Hot on the heels of the word that RIM’s BlackBerry Curve 8520 would be heading for Vodaphone in the UK, Pocket Lint’s gotten a hold of one. The optical trackball-boasting, entry-level non-3G darling looks pretty brilliant in the photos, despite its stripped down form factor. Pocket Lint is also reporting that it’ll be Vodaphone-bound in August, and it’ll also be available through Orange for pre-paid deals and from Carphone Warehouse where it’ll be offered in violet. Now that, we’ll admit, we’re kind of interested in.

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Looks like RIM and Verizon are getting things in place for the Storm 2 – this picture posted on CrackBerry purportedly shows an entry for retail mockup units of RIM touchscreen sequel in Verizon’s inventory system that seems to confirm the rumored 9550 model number is the real deal. Considering how leaky RIM’s been lately this doesn’t surprise us any too much, but we’re still Read the rest of this entry »

Grabbing yourself a brand new BlackBerry Tour? As with any new device release some of your favorite applications out there may not work with the Tour initially due to it being a new device, but there is one saving grace with the Tour that should give it the green light for most apps – Read the rest of this entry »

Ninja_Please has been pushing out great looking themes like there is no tomorrow as of late. This time around Ninja_Please has followed up his popular premium Slyde theme with a free Tweme, yes that’s right, Tweme. Tweme is a Twitter-based theme using icons and fonts that are all too familiar to Twitter users.

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I’m all about surprises – especially when it comes to BlackBerry. Trying to backup my Tour for the first time this morning, I came across a few errors and started to get frustrated. I couldn’t figure out the exact issue, so I decided to remove my current Desktop Manager (4.7) and do a fresh install. Rather than download it again, I pulled out the BlackBerry User Tools CD that

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MySpace, Facebook, Flickr, Linkedin, Twitter – we have more social networks than we can handle.  Anyone can join these networks (and most of us have) and each has their own flavor. It’s not as often that we see product manufacturers enter the social network game and actually be as successful as pure social networks or independent product-driven community websites, but Research in Motion is going to give it a try, apparently tomorrow according to TechCrunch.

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IM will reportedly launch its own music store for Blackberry customers starting in September.

According to TGDaily, RIM will offer its wireless music download service through a partnership with UK-based download website 7Digital. The service will launch in the UK, US, Canada, France, Italy, Germany and Spain in September.
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It seems that Verizon Fios is slowing trying taking over the cable TV market. A recent addition to their arsenal is a Fios mobile application. Currently only available for the Storm, the application lets you easily record shows, view TV listings, set parental controls and manage space on your DVR – all from your mobile device. If you’re a Fios user this app can come in very handy when you’re not near your DVR.

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If you’ve had you eye on the Tour, we bet you didn’t forget they were going on sale today — but just in case you had, consider this your official reminder. Both carriers are now offering RIM’s latest and greatest CDMA BlackBerry for $199.99 on contract, so you’re probably not going to see a lot of defections between carriers this time around. Pardon us if we don’t shed a tear for the lack of exclusivity on this one.
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