BlackBerry Bold 9790 “Bellagio” Caught in the Wild Again
The touchscreen BlackBerry Bold 9790 was caught on camera again this week by the Gadzone (Thank Tim for the tip!). This comes after pics we saw earlier this week. Nothing really new is being shone in the pictures other than some serious watermarking but its nice to see the device is floating around. The…
CT Scans of a BlackBerry? Guess What Model it is!
I am not sure what possesses people to want to point X-rays at their gadgets but Tamas from BerryBlog.hu decided to do exactly that. It looks like one of his readers sent in CT Scans of his BlackBerry showing the inner guts of the device. Tamas pointed out that it would be fun to see…
Gist for BlackBerry v1.5.48 Released With BlackBerry 7 Support
The speedy App World update notification system let me know today that Gist has been updated to v1.5.48. When we first were tipped to the update we thought it was just an incremental bug fix but it turns out that these tiny version increments are big. The last one brought us BBM integration and this…
RIM Patents Rotating Keyboard Keys – Possibly for Previous Rotating Keyboard Patent?
I am not sure what to make of this RIM patent Lucas @N4BB spotted for rotating keyboards. This comes after RIM’s patent in August of last year for a rotating keyboard. At first it would make sense for software keyboards but the whole patent seems to be focused on physical buttons that suddenly rotate…
BlackBerry Curve 9380 Codename Orlando Captured on Camera Again
The BlackBerry Curve 9380 is no stranger to us but its nice to see it getting another photo shoot thanks to the BoyGenius. They scored some time with the device which seems like a lower end BlackBerry Torch 9850. Like its cousin, the Curve 9360, this device is sporting an 800Mhz Marvell processor along with…
Sprint Memo Says BlackBerry 7 Wi-Fi Hotspot Feature Coming in Q4
RIM has been very hush about the Wi-Fi Hotspot feature that is supposedly baked into BlackBerry 7 devices. They have specifically made no mention of it publicly though we know that earlier builds of OS 7 had it. We have seen quite a few leaks pointing to the feature coming in a future software update….
Citrix Receiver Comes to the BlackBerry PlayBook
The Professional BlackBerry PlayBook just got a bit more professional today. RIM let us know that Citrix has released a beta of Citrix Receiver for the BlackBerry PlayBook. This means PlayBook users can now access virtual Citrix desktops and applications through the PlayBook. While I know many regular users are looking for a solid remote…
Why I Think RIM Will Succeed… The QNX Powered Comeback
The last 12 months for RIM and the Blackberry brand have been HELL. I trace the free fall back to the day the Torch 9800 was released just over 1 year ago. I call that wake up day. That is the day for me that started RIM on the path that it currently finds itself…