For those who waited, the RIM BlackBerry Bold won't disappoint. The Bold impresses with its brilliant display, enhanced productivity tools, and excellent multimedia performance to deliver a more powerful and well-rounded smartphone to mobile professionals.

How do you like that? Some sources report that the fpopular BlackBerry Bold actually costs just $169.41 to manufacture. Cheap, you say? And now compare this figure with the subsidized price of US$337 that poor Canadians have to pay for the handset. That's what I call a daylight robbery!

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A short, but sweet, news bulletin for BlackBerry fans: on Wednesday, T-Mobile announced the immediate availability of the red RIM BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 smartphone. It joins the black version, which has been on sale since October 13. You can get either colors for $149.99 with a ...

The BlackBerry Partners Fund, a $150 million venture capital fund formed to focus on applications and services for the BlackBerry and other mobile platforms, announced today that the Fund has made investments in buzzd, Digby and WorldMate. “Since its inception this past May, the BlackBerry Partners Fund has had the opportunity to review thousands of business plans from companies focused on developing the next generation of business and consumer applications for BlackBerry and other smartphone platforms,” said John Albright, Co-Managing Partner of the BlackBerry Partners Fund.

buzzd, a location-sensitive city guide and social network for mobile devices, has raised $3.2 million in a Series A Preferred Stock financing with BlackBerry Partners Fund, Greycroft Partners, Monitor Ventures and Qualcomm Ventures. Digby, a mobile commerce solution provider powering the mobile channel for top retailers, has raised $5.5 million Series B Preferred Stock with the BlackBerry Partners Fund and existing shareholders.

WorldMate, a company that has paved the way for mobile travel innovation and serves over one million frequent flyers and road warriors around the world, has raised $8 million in a Series C Preferred Stock financing with BlackBerry Partners Fund, Motorola Ventures and AMC Communications.

Best Buy and CompUSA is going to sell unlocked BlackBerry Bold 9000 directly to consumer, with a price tag of $660 and $799.99 respectively. Best Buy has put up the BlackBerry Bold for pre-ordering. If you need the smartphone urgently, CompUSA has the smartphone in stock today but with a much higher price tag. At the $169.41 BOM and manufacturing cost revealed by iSuppli today, you can imagine how much profit they can make from you for a BlackBerry Bold!

The Bold is RIM’s first BlackBerry to include support for the 3G/High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) air interface standard and the first to include a full QWERTY keyboard. Along with the faster network connection, the Bold’s performance is boosted by sheer processing power via the addition of an updated 624MHz Marvell-based processor and an improved Blackberry Operating System (OS) 4.6 platform.

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Truphone today launched a beta of its mobile internet telephony service, Truphone Anywhere, for BlackBerry smartphones. When an international number is dialled, the Truphone software detects what is happening and takes over automatically. Truphone Anywhere will then make a domestic call to local Truphone server and sends to the server the international number being called. The Truphone server then makes an internet call to that number and connects that long-distance internet call with the domestic call the customer pays only for the call to the local Truphone server.

Truphone for BlackBerry smartphones is available to download for free from www.truphone.com/blackberry. Alternatively, Handango users may also download Truphone from www.handango.com.

Truphone today launched a beta version of its VoIP client called Truphone Anywhere for BlackBerry smartphones.  It’s a cheapest way to make international calling to up to 40 million BlackBerry users across the world, can reduce international call costs to as little as £0.03/$0.06 per minute.

Truphone Anywhere works in 33 countries worldwide. “There’s no GSM business tariff that gets close to the prices we can offer BlackBerry users with Truphone for international calling,” said Geraldine Wilson, new CEO of Truphone.

This client is available to download for free from www.truphone.com/blackberry or www.handango.com for Handago users. There are no monthly subscriptions or other charges.

Best Buy is now offering the RIM BlackBerry Bold for sale without a contract.
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- T-Mobile isn't the first U.S. carrier to offer the Wi-Fi-equipped BlackBerry Pearl 8120 (AT&T Wireless launched its 8120 earlier this year), but T-

Blackberry Bold is now available to order through Best Buy.  Of course, you will want to avoid being on AT&T’s slow network.  My best suggestion is to wait until Sprint has Blackberry Bold available.  (You can buy this straight up for $679.99 and ask your Sprint dealer to switch over your plan if you want.) As far as the Blackberry Bold goes, I think it’s a real good buy, perhaps a lot better than the touchscreen Blackberry Storm as you cannot replace the reliable physical keyboard with

