer a new trade-up and recycle prog... »
Say you want to find out what operating system you’re running, or your BBM pin quickly and you don’t want to fiddle around in the Options menu. We’ll there’s a way, using BlackBerry’s famous AutoText feature! If in any one of the standard BlackBerry applications, like Tasks, Messages, Calendar, Tasks, BBM, Memo Pad, Password Keeper(…the list goes on), simply type: “myver” which displays your oper... »
With BlackBerry OS 6, panels were introduced to add some organization on the homescreen. However, if you didn’t like them, you were kinda out of luck. Luckily, RIM has listened to you with BlackBerry 7! You can turn off/on panels right from the homescreen very easily. First, bring up the menu by pressing the BlackBerry button and then press “Manage Panels”. + Manage Panels You’ll now be able t... »
From time to time we may obtain a new BlackBerry device, or we want to wipe the one that we currently have, and restore the previous data. Many have made the mistake of wiping their device before they realize they didn’t backup their data. So with this “How To” we are going to show you how to backup your data. Backing Up BlackBerry Data: 1. Start BlackBerry Desktop Manager. (If y... »
Research In Motion EMEA has created a pretty funny commercial to advertise BlackBerry Tag on BlackBerry 7 devices. The video demonstrates the power of NFC by tapping two devices together to share their BBM contacts. We haven’t seen a “not so serious” commercial like this from RIM before, lets hope we see more. Let us know what you think. Thanks belfastdispatcher! »
Lost in the woods? Your religion requires you to pray to the East or to Mecca? Maybe you really just couldn’t navigate yourself out of a paper bag. In any case, there is hope for you BlackBerry 7 users out there. The BlackBerry 7 Torch and Bold series smartphones are equipped with digital compasses (or magnetometers) which can sense the earth’s magnetic field and point the way north (and also to t... »
Even before BlackBerry 7 devices were launched, RIM made it very clear that the first QNX-enabled BlackBerry phones would be launching right after. This is likely one of the reasons the sell-through on BlackBerry 7 devices has been anything but great. Why buy a new BlackBerry when the best one ever would be out a few months later? Likely this was the sentiment from many users. Now that BlackBerry ... »
