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VW to Block Off-Hours Emails to Keep Employees from Working Round the Clock

Technology has been blurring the lines between work hours and off-time for several years now and it's only getting worse. With the number of smartphones increasing, it's easier than ever to get some work done, even if that means shooting out a couple of emails. But that's not always a good thing. Some...

28 December 2011
05:21 GMT

BlackBerry App World 3.1.0.58 Now Available, Brings Localization Features

A new flavor of the popular BlackBerry App World app is now available for the owners of smartphones from Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion. The new version of the App World is 3.1.0.58 and has been released soon after App World 3.1 landed on devices. Apparently, the main reason for which RIM decided...

27 December 2011
12:51 GMT

RIM's Porsche Design P'9981 BlackBerry at Harrods for £1,275

Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion is reportedly set to have its newly launched Porsche Design P'9981 BlackBerry available for purchase in the UK via Harrods department store. Apparently, the high-end retailer has already confirmed the move, and also said that the smartphone was set to become avai...

27 December 2011
02:42 GMT

BBM Music 1.1.0.12 Now Available for BlackBerry Users

Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion has just made available for download a new flavor of its new BBM Music app for BlackBerry smartphones. The new application release, BBM Music 1.1.0.12, can be found up for grabs via the BlackBerry App World with a wide range of enhancements packed inside. The softwa...

23 December 2011
04:01 GMT

BlackBerry Users Get Fully Working Spotify App

Owners of BlackBerry smartphones from Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion have had the option to try out Spotify on their devices, and they can now download and install a new flavor of the software. Available only as a preview until now, the mobile application has been released in full, and can be downl...

22 December 2011
06:51 GMT

Foursquare for Blackberry Updated with Lists

The folks at Foursquare have just announced an update to their application for Blackberry device that promises to bring a new oft-requested feature called Lists.   With Lists users can check out nearby selection of landmarks, as well as things to do when they’re bored. They can also add new places to these...

21 December 2011
04:08 GMT

RIM Explains BlackBerry Users How to Remove Carrier IQ

With all the Carrier IQ rumors that have been coming and going these days, it is important to know exactly how you can detect the software on the phone, but also how it can be removed. Although many carriers and handset manufacturers came forward and said that they did not pre-load the Carrier IQ software on the...

16 December 2011
13:01 GMT

BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0.0.6149 Now Available in Beta

Research In Motion is set to add some more enhancements to its BlackBerry PlayBook devices via software updates, and some more of these have been included in a new beta release of BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0. The mobile phone maker has packed the latest beta release of the platform with a new set of languages, as wel...

16 December 2011
04:11 GMT

BlackBerry Network Outage Hits Again - 12/15/2011

BlackBerry users who already experienced the outage that hit RIM services almost two months ago and have yet to switch to another mobile platform will probably be tempted to do so now.It appears that all Blackberry services are down again, including BlackBerry Messenger and email. Although we received reports from Ro...

15 December 2011
13:59 GMT

BlackBerry Bold 9790 Will Land in the UK on January 9th

Mobile phone users in the UK will have to wait only a few weeks before the newly launched BlackBerry Bold 9790 smartphone becomes available SIM-free in the country, if the latest reports on the matter are to be believed. MobileFun plans on making the smartphone available for its customers on January 9th, the company...

12 December 2011
20:51 GMT

RIM Rumored to Plan 1280×768 PlayBook

Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion has seen poor sales of its BlackBerry PlayBook tablet PC, but it seems that it is still considering the release of a second version. Hints at a new PlayBook device have just been spotted, being included in the next flavor of the tablet OS, which should arrive sometime ...

9 December 2011
14:51 GMT

Twitter for BlackBerry Updated with Multi-Account Support, BBM Sharing and More

Research in Motion has just announced that a new 2.1 version for its Twitter application is now available for download from App World. Long time users are likely to notice that the update brings several new features and improves some of the existing ones, but does not come with anything new when it comes to desi...

7 December 2011
08:30 GMT

Free N.O.V.A. and Texas Hold'em Poker 2 Available for BlackBerry Users

Back in October, Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion was hit by a major outage that affected users all around the world, and the company is currently making up for that. Just as it announced at the time, BlackBerry users are being provided with free applications to download and install on their devices, a...