Mobiles are the most important devices of modern times. So much so that a world without mobiles is unthinkable today. Thanks to mobiles communication, the way it was carried out on phones, has undergone a sea change. Increasing popularity of mobiles have also increased the demand for them which has led to more and more companies jumping on the bandwagon to cash in on the growing mania. And when it comes to talking about mobile manufacturing companies then one company that simply outshines othe

My Boost Mobile Motorola i855 recently died and I picked up an old Blackberry 7100i for $35 on eBay to replace it.  This is my first Blackberry so I needed plenty of help in figuring out to set it up to synchronize with Outlook and to find and load compatible applications.  Fortunately there are a huge number of BlackBerry resources on the net. I little Googling and I found everything I needed.  My contacts, calendar and notes are now synchronized and I have Opera Mini 4.1, Google Maps and seve

A HowardForums' user (VZW E) has leaked some release information for the highly anticipated BlackBerry Storm. He said the handset would be available at corporate stores starting November 15th and on the 16th at...

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Live streaming video available for handsets including BlackBerry Bold
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Just one week after Qik release its new J2ME video streaming software, they have now released an alpha verfsion of BlackBerry client. The software works best under the latest BlackBerry OS 4.5, supports the BlackBerry Pearl 8120, BlackBerry Pearl 8130, Blackberry Curve 8320/ 8330 and BlackBerry Bold. BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 will be available soon.

If you have got an account on Qik, just visit qik.com/dl/165 on your blackberry to install the software. The Qik on BlackBerry is slightly different from what you get on other mobile devices:

In this alpha release, Qik on BlackBerry works a bit differently than the other devices.
- When you start Qik, a screen is shown with just one button - Stream. Press the center button to start streaming. This will bring up the camera application and you’ll be off streaming live to the web. When you are ready to stop, just press the center button again.
- Depending on the network condition, after you press stop, you may see a progress % on the top right hand corner indicating the video that is left to be sent. It is advised to wait for the stream to be completely uploaded prior to streaming again....

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Next2Friends announced the availability of its ‘Live’ mobile video broadcasting application for the BlackBerry Bold smartphone from Research In Motion. Next2Friends Live enables members to share their lives from anywhere, from broadcasting the little things that make up their day, to capturing a must-see-moment, to bringing you unfolding events from across the world closer to home. The application, soft-launched in late 2007 and officially released in June 2008, is continually being enhanced by the Next2Friends development team to deliver the optimal service for all the members already sharing their lives through real-time, rich media.

Visitors can sign up for a free Next2Friends members account at www.Next2Friends.com, download the application to their BlackBerry Bold and begin broadcasting immediately. Videos are automatically filed in the member’s personal video library where they can be easily shared with friends or embedded in other social networking profiles, websites and blogs.

Some leaked screenshots have unveiled BestBuy's pricing and availability details on the BlackBerry Storm for Verizon. As you can see in the pic, the phone will be added to stock on November 16th, but the price of $699.99 is too high for an average user.

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third party web signals push service announced this week at BBDC on mobile.blackberry.com. Here’s a list of the first six news/information offerings available: NYTimes.com Bits Blog Notifier - Learn about news & analysis as it happens with NYTimes.com Bits Blog Notifier. With news & analysis on the tech industry through the day from NY Times writers & freelancers. Accuweather.com- Get free constantly updated forecasts pushed to your BlackBerry smartphone. View radar, 10-day & hourly forecasts

A new software offering from Redmond Technologies will allow BlackBerry users to organize call histories more efficiently. BlackBerry users can use Momentum to assign custom tags to all their calls. They will then be able to look up their ...
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It looks like you have waited enough for the Blackberry Bold. The phone was initially set to hit the market in summer but it was postponed several times since then. Now it’s offical the “sumer release” of Blackberry Bold will be made this autumn on November 4th. I don’t kow if it was an accident or if the price had to be revealed at the press conference, but it seems the BlackBerry Bod will be available for $299 on a two-year contract. Related Posts: October 24, 2008 — BlackBerry Bold Will

It looks like you have waited enough for the Blackberry Bold. The phone was initially set to hit the market in summer but it was postponed several times since then. Now it’s offical the “sumer release” of Blackberry Bold will be made this autumn on November 4th. I don’t kow if it was an accident or if the price had to be revealed at the press conference, but it seems the BlackBerry Bod will be available for $299 on a two-year contract. Related Posts: October 24, 2008 — BlackBerry Bold Will

