Reports: ATT BlackBerry 8820's GPS won't be "neutered" after allBlackBerry Cool notes CrackBerry reportage that the AT&T BlackBerry 8820s, due for release next Tuesday, will not have their built-in GPS neutered to work with only TeleNav’s service, like we told you previously.Such a course of action would run counter to rumors that the GPS will be neutered.August 29, 2007 by Russell Shaw in BlackBerry
AT&T to drop BlackBerry 8800 in favor of 8820 According to what appears to be an AT&T internal sales document obtained by Boy Genius, the carrier is planning to drop the BlackBerry 8800 in favor of the BlackBerry 8830.You are looking at a capture of a portion of the PDF document where this indicative info appears.August 24, 2007 by Russell Shaw in Mobility
BlackBerry Patent app would display caller location on mapA newly published BlackBerry Patent application describes technology that would use GPS data from an incoming caller's location, and then display that location on a map interface running on the recipient's BlackBerry.The Patent application, fittinly enough, is entitled Visual representation of contact location.August 16, 2007 by Russell Shaw in Mobility
Rapper Foxy Brown arrested for tossing BlackBerry at neighborRap artist Foxy Brown was arrested on Tuesday for assaulting neighbor Arlene Raymond with her BlackBerry.The Associated Press reports the incident started on July 30 when Brown, 27, drew complaints from Raymond for playing her car stereo too loud.August 16, 2007 by Russell Shaw in BlackBerry
EVDOInfo.com posts useful BlackBerry 8830 FAQEVDOInfo.com has posted a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)-like Q&A with pretty much all the basic info you'd ever want to know about the EVDO-capable, BlackBerry 8830 World Edition phone.August 16, 2007 by Russell Shaw in Mobile Carriers
Report: In deference to Apple iPhone, ATT BlackBerry 8820 will "neuter" GPSDoug at BlackBerry Cool has just posted that they've received a tip from an inside source at AT&T that the GPS funcitonality will be locked down on the AT&T BlackBerry 8820 due mid-September.Under this arrangement, the only GPS-like third party software compatible with the AT&T BlackBerry 8820 will be TeleNav.August 16, 2007 by Russell Shaw in Apple
Paris Hilton, her BlackBerry Curve, and the Playboy MansionThat's Paris Hilton and her sister Nicky arriving at the Playboy Mansion.As you can see that is a BlackBerry Curve in her hand.August 8, 2007 by Russell Shaw in BlackBerry
BlackBerry 8310 with GPS due this fallDoug at BlackBerry Cool posts that according to a tipster named Rogersdude, the black-colored variant BlackBerry Curve soon to be sold by Rogers Wireless in Canada will be the GPS-enabled BlackBerry 8310.Word is it that Rogers has felt they've underpromoted the original Curve in favor of the BlackBerry 8800.August 8, 2007 by Russell Shaw in BlackBerry
August 14 now seen as likely ATT BlackBerry 8820 release dateBoyGenius reports an anonymous tipster with some earned cred now advises him that, in the tipster's words, we should "expect" AT&T to launch the BlackBerry 8820 on Monday August 13 or Tuesday August 14.Not that we don't know it's already coming.July 31, 2007 by Russell Shaw in BlackBerry
Vodafone introduces BlackBerry Curve 8310 in GermanyVodafone and BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion introduced the BlackBerry Curve 8310 in Germany earlier today.With enhanced, location-specific GPS, the BlackBerry Curve 8310 is available now from Vodafone in Germany for 99,90 Euro (note, about $136.July 31, 2007 by Russell Shaw in BlackBerry
NASA: iPhone isn't "enterprise-ready," but BlackBerry 8800 sure isInformation Week's Paul McDougall reports that NASA's Outsourcing Desktop Initiative for NASA (ODIN) has determined that:The iPhone is not enterprise ready, but:The BlackBerry is. At least the BlackBerry 8800.July 31, 2007 by Russell Shaw in iPhone
Failed router component leads to two-hour T-Mobile BlackBerry email shutdown"Stick together?"Not Monday afternoon.Failure of a component in a router led to slightly less than two hours of lost e-mail service for BlackBerry customers on T-Mobile USA's network west of the Mississippi River yesterday.July 30, 2007 by Russell Shaw in Collaboration
Games distributor: BlackBerry users more active mobile gamers than regular cell subscribersGamesOnDeck offers an interview with Magmic Games CEO John Criswick as well as Magmic distributor Bplay's Vice President Nicholas Reichenbach.Why should you care?July 30, 2007 by Russell Shaw in Mobility
Hey, how about a BlackBerry loyalty program-with gifts?I'm back here after finishing a book project.According to a survey of 935 business cellphone users by research firm In-Stat, even the most frequent of these customers feel their cellphone carrier doesn't appreciate them.July 30, 2007 by Russell Shaw in BlackBerry
BlackBerry Patent app describes tethered BlackBerry user alarmsA newly published BlackBerry Patent application describes technology that would wirelessly tether one BlackBerry to another- and would devise a way for the first BlackBerry to "alert" the second if it is disabled somehow.The Patent application is entitled, Plural wirelessly connected devices with user alarm if wireless connection is lost or endangered.July 19, 2007 by Russell Shaw in Networking