I remember how excited I was to ditch my Pearl 8130 for a proper BlackBerry, the Tour 9630, when it was finally released last summer. I had been waiting in anticipation after many rumors of its existence and rushed out to buy one the week it was released. At the time, the Tour was arguably [...]

Since WES 2010 and the official announcement of the BlackBerry 6, there has been much speculation as to which devices will be released with the OS and more importantly, which current devices will get the upgrade. RIM has been very tight-lipped about the situation, only releasing a video of BlackBerry 6 running on a Storm touchscreen device. [...]

BBNews.pl has secured some images of the upcoming BlackBerry Shield. For those of you who don’t already know, BlackBerry Shield will give users the ability to remotely protect their device if it is lost or stolen. There are also some additional functionalities. Hit the jump for further details.

We all know Blackberry’s popularity grows substantially each year. It’s becoming as much a staple in a teenager’s quick typing hands as it is in the hands of your average CEO. In the wake of growing competition from Google’s Android platform and Apple’s iPhone, its popularity and ubiquity has stemmed from its almost untouchable security [...]

Today Adobe announced the release of Flash for any Android smartphone running FroYo, also known as Android 2.2. For now this only applies to Nexus One users and those who have flashed a custom 2.2 ROM to their Android phone. Other Android will users will have to wait patiently for their 2.2 update before they [...]

BlackBerry users have the freedom of downloading apps from several different places. You have BlackBerry App World, web stores such as Mobihand, and OTA links. The introduction of App World last April was a nice step in the right direction, and there have been a bunch of minor updates over the past year, but it [...]

BlackBerry App World 2.0 was revealed today at a press conference held by RIM, and what came out of it was the understanding of just how far behind the its competition RIM really is, and how difficult its climb back to the top will be. I am referring not to market share, of which RIM [...]

A few days ago, Facebook 1.8.0.4 for BlackBerry became available for select Beta Zone subscribers. In my opinion, this really doesn’t make much sense. Several months ago when Beta Zone opened, I was happy to see that RIM was giving BlackBerry subscribers the opportunity to beta test native BlackBerry apps, while taking their feedback to [...]

RIM has introduced a new app called ‘Feedback Tool’ into BlackBerry Beta Zone. The Feedback Tool can be launched from any screen on your BlackBerry. You can give RIM feedback about a native BlackBerry app or general feedback. If you’d like to give feedback about an app, just hit the menu button

White 9700′s, Pearl 3G’s, Sprint 9650. RIM really hasn’t been playing around lately. They’re truly gearing up for a nice strong summer. It’s nice to see that both GSM and CDMA devices are being favored this time around. As for you Verizon subscribers, our friends at Berry Reporter just confirmed that Verizon will have the 9650 [...]