BlackBerry Cool 15 possible. He’s also the man behind the Open Mike section of the BlackBerry Developer Newsletter, which has a special focus this month on BlackBerry Storm development. In addition to the BlackBerry Storm simulator video, the BlackBerry Developer Newsletter has Mike talking about ‘Compatibility Mode’ and Storm events at the BBDC, and links to a number of useful support documents about Storm development. Check them out below: Open Mike with Mike Kirkup BlackBerry Java Developme

Today Google announced the availability of the Gmail for mobile 2.0 mail client for Java J2ME and BlackBerry phones.
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Google has released GMail for Mobile 2.0 today for BlackBerry smartphones and other devices running Java platforms. Google has streamlined the client and made it faster and more reliable to use, including faster scrolling and no freezing. Google also ...
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AT&T and Research In Motion announced today that the BlackBerry Bold smartphone will be available in the United States for as low as $299.99 on Tuesday, Nov. 4, in AT&T retail stores nationwide. The BlackBerry was delayed this month due to more certification testing needed for the BlackBerry Bold.

Prima makes lovely black leather cases for Blackberrys in several different styles.  Today I am reviewing what Prima calls the “Blackberry 8300 Curve [...]

Right the same day AT&T has announced the BlackBerry Bold, the said carrier-branded handset has appeared at eBay<...

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Finally, AT&T has announced that the long-awaited BlackBerry Bold will be launched on Tuesday, November 4th, and will be available for $300 after a 2 year contract and a mail-in rebate. Don't miss this!

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AT&T and RIM have announced that the BlackBerry Bold 9000 will be available to AT&T customers early in November.
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This is it! This is the news we've been waiting for since May. On Wednesday, Research In Motion announced that the long-awaited RIM BlackBerry Bold will finally be available starting November 4 at AT&T for $299.99 with a two-year contract and ...

AT&T announced that it will begin selling the BlackBerry Bold on November 4 for $300 after rebates with new agreement. It will be available in AT&T retail stores nationwide, through www.att.com and select national retailers, as well as ...
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A new Short Message Service (SMS) text messaging application for BlackBerry phones that permits both personal and business users to send self-destructing text messages and pictures, has been released by BigString Corporation. In addition to providing BigString’s self-destructing features to SMS text users, the application also permits sending self-destructing messages to multiple recipients through the application’s group feature and sending graphic rich messages including animated emoticons. The new application is called SMS Eraser.

The self-destruction timing of messages is determined by the sender. A message can be set to self-destruct in as little as fifteen seconds or after a set number of views. The message will disappear in real time simultaneously from both the sending and receiving IM screens. Once the message self-destructs it cannot be recovered. BigString’s BlackBerry SMS Eraser is currently priced at $29.95 and can be downloaded at http://www.bigstring.com

“Our BlackBerry SMS Eraser allows the fast-growing mobile messaging market to use our self-destructing text messaging and picture applications,” stated Darin Myman, President and CEO of BigString Corporation. He added that “Mobile phones are fast becoming the main source of both personal and business communication for many people. BigString’s move into the mobile ...

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Check out the live video of the highly anticipated BlackBerry Storm 9530, the first touchscreen BlackBerry device from Research In Motion.
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Online content providers can now push notifications to BlackBerry smartphones and enable streamlined mobile access for their customers
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AT&T today announced that the BlackBerry Bold smartphone will be available on Tuesday, Nov. 4th.

The BlackBerry Bold features a black exterior, chrome-finished frame and leatherette backplate with a half-VGA (480 x 320 px at 217 ppi) color display and a full QWERTY keyboard.

Inside, the Bold features built-in GPS and Wi-Fi, a powerful new 624 MHz mobile processor, 1 GB on board memory and up to 16 GB via its microSD/SDHC expansion slot.

Multimedia capabilities include an advanced media player for music, videos and photos and a 2.0-megapixel camera with built-in flash, zoom and video recording.

The Bold gives users push-based access to as many as 10 supported email accounts. Customers can also download and edit Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint files using the preloaded DataViz Documents to Go software ...

It’s a big news for Apple’s iPhone fans, I guess. Your lovely mobile device has surpassed RIM’s BlackBerry in unit sales for the quarter — with over 6.9 million units against 6.1 million. That’s all? No. Another good news: in terms of overall profitability, Apple is the third largest competitor behind Nokia and Samsung, and ahead of both LG and Motorola.

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Research In Motion (RIM) today announced that the company is working on a new online application storefront and a new on-device application center for managing installation, upgrades, and purchases blackberry applications.

