In some possibly leaked RIM internal slides, it lists the many upcoming OEM accessories for the BlackBerry PlayBook. Pricing and availability for some are listed, such as a neoprene case for $49.99, bluetooth keyboard for for $99, a charging dock that acts as a prop for the PlayBook for $79, and more. The general availability date listed for the accessories is in June, which is a couple months aft... »
On new BlackBerry PlayBook renders published by Research In Motion, it lists what appear to be official markings. It lists the PlayBook’s certification model as RDJ21WW and the PlayBook’s FCC ID: L6ARDJ20WW. It also lists that it is made in Taiwan, which we heard about before with the Quanta story. What struck us odd is this model number is no where to be found on the FCC website, but ... »
Earlier this year at CES 2011, RIM announced that Sprint would be getting a 4G BlackBerry PlayBook. However, no mention was made if Big Red would also get the PlayBook. A website called PlayBookWithoutLimits.com has surfaced, which apparently held registration for beta testing the BlackBerry PlayBook on Verizon Wireless. The pilot program has since been closed, but we contacted the creators of the... »
Earlier today it was spotted in the RIM knowledge base, that the Flickr photo sharing app for BlackBerry would soon be discontinued. RIM is deciding to discontinue it come March 1st. The knowledge base article was located here, but has since been taken down by RIM. The article stated: “As of March 1st, 2011, BlackBerry smartphone users will not be able to download or use the Flickr Uploader ... »
Biblical prophecies could be fulfilled! No, we’re just joking, this isn’t what you may think. A service that Research In Motion is currently supporting and is seeking to gain patents for, will not be permanent, use ink, or otherwise damage your skin. The technology is tentatively called SkinDisplay. The concept is that your phone could produce a physical surface that would allow you to... »
There have been reports of rumors running around stating that the BlackBerry Montana, also known as the Bold Touch, and the Storm 3, or Monaco, will be heading to Sprint by the end of this years’ second quarter. Let it be said that the rumor has not been confirmed, so it is as close to being real as it is to being fake. The BlackBerry Montana is rumored to have a 1.2 GHz processor with 768 M... »
If you were curious on the timeline for the 2011 BlackBerry lineup, you’ll be happy to learn all about it in these new slides. We heard rumored specs and renders for the Monaco, Montana, and Apollo. There were also those live images we showed you of the Curve Sedona. Now the fourth device to hit the wire is the Curve Touch ‘Malibu’. The 2011 CDMA lineup is looking pretty nice. RI... »
Just the other day when we told you RIM was working on a touchscreen for the BlackBerry Style2, we also noted they had been working on a Touch Curve. Turns out they still are and it should be releasing late 2011, early 2012. The new Curve Touch is codenamed Malibu and will be the first keyboard-less Curve. Check out the rumored specs below: Processor: Qualcomm MSM 8655 800MHz CPU Radio: CDMA ̵... »
We have heard before that RIM and the QNX team were working on ways to allow Android apps to be ported over to the PlayBook. New rumors are suggesting that RIM will choose the Dalvik Java virtual machine as their Java environment for QNX. Dalvik is the same JVM that Google uses for the Android OS. This would mean that Android apps would be even more easily portable to the QNX operating system. The... »
There has been a lot of whispers on what could be packed into BBM 6.0, and a lot of whispers of what users would like to see as features. Needless to say, some new rumored features have popped, whether they’re real or not is the question. Although, we do have to say, the features sound like a great way for further enhancing the social networking side of BlackBerry. Hit the break for the full... »
One of our sources let us know that RIM has been testing out a BlackBerry Style with a touchscreen for the next possible iteration of the 9670. It isn’t clear if both displays will be touch interactive or solely the main, larger display. We’ve also heard that RIM was playing around with a dual-hinged prototype. This would give the BlackBerry Style2 the option to ‘flip open’... »
The BlackBerry Curve series (except the 8900) have really been targeted towards business users and those looking for an entry level device. It looks as though RIM is about to change things up in the series by releasing the next-gen Curve codenamed, BlackBerry Sedona. It currently does not have a model #, but it is internally known as R010. The BlackBerry Curve Sedona is significantly thin in its f... »
Alltel seems to have jumped the gun a bit by listing the BlackBerry Style 9670 in their software downloads page. The OS is the same as what is currently being offered for the Sprint 9670. There aren’t any other details, but we’re sure we’ll be seeing some more soon. We also wouldn’t be surprised if the 9670 eventually made its way to Verizon. via CB »
RIM will first release a WiFi-only BlackBerry PlayBook at launch, expected sometime in March. Sprint has already officially announced they will eventually offer a 4G WiMax PlayBook too. Rumor now has AT&T pegged to release a cell-enabled 3G PlayBook by late March, or early April. Then “sometime soon after” AT&T should be releasing a 4G LTE PlayBook. If these details pull throug... »
It has been said to have been in the works for years, but now RIM is apparently getting more serious about it. We’ve received word from multiple sources that RIM is definitely working on a few different horizontal keyboard designs for future BlackBerry devices. Testers were given just the keyboard to see how comfortable and efficient it was to type on. The keyboards were said to be much diff... »
Recently at an enterprise conference in Boston, RIM announced a few new ideas and features they’re planning to implement to BES. One of those was the BlackBerry Balance, we told you about a few days ago. RIM is now considering management support and services for non-BlackBerry devices. Vice president Pete Devenyi hinted in an interview that they are considering this as an option to those who... »
We figured, what the hell, why show 3D renders when we already have this live image of the BlackBerry Monaco (possibly Storm3) that leaked months ago? Nevertheless, if you really want to look at very low-res render images, you can see them here. We already knew the ‘Storm3′ would be codenamed Monaco, and that it might not even be called a Storm. Previous specs have already been outed, ... »
Here are a few more things to throw in the rumor mill. Specs have apparently been outed for the BlackBerry Torch 2. We wonder how this will line-up with the entry-level Torch we told you about. Nevertheless, these rumored specs seem nice, but the Torch 2 is supposedly only going to have 512MB RAM when the Montana/Dakota is to have 768MB RAM? A little strange, but we’ll see. Here are what the... »
First things first, this device most certainly is not codenamed ‘Apollo’. That was the codename used for a Curve that never made it to production, which we broke here almost a year ago, and here. Nonetheless, some new specs for a new BlackBerry Curve have come to light. It will be interesting to see what this device really turns out to look like. Given the specs, and knowing the Curve ... »
Here is an interesting news piece for the day. Remember the BlackBerry Montana we’ve just been talking about, that is a bold/touchscreen hybrid? Well, apparently some specs have come out that line-up very closely with yesterday’s announcements of OS 6.1 application platform. This device used to be called the Dakota, but we’re certain it is going by ‘Montana’. Neverthe... »