5 December 2011
17:11 GMT

BlackBerry Bold 9900 Receives Maintenance Update at Vodafone Australia

Mobile phone carrier Vodafone Australia has just announced that its BlackBerry Bold 9900 users can now download and install new software on their devices. This is no OS upgrade for the device, but merely a maintenance update for it, and the wireless carrier explains all about it in a recent blog post. The mobile...

1 December 2011
17:51 GMT

BlackBerry Bold 9790 Now Available at Rogers

BlackBerry Bold 9790, the latest device that Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion launched in the popular Bold series, is now available in its homeland country on the airwaves of wireless carrier Rogers. The new device is the thinnest Bold handset in the world, while offering great performance capabiliti...

1 December 2011
15:31 GMT

Foursquare for BlackBerry Tastes Events, Check-In Details

A new flavor of foursquare for BlackBerry devices is now available for download from the BlackBerry App World, with features that will make the holiday season a bit more pleasant. Owners of handsets running under Research In Motion’s BlackBerry OS that take advantage of the capabilities of foursquare will be ...

25 November 2011
14:41 GMT

Curve 9380 on Pre-Order in the UK with Orange and T-Mobile Contracts

BlackBerry Curve 9380, the latest addition to Research In Motion’s affordable Curve lineup, is now available for pre-order in the UK for those users who would like to have it on a contract agreement. Reservations of the new mobile phone kicked off over at The Carphone Warehouse with contract agreements avail...

25 November 2011
08:31 GMT

BlackBerry Curve 9380 Receives FCC Approvals

The latest addition to the Curve lineup from Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion, none other than the all touch BlackBerry Curve 9380, has just received the necessary approvals from the Federal Communication Commission. Two different flavors of the mobile phone passed through the FCC, namely REA70UW and ...

25 November 2011
01:54 GMT

White BlackBerry Bold 9900 Now Available at Rogers

Canadian wireless carrier Rogers has just added to its offering a new flavor of Research In Motion’s BlackBerry Bold 9900 smartphone, one that came dressed up all in white. The new mobile phone can be seen on the wireless carrier’s website here, featuring a price tag of $599.99 when purchased contract fr...

24 November 2011
16:11 GMT

Bold 9790 and Curve 9380 Get Launched in Malaysia

On Wednesday, Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion announced the release of two new handsets on the market in Malaysia, namely the BlackBerry Bold 9790 and the BlackBerry Curve 9380. Both handsets were unveiled to the world only a few weeks ago, and both of them pack the BlackBerry 7 operating system on ...

24 November 2011
13:51 GMT

RIM Announces NFC Wallet for European BlackBerry Devices

Starting with the next year, owners of Blackberry devices in Europe will be able to enjoy new capabilities on their devices, including NFC features, Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion has just confirmed. The company announced a partnership with Telefónica Digital aimed at bringing the Telef&oacu...

24 November 2011
02:53 GMT

White Galaxy S II and Bold 9900 at T-Mobile Soon

Wireless services provide T-Mobile is gearing up for the release of new handsets on its network, and some of them will be in line with the season, it seems. Apparently, the carrier is preparing the launch of a white flavor of the Android-based Samsung Galaxy S II, while also having in plan a pale BlackBerry Bold 990...

22 November 2011
12:30 GMT

RIM Advertises $199 BlackBerry PlayBook

Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion has had great hopes for its first tablet PC in the world, the BlackBerry PlayBook, though it seems that the device did not perform as great as expected. This is not the first time this is being stated, and might not be the last either, though the handset vendor is worki...

21 November 2011
17:31 GMT

Download BlackBerry Java SDK v7.1 Beta

RIM seems set to make sure that the owners of BlackBerry handsets do benefit from a wide range of choices when it comes to the software that can be installed on their devices, and the company has just released a new tool aimed at offering developers the possibility to come up with new applications, namely the BlackB...

19 November 2011
10:51 GMT

BlackBerry Bold 9790 to Arrive at O2 UK in January 2012

Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion has just announced the release of two new mobile phones running under its BlackBerry operating system, and wireless carriers around the world have already started to pick them up. O2 UK is one of them, with plans to make the new BlackBerry Bold 9790 smartphone available...

