Today, Poynt and the MCSC (Missing Children Society of Canada) went live with their new partnership, a geo-location based notification system contained within Poynt. The basic premise is simple, although the potential benefits to those with lost children could be astronomical. Any parent that has lost a child, even for a moment, can tell you [...]

Anyone requiring proof of the BlackBerry Bold 9900′s selling power, and the effectiveness of RIM’s marketing of the device can look right here. After only 24 hours of being available from T-Mobile, their online store is already showing that the device has sold out. This is despite the hefty price T-Mobile is asking for the [...]

If you’re itching to get your hands on a Bold 9900, but aren’t quite ready to shell out $149.99 worth of your hard earned dollars to get one from Rogers, Future Shop has just discounted the device to $99.99 on a three-year contract. If you’re shopping over at Best Buy, picking yourself a PlayBook while [...]

For those interested in grabbing a PlayBook, Best Buy has just put them on sale, offering the 16GB for $449.99, 32GB and 64GB for $549.99. That’s $150 off the 64GB, well worth the upgrade if you have the cash for it. The sale runs from now through September 5th, in store and online. If you’ve [...]

We have known for a while that Rogers would be carrying the full gamut of BlackBerry 7 devices, and today they have announced the release of the Curve 9360 and Torch 9860. Available online only for now, they are expected to hit retail outlets nationwide by the end of the week. For those that haven’t [...]

As expected, T-Mobile has released the BlackBerry Bold 9900 today, making the device available officially on every major US carrier, with the exception of AT&T. Retailing at a whopping $599.99 retail, a two year contract will set you back $299.99 after a $50 mail in rebate. Why anyone would pay that price when the device [...]

  I’ve been using the BBM Music beta for a day or two now, and while it has begun to grow on me, one thing that immediately began to irritate me was the sudden requests to be added to someone’s BBM contact list. BlackBerry Messenger is sacred to me, and my PIN is not something [...]

If you’re a member of BlackBerry Beta Zone, emails are going out to let you know that BlackBerry Messenger has been updated to its latest beta iteration of 6.0.1.15. No changelog seems to be available, which usually indicates that this latest build is mainly bug fixes, with no major additions. Apparently fixed in this update [...]

Sasktel has stepped up and released the 9860 to its subscribers, as more of the smaller carriers begin to carry the devices. If you live in Saskatchewan and aren’t a fan of one of the larger carriers, you can grab this little touchscreen beauty for $549.99 outright, or $129.99 on a three-year signup. For new [...]

With the new BlackBerry 7 devices popping up left and right on various carriers, we already knew that Telus would be getting into the game, but word has come out confirming that it will launch with the Canadian carrier on August 30th. Rogers and Bell are already selling the device, wiith Telus bringing up the [...]