Archive for the 'Hardware' Category
Wednesday, September 19th, 2007
After all the buzz for the BlackBerry 8820 which had it slated for release a month ago, it seems that the new 8820 will be coming to AT&T tomorrow. This time the information is coming directly from an AT&T press release. Hopefully the 8820 wont be delayed once again since the AT&T BlackBerry 8310 is [...]
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Tuesday, September 18th, 2007
Matthew Rogers of RogersMJ.com has released an update to his free iPhone theme for the BlackBerry Pearl appropriately called the bPhone. The theme now comes in both Zen and the basic Icon version. I know that there are many iPhone themes circulating around but this theme really impressed me. The theme is inspired from the [...]
4 Comments » | Posted in 8100 Pearl, News, Themes
Monday, September 17th, 2007
Eric Savitz of TechTraderDaily wrote an interesting article yesterday breaking down RBC Capital analyst Mike Abramsky’s comments. We usually stay away from the stock market news on BerryReview but I found Mike’s predictions interesting:
Abramsky is especially high on the prospects for the Pearl 2 phone, which he expects to launch before year end. He says [...]
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Monday, September 17th, 2007
Seidio seems to be on a streak when it comes to releasing new BlackBerry extended batteries. The latest in the lineup is an extended battery for the 8800. As they did with the 8300/Curve the new battery is only a slight 10-15% extra battery life. The reason the increase is not more is because they [...]
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Saturday, September 15th, 2007
This may be a moot point after the 8820 was supposed to soft launch, then available on Amazon.com and then removed. Well the BlackBerry 8820 has resurfaced in an ad on the back cover of this month’s Computer Shopper Magazine. The ad by Newegg.com (as you can see on the left) has the 8820 going [...]
1 Comment » | Posted in 8800/8830, AT&T / Cingular, News
Wednesday, September 12th, 2007
One of our readers asked me how to replace a broken LCD screen on his BlackBerry 8700. Ken Hanscom at Somelifeblog.com has posted a great step by step tutorial on how to replace a broken LCD screen on your BlackBerry 8700. Usually a broken LCD screen marks the end of your BlackBerry but you can [...]
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Tuesday, September 11th, 2007
Seidio has now started accepting preorders for their new 2600mAH extended battery for the BlackBerry 8300 curve. They claim the new battery provides approximately 140% longer battery life than the 1100mAH OEM standard battery. Unlike Seidio’s previous release this product extends your Blackberry 8300 by 4-5 mm. They have designed the new back cover [...]
1 Comment » | Posted in 8300 Curve, Accessories, News, Seido
Monday, September 10th, 2007
The good guys at x-BerrySoft have released a new free program called xColorEvent that allows you to control the colors of your BlackBerry Pearl Trackball. What makes xColorEvent different is that it allows your to control your BlackBerry Pearl trackball with different colors for different events. Currently it supports incoming phone calls and incoming messages. [...]
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Friday, September 7th, 2007
BlackBerryFAQ.com has released a great new resource for disassembling your BlackBerry 8800. This is useful if you want to change cases, clean out some dust, or just see the guts of your BlackBerry. This is a perfect guide to accompany all the parts sold on the Cellular Nationwide Network aftermarket BlackBerry parts store. The disassembly [...]
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Thursday, September 6th, 2007
Brandon Swift’s creations have found a new home at Brandon.BerryReview.com. His latest creations are 2 new themes for the BlackBerry Pearl running OS 4.2.1. The themes are clean, practical, and keep the same icons that everybody has gotten used to while adding some nice aesthetic touches. As of now the only option for installing is [...]
1 Comment » | Posted in 8100 Pearl, News, Themes