16 November 2011
18:11 GMT

RIM's BlackBerry Services Experience Hiccups

Research In Motion is still having issues with its BlackBerry services, weeks after experiencing a major outage that affected its worldwide network. This time around, however, only a small number of users have been affected by the problem, which caused emails and messages to arrive on devices later that intended. ...

10 November 2011
02:49 GMT

Gmail App for Blackberry Gets Discontinued on November 22nd

Google is set to discontinue the support for their Gmail application for BlackBerry devices, and announced that it will make the move on November 22nd. The announcement refers to the installed native Gmail App for Blackberry, but do not involve the Gmail service accessible from the browser on mobile devices. Even...

9 November 2011
16:11 GMT

BlackBerry Curve 9370 Spotted at the FCC

Back in August, Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion announced the launch of new models in its Curve series of smartphones, including the BlackBerry Curve 9370 handset, which has just received the necessary approvals from the FCC. The device passed through the FCC featuring model number RDZ21CW and packin...

9 November 2011
06:51 GMT

Video Ad for AT&T's Torch 9810 Available

AT&T was the first wireless carrier in the world to launch the BlackBerry Torch smartphone from Research In Motion, and the operator has also added the new Torch 9810 to its offering. The same as the original, the new device sports a sliding design, pairing a touchscreen display with a full QWERTY keyboard. Howev...

9 November 2011
02:21 GMT

AT&T's BlackBerry Bold 9900 Available via Best Buy Too

Two new BlackBerry devices have just made it to AT&T's lineup, namely the BlackBerry Bold 9900 and the BlackBerry Torch 9860, and it seems that the former was also put up for sale via Best Buy. The BlackBerry Bold 9900 can be seen listed on Best Buy's website here all dressed up in black and featuring a ...

7 November 2011
20:01 GMT

BlackBerry Bold 9900 and Torch 9860 Up for Sale at AT&T

In addition to Android and Windows Phone devices, wireless carrier AT&T also made available for purchase on its airwaves new BlackBerry smartphones, namely the BlackBerry Bold 9900 and Torch 9860. Both new phones are powered by Research In Motion's BlackBerry 7.0 OS and both of them started to arrive on shelv...

7 November 2011
12:21 GMT

Torch 9810 Official at T-Mobile, Lands on November 9th

Wireless services provider T-Mobile has just announced the upcoming availability of a new BlackBerry smartphone on its airwaves, namely the BlackBerry Torch 9810, which is expected to be put up for sale on its network starting with November 9th. The new mobile phone is already available for pre-order for T-Mobile b...

3 November 2011
13:21 GMT

BlackBerry Curve 9380 Spotted En-Route to TELUS

Canadian mobile phone carrier TELUS is expected to add to its offering in the near future a new device coming from Research In Motion, namely the BlackBerry Curve 9380. The handset was not made official as of now, yet it already emerged on the handset vendor's developer portal, next to another handset that RIM ...

3 November 2011
12:32 GMT

A Closer Look at the BBM Music App and Service

Today, Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion made available for download a new application for its customers, namely BBM Music, and announced that users will be able to access a wide range of songs via the service attached to it. For starters, we should note that, although they will be able to enjoy the s...

2 November 2011
13:01 GMT

RIM Makes BBM Music Generally Available

The BBM Music application that RIM has made available for testing in a beta flavor not too long ago has finally graduated to a commercial product and is now available for download via the BlackBerry App World. User will be able to access a number of 50 songs when setting up their BBM Music profile, but a premium su...

2 November 2011
10:38 GMT

BlackBerry Bold 9790 Emerges in New Photos

Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion is expected to bring to the market in the not-too-distant future a new BlackBerry device in the popular Bold series, one that would sport the name of Bold 9790, and which can be admired now in a new leaked photo. This is not the first time the smartphone makes an appear...

2 November 2011
07:21 GMT

Vodafone India Launches Mobile Application Store Powered by Appia

More than 145 million Vodafone India subscribers will have access to the carrier's new Mobile Application Store powered by Appia.The app store provides access to over 10,000 free and paid applications for almost any handset that is available one the market, including Android, Java, Symbian and Blackberry.The app...