RIM plans to launch the application storefront in March 2009 and BlackBerry application developers can begin submitting their applications and content for inclusion in the storefront in December 2008. The storefront will allow developers to set their own prices for applications and developers will retain 80 percent of the revenue generated from their applications. RIM is working with PayPal to provide consumers with a convenient and trusted way to pay for applications within the new application storefront, right from their BlackBerry smartphone.

RIM is also working with its carrier partners to provide carrier-customized, on-device application centers to help foster after-market application downloads. The BlackBerry application center will allow each carrier to offer a convenient catalog right on the device where a customer can discover and download applications.

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Zeemote isn't sharing any details about when its fun, handheld joystick will maneuver cell phone games in North America, but developers can still hatch plans to write Zeemote-controllable games for BlackBerry phones.

On Tuesday, Zeemote announced plans to release the beta version of its software development kit ...

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Attention T-Mobile customers: if you own a RIM BlackBerry Curve 8320, you might want to head on over to the carrier's Web site and download a nice little software upgrade for the smartphone. We think it'll be worth it.

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SANTA CLARA, Calif.--Mike Lazaridis, Research In Motion's co-founder and co-CEO, has just given the 700 registered developers at the first-ever BlackBerry Developer Conference sound but strange advice. The key to successful BlackBerry development isn't just good programming, Lazaridis told the room, it's physics.

Very specific physics, it turns out. Lazaridis pointed to an image of a box with the words Bandwidth, Capacity, Performance, and Battery Life, written in each corner. These are the four principles of BlackBerry's "physics," he said. If developers push too hard to achieve high broadband speeds, for instance, capacity drops. On individual devices, there is a trade-off between battery life and performance.

"This is one box that it's wise not to think outside," Lazaridis joked.

Lazaridis' insight is one reason that scores of developers have gathered at the Silicon Valley conference. Another is meeting with technical experts for hands-on advice to ready their applications for the sleek BlackBerry Bold and touch-screen BlackBerry Storm--slated to hit stores within the next few weeks--and for the BlackBerry application store--anticipated to debut in March 2009.

The on-device BlackBerry Application Center and online BlackBerry Application Storefront will make it easier for the 20 million BlackBerry users on ...

RIM announced a number of changes and updates to its development tools for BlackBerries. The tools support now Gears, which will let web applications run as standalone apps on BlackBerries. RIM is also providing a new plug-in for developers ...
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Today RIM announced that it is offering push notification services to BlackBerry users. BlackBerry Web Signals will allow online content providers to automatically push notifications when relevant content has been published. Any content that BlackBerry users choose to subscribe ...
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Zeemote announced the forthcoming availability of the Zeemote SDK (software development kit) for BlackBerry smartphones from Research In Motion (RIM), which includes the BlackBerry Curve and the BlackBerry Pearl series smartphones. The Zeemote SDK will allow BlackBerry developers to create mobile games that are compatible with Zeemote’s JS1 Controller, a wireless, analog joystick for mobile phones that connects via Bluetooth.

The new Zeemote SDK for BlackBerry smartphones includes a set of standards, simple testing procedures and support that make it easier for developers to bring games to market that function with the JS1 Controller.

For more information, please visit Zeemote at the BlackBerry Developer Conference, Booth 105, Oct. 21-22, in Santa Clara, Calif. or on the Web at www.zeemote.com. Developers can pre-register for Zeemote’s SDK for BlackBerry smartphones by sending inquiries to bizdev@zeemote.com.

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Zeemote, the makers of intelligent wireless controllers for mobile devices, announced the forthcoming availability of the Zeemote SDK for BlackBerry smartphones
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T-Mobile is now offering a BlackBerry OS 4.5 update for its version of the RIM BlackBerry Curve 8320 smartphone.
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T-Mobile has released the OS 4.5 update for its BlackBerry Curve 8320. The update fixes a number of bugs and adds HTML email support, attachment downloading and editing, video recording capabilitiy, and more.To download the update go to <a href="http://www.t-mobile.com/bbupgrad...

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BGR has managed to get a print out of a Best Buy product sheet indicating the in-stock date of the BlackBerry Storm, November 16. Best Buy has confirmed that, and while the actual release date still remains a mistery, there's a good chance the handset would be available just before Thanksgiving...

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According to multiple sorces, he following BlackBerries will be released by Rogers next year, one handset each quarter... atleast. There may be more of these coming up, so check back sometimes.

BlackBerry Curve 8900 in Q1; BlackBerry Storm variant in Q2; BlackBerry 922...

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