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Early this month BoyGeniusReport has revealed that the upcoming BlackBerry Thunder will be named as BlackBerry 9530. More information is available today with the packaging box leaked on engadgetmobile. Apparently it will be called BlackBerry Storm 9530 for Verizon Wireless, comes with 3.5mm headset jack, pre-installed sim card and without WiFi. Verizon Wireless is generous enough to bundle in a 8GB microSD card. The BlackBerry Storm 9530 is said to be available in mid-October, or 13th October to be exactly according to the previous rumor.
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JuiceCaster is now available for one the most popular Blackberry devices via a free beta application for users in the United States. For a limited time, Blackberry Curve users can sign-up to receive the JuiceCaster beta at www.juicecaster.com/blackberry. The free beta application is available to users of the Blackberry Curve (8310) for AT&T, and the Blackberry Curve (8330) for Verizon Wireless. In the coming weeks, the free beta will be opened up for Blackberry Pearl users, and for Blackberry users in Europe.

JuiceCaster allows mobile phone users to capture pictures and videos, and share them instantly with their favorite online social networks, including Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Photobucket, Hi5, Blogger, Orkut, and a number of other websites. JuiceCaster enables Blackberry users to connect in real-time with friends and interact with new people in the JuiceCaster mobile community — exchanging public and private multimedia messages on the go.
Major features includes:
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In your face, iPhone! CrackBerry addicts now have a new way to show their loyalty to the smartphone--by dangling tiny versions from their ears.
And there's no need to fear added radiation from these BlackBerry Bolds. The earrings, which measure about three-quarters of an inch high--are made ...
Available in some countries now, the BlackBerry Bold is the first BlackBerry smartphone to support tri-band HSDPA high-speed networks around the world and comes with integrated GPS and Wi-Fi.

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The new BlackBerry Bold smartphone is now being offered to users in Canada through Rogers Wireless. The BlackBerry Bold operates on Rogers’ high-speed 3G network and features a newly designed, precision QWERTY keyboard, built-in GPS, Wi-Fi and a 2 megapixel camera with video recording.

Crafted from premium materials inside and out, the BlackBerry Bold smartphone features a 624 MHz mobile processor that powers the renowned BlackBerry productivity applications, including phone, email, messaging, organizer and browser. The BlackBerry Bold also lets customers edit Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents directly on the handset using the preloaded DataViz Documents to Go software suite.
The BlackBerry Bold smartphone from Rogers Wireless features:

The BlackBerry Bold smartphone (model number: 9000) will be available from Rogers beginning today from $399.99 with activation on any combination of 3 year voice ...

RIM Blackberry Kickstart 8120 / 8220 specifications:
Quad-band GSM; GPRS; 2.6 inch QVGA display and 160 x 128 pixel External display; 2Mpix camera, 5x digital zoom and LED flash; Multimedia player (oa. MP3, AAC, MP4, 3GPP); 3.5mm audio headset jack; 75 MB of built-in memory; Micro... [Continue reading Specs of Blackberry Kickstart 8120 / 8220]
Palm Treo ProPalm today unveiled the Treo Pro, a Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional smartphone with email, Wi-Fi and GPS capabilities, to compete for business users against rivals such as Research in Motion's (RIM) BlackBerry.
The Treo Pro's thin design offers a high-resolution color touch screen and a full QWERTY keyboard with a removable battery for up to five hours of talk time. Users can quickly respond to business and personal email, access the web, stay on top of appointments and contacts, and use Wi-Fi or GPS on the go. It delivers increased security, easier device management and access to information on corporate networks.
The Treo Pro uses the Windows Mobile 6.1 platform for features such as:
- One-touch Wi-Fi button for fast connections (802.11b/g)
- Screen enhancements to search the web directly from the Today screen
- ...
The Wall Street Journal is offering a free piece of software to BlackBerry users that will let them read headlines, summaries and full articles. Readers can also customize content and search stock quotes.
A major international retailer today published details about a previously unannounced BlackBerry with a clamshell form factor. The 8200 series contains the same features as Research In Motion's Pearl 8100 series, including a SureType keyboard, trackball navigation, 2 megapixel ...
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RIM BlackBerry Bold (9000)The BlackBerry Bold will be coming to North America within the month now that RIM (Research In Motion) has launched it in Chile and Germany.
The Bold is RIM's first major BlackBerry model in more than a year. It offers twice the screen resolution of current BlackBerry models. The Bold matches the resolution, but not the size, of the screen on Apple's iPhone, which has emerged as a competitor in the smartphone market.
AT&T said it will be the exclusive U.S. carrier for the Bold, as it is for the iPhone.
Reports expect AT&T to start selling it mid-September and Rogers in Canada to release it late-August. Some stores in Canada have already unveiled store models and fliers.
RIM had announced a summer release for the Bold, but issues with chips ...

