Yup, you read that headline right; to commemorate their 1 year anniversary of being live in Vancouver, BC WIND is selling refurbished slightly loved BlackBerry 9700′s for $1 starting this Friday June 3rd, 2011. Not to shabby of a deal when you think about it; the phone can be updated to BlackBerry 6 and [...]

Finally, all ye faithful Rogers BlackBerry 9700 users, your day hath cometh. OS6 has received the beloved gold star and been approved for use. So go forth, download the software upgrade, and embark on the wonders of all that is web-kit browsing and geo-tagged pictures. Just don’t forget to backup your device before doing any of [...]

If the competition amongst the discount brands wasn’t heated enough, here comes a new campaign that is sure to light a few sparks up. WIND Mobile has launched a new BOGO campaign that is rather simple: Buy a BlackBerry 9700 on any one of their “Always talk” or “Always shout” plans with a BlackBerry data [...]

It has been a while since we posted on a Blackberry OS becoming official for ANY carrier let alone for our hometown hero Rogers, but it has been so long since an official update has been made that I felt that this one deserved some attention. I have been using .743 since it leaked just [...]

Lovely! A slew of pics have shown up over the nets this morning showcasing dummy units of the BlackBerry 9700 in white and the Pearl 9100 in black (looking sexy, both). It’s only a matter of time till they emerge on the market, but I’ll definitely be looking to pick up one of the 9700s [...]

Just days after leaking online, 5.0.0.586 has been made official by Cosmote, the first carrier to do so. Not sure when Rogers will wake up jump on the bandwagon and release an update for the device, but then again it IS Rogers and they are notorious for being last with things like this. Anywho, for [...]

After so long with nothing in the way 9700 OS updates, users are starting to see some love from Waterloo. Just days after .536 leaked and renewed our love for our beloved device, comes 5.0.0.545. Though most of us knew it was on it’s way, CrackBerry is stating that this fixes the bugs that were [...]