BlackBerry Bold 9900 & Curve 9360 Get MasterCard PayPass Certification
RIM announced this morning that the BlackBerry Bold 9900 and BlackBerry Curve 9360 are now the “World’s First SIM-Based Smartphones to Receive MasterCard PayPass Handset Certification.” That is not to shabby for RIM since these devices are freshly launched. France Telecom Orange is the first carrier to benefit from the certification and plans to use…
Vodafone UK Shows Off a White BlackBerry Bold 9900 on Video
I don’t know what it is about BlackBerrys in white but they just look good. We heard before that the BlackBerry Bold 9900 would be getting the white treatment like previous bold devices and it looks like that is happening. Babisboi pointed out a video preview of the device done by Vodafone UK and…
AT&T BlackBerry Bold 9900 “Coming Soon” – Possibly Nov 6th?
I know that AT&T customers have been clamoring for a BlackBerry Bold 9900 since the device launched. AT&T has been dragging their feet only offering their exclusive BlackBerry Torch 9810 but now it looks like the promised Bold 9900 is finally coming. Tony let us know that AT&T posted a tweet last week that the…
Official OS 7.0.0.374 From Verizon for the 9930
For those of you who like to stick to the official carrier release OS updates Verizon released OS 7.0.0.374 for the Bold 99930. This is an official OS but a backup is always recommended incase something goes wrong with your update. Contrary to the usual no change log with this one you get quite a…
BlackBerry Bold 9900 OS 7.0.0.439 Officially Released by WIND Canada
WIND updated the OS for the BlackBerry Bold 9900 on their BlackBerry download page this week. The update is not the latest OS we have seen leaked but its pretty close at v7.0.0.439. We have no idea what is new in this build but if you are an official OS only guy you may want…
Seidio Releases Spring Clip Holster for the BlackBerry Bold 9900 & 9930
Anybody else miss the old clip on holsters RIM used to ship with all their BlackBerrys? The leather holster that comes with the BlackBerry Bold 9900/9930 is actually quite good but some people prefer the traditional plastic clip BlackBerry holsters. Tom let us know that Seidio has exactly those users in mind with their new…
Devs: RIM Provides Detailed Explanation of NFC BlackBerry Features & Implementation
I have been looking for some good documentation on the NFC features RIM introduced with BlackBerry OS 7 and the Bold 9900/9930 along with the Curve 9350/9360/9370. Alec Saunders, RIM’s new VP of Developer Relations, pointed out a great “NFC Primer for Developers” posted by Martin Woolley and John Murray of RIM’s Developer Relations team…
White BlackBerry Bold 9900 Caught on Camera…
I don’t know what it is about white BlackBerrys but they really look slick. Not as slick as a blood red 9900 but still you see what I mean. Adham over at Berry-WD scored a picture of what looks like a BlackBerry Bold 9900 decked out in white. We have heard that a white variant…