Yes, it's available for free, but only in Netherlands... Dutch cellular operator KPN offers the handset at no charge along with a two-year contract and a €36.25 (about $54) worth monthly plan. Nice! Even for €26.75 a month you'll still pay €99.95 ($148) for the phone, which is ju...
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Orange will be the first operator to offer the BlackBerry Bold in the UK. Subscribers will be able to get the handset starting August 16th for free with an 18-month contract with a £45 monthly plan.T-Mobile with its September release is crowling way behind...
... [Continue reading Orange First In UK With BlackBerry Bold]
HSBC, which bills itself as "the world's local bank," is considering ditching its BlackBerry smartphones in favor of the Apple iPhone. Seen here is HSBC's U.K. trading floor.
(Credit: HSBC)Global banking giant HSBC is considering ditching the BlackBerry and adopting Apple's iPhone as its standard staff mobile device, a move that could result in an order for some 200,000 iPhones.
"We are actually reviewing iPhones from a HSBC Group perspective...and when I say that, I mean globally," Brenton Hush, HSBC's Australia and New Zealand chief information officer, told ZDNet.com.au this week.
HSBC has some 300,000 staff internationally. A decision to standardize on the iPhone on its corporate networks would likely lead to one of the world's largest iPhone orders.
"A decision on a piece of hardware like that would potentially be deployed, conservatively, to 200,000 people," Hush said. "You know, it's a big decision, especially when you have an existing fleet out there."
"But it's definitely something we are considering from a HSBC Group perspective," he said. "We always explore the potential application of new technologies, and this is no different."
Should HSBC select the iPhone as its official corporate mobile device, the decision would be a major blow to ...

Rogers is all set to release the BlackBerry Bold. Atleast this is the first idea that comes to my mind when I look at the picture above. While it may look like a huge Blackberry handset, but it's actually the Rogers Bold launch kit full of flyers, informational pamphlets and al...
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According to BGR, who have managed to get a hold of Sprint’s latest roadmap, in a couple of months the carrier will be offering the new BlackBerry 8350i. The handset should be released during Q4; it will lack the external antenna, unlike reported previously, and will feat...
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Talk your thoughts into e-mails.
(Credit: MyCaption)MyCaption, a member of the BlackBerry Alliance, introduced on Tuesday a new way BlackBerry users can work with e-mails on their smartphones: by speaking.
Actually, this is not exactly a breakthrough, as voice recognition technology has been out there for a long time ...

It has been 10 months already since RIM announced its BlackBerry Pearl 8130 for CDMA operators. And only now Virgin Mobile Canada decided to pick this one up. Better late than never? Well, think again: the phone is available for free on a 3-year contract, $299 on a 2-year plan,...
[Continue reading BlackBerry Pearl 8130 Released on Virgin Mobile Canada. A bit late, though...]
The rumored RIM BlackBerry Javelin
(Credit: Engadget Mobile via CrackBerry.com)When it comes to smartphones and cell phones, one size does not fit all. So while it might seem like everyone wants the BlackBerry Bold, Research in Motion knows better. Enter the RIM BlackBerry Javelin. This rumored smartphone is ...

A quick update: according to the recent announcement made by T-Mobile and RIM, the carrier will start offering the BlackBerry Bold this week in Germany and Austria. Well, the wait is almost over for you, guys. ;)
... [Continue reading T-Mobile to Release BlackBerry Bold This Week in Germany and Austria]T-Mobile and Research In Motion (RIM) has announced last week that it will start selling the BlackBerry Bold in Germany and Austria this week. The BlackBerry Bold smartphone comes with integrated GPS and Wi-Fi and is the first BlackBerry smartphone to support tri-band HSDPA high-speed networks around the world. Users can surf the Internet and download large e-mail attachments over the T-Mobile UMTS web’n'walk network.

The BlackBerry Bold smartphone has a rich set of multimedia capabilities and displays content beautifully on its half-VGA (480×320 resolution at 217 ppi) color LCD display. The BlackBerry Bold smartphone’s support for tri-band HSDPA and enterprise-grade Wi-Fi (802.11 a/b/g) networks and its next-generation 624 MHz mobile processor make short work of downloading email attachments, streaming video or rendering web pages over the T-Mobile network.
“The BlackBerry Bold is the most advanced and performance-driven BlackBerry smartphone in our portfolio. We are also delighted to say that because of the long time partnership with RIM, the handset is very well optimised for T-Mobile Germany’s network and services,” says Dr. Frank Wermeyer, Director Business Marketing, T-Mobile Germany. “With HSDPA and EDGE technology, users can experience a fast and comfortable way of accessing the Internet and intranets through our ...
Duracell introduced two portable power solutions to help people on-the-go stand up to their personal power needs. The Duracell My Pocket Charger and the Duracell PowerSource Mini are pocket-sized power sources for devices such as a cell phone, BlackBerry and MP3 player. Each My Pocket Charger comes with two AA batteries, and the Duracell PowerSource Mini’s lithium-ion battery can be recharged through a lightweight AC charger, through a vehicle’s DC socket, or through a computer’s USB port.

The Duracell My Pocket Charger is available in two models. One model features a connector for MP3 players and will provide up to 24 hours of music on the latest iPod Nano; the other model features a connector for all BlackBerry models and the newest Motorola phones, and will provide up to one hour of talk time.

The Duracell PowerSource Mini includes a mini USB pivot arm that allows users to connect directly to a device without needing to carry a charge cable. A second USB port allows users to power two devices at once. These new products are being introduced through Duracell’s business alliance with Xantrex Technology.
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If you are on Rogers network, crackberry has obtained a screenshot of the dealer’s phone portfolio guidelines. The screenshot contains upcoming phones info for Q3 this year. Expect to see some adjustment on the schedule, for example the BlackBerry Bold 9000 was planned for early August and it has been delayed till next week.

This document is the same as the BlackBerry Pearl 8220, the KickStart clamshell phone leaked document.
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From a Verizon Wireless inventory screenshot posted by BGR, the upcoming BlackBerry Thunder could be named as BlackBerry 9530 and will be released on October 13th this year. The BlackBerry Thunder is the first full touch screen BlackBerry smartphone from RIM. It is known to be available in CDMA version and might be made exclusively for Verizon Wireless and Vodafone only.

Source [BGR]