1 November 2011
11:58 GMT

AT&T Goes Official with Bold 9900, Torch 9860 and Curve 9360

Today, mobile phone carrier AT&T announced the upcoming availability of a number of three new BlackBerry devices on its airwaves, namely the BlackBerry Bold 9900, BlackBerry Torch 9860 and the BlackBerry Curve 9360. The wireless operator also announced that the first two BlackBerry 7 -based smartphones will be rel...

1 November 2011
11:42 GMT

White Bold 9900, Curve 9360 and Torch 9810 on Pre-Order in the UK

Mobile phone users in the UK now have the possibility to place orders for a series of three BlackBerry devices that come all dressed up in white, including the Bold 9900, Curve 9360 and Torch 9810. All of these devices can be seen listed at the moment on the website of UK retailer Phones4u, which says that they wi...

31 October 2011
03:45 GMT

Shazam Encore Now Free for BlackBerry

For a limited period of time, the Shazam Encore application is available for free for RIM's BlackBerry devices. The application was put on download in the BlackBerry App World here, where it features the usual price of $5.99 USD. “Thank you for choosing and supporting BlackBerry. In appreciation, S...

29 October 2011
10:01 GMT

BlackBerry Curve 9360 Available at Three UK

Mobile phone carrier Three UK has added a new BlackBerry device to its offering, namely the BlackBerry Curve 9360, now available for purchase for free on specific monthly plans at the wireless carrier. The wireless operator has added the smartphone to its offering on The One Plan, which brings along 2,000 minutes,...

28 October 2011
13:41 GMT

BlackBerry Devices to Keep Everything Connected, Video Shows

Research In Motion's BlackBerry devices are widely used in the enterprise area, and the company seems set to add even more capabilities to them, so as to make them even more important for businesses, while also providing the level of connectivity that regular users also need. In a video presentation that bring...

28 October 2011
08:51 GMT

RIM's Vision of BlackBerry's Enterprise Future

Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion is dreaming of a future in which our smartphones can interact with a wide range of other devices, and enabling us to enjoy far more capabilities and features than simple call making or receiving. A part of that dream can be seen in the video above (available courtesy o...

28 October 2011
05:31 GMT

RIM Blackberry Business Cloud Services for Office 365 Exchange Online Beta

BlackBerry Business Cloud Services for Microsoft Office 365 has reached Beta stage, with RIM inviting early adopters to test the upcoming offering which was initially announced in March 2011. Developed in close partnership with Microsoft, the new RIM service is designed to bridge Blackberry devices with the Redmond c...

26 October 2011
08:49 GMT

Rogers Remote TV Manager for BlackBerry Application Now Available

One of the latest applications that BlackBerry handset owners can enjoy on their devices is the Rogers Remote TV Manager, which was meant to enable users enjoy access to their HD PVR from anywhere. The new mobile application was made available only for the Rogers model 8300HD PVR at the moment, but the company prom...

21 October 2011
13:11 GMT

BlackBerry Curve 9360 Gets Launched in Thailand

Today, Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion announced the release of their BlackBerry Curve 9360 smartphone on the market in Thailand. The new device, powered by the BlackBerry 7 OS platform, is available for purchase via all authorized BlackBerry partners, the handset vendor announced. The new BlackBe...

21 October 2011
12:41 GMT

BlackBerry Packager for Android Explained

Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion is set to make sure that its devices benefit from a wide range of applications, and the company is working on bringing Android software to them. One of the tools to enable this is the BlackBerry Packager for Android that can be seen explained in the video embedded belo...

21 October 2011
02:46 GMT

Facebook Messenger Arrives on BlackBerry Devices

Facebook has just announced the release of an updated flavor of their Messenger application, now offering support for a wider range of devices. In addition to being available for Android and iOS devices, the Facebook Messenger is now available on handsets coming from Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion a...

20 October 2011
07:18 GMT

Twitter for BlackBerry 2.1 Updated with Multi-Account Support

The latest iteration of Twitter for BlackBerry is now available for download from BlackBerry Beta Zone. Twitter for BlackBerry 2.1 brings two new features, such as additional profile functions and multi-account support.Although the new features are nice and useful, RIM fans were expecting a lot more new features and ...

20 October 2011
04:16 GMT


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