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Magmic Releases Call Of Duty 4

Call Of Duty returns to the BlackBerry with Magmic newly released sequel to the Call Of Duty 3 Game that we reviewed a few months back. The new Call Of Duty 4 (very original) brings some new gameplay to your BlackBerry and some better graphics from what I can tell. You can read the full blurb below. [...]

1.65 Million New BlackBerry Users - RIM Scores In Q3

I guess this means Wall Street is back in love with RIM. They have posted some great results for this last quarter. Analysts were pretty conservative the past few weeks but the numbers RIM has posted are above even their highest expectations.
I am not much of a stock market guru but I can tell you [...]

RIM To Have 10% Of Smartphone Market By Year End

I just read an article on FOX Business News about an ABI Research forecast of RIM owning 10% of the smartphone market by year end. As Fox points out RIM has been growing every quarter from 7.2% in Q3 2006 to 9.5% in the last quarter. That puts RIM in second place after Nokia in [...]

BlackBerry US Headquarters Now In Las Colinas

I read this article on GlobeSt.com yesterday and the first question that came to my mind was “Where in the world is Las Colinas?” I afterwards realized Las Colinas is in Texas (Geography-lapse moment). It seems like RIM has finally decided to setup shop this side of the border with this new location. They will [...]

Magmic Partners With IG Fun To Port Games To BlackBerry

Magmic has once again struck a strategic deal to bring more gaming goodness to the BlackBerry platform. This time they have joined with with IG Fun, the publishing arm of Indiagames Ltd, to port their popular games to the BlackBerry.
The first IG Fun titles Magmic intends to publish for BlackBerry are the martial arts [...]

FAQ: BlackBerry Compatible Bluetooth Car Kits & Headsets

RIM has done all of us a small favor by releasing a list of compatible car kits and Bluetooth headsets that are confirmed to work with BlackBerry devices with built in Bluetooth. This is a great resource because until now car kits used to be trial and error with many users running into quite a [...]

FAQ: Having Trouble With AT&T MEdia Net Ringtones?

A bit back I had a friend of mine ask me about a problem he had when buying a ringtone from AT&T’s MEdia Net store. I told him that his first problem was paying for a ringtone but that is besides the point. While trolling the RIM Knowledgebase today and ran into a work around RIM has [...]

Wolfe Calls “BS” On Consumer Reports Rating Of BlackBerrys

Alexander Wolfe of InformationWeek has written a great editorial on the recent comparison Consumer Reports did on smartphones. His claim is that Consumer Reports has rated the BlackBerry completely out of sync with reality. The BlackBerry is rated #7 in the full list of smartphone ratings way below the Windows Mobile devices such as the [...]

Electronic Art To Create BlackBerry Experience Kiosks

UPDATED: KioskGuy thanks for pointing out the error of our ways Electronic Art is actually a custom Kiosk vendor.
Just thought you guys would be interested. Electronic Art, a kiosk vendor the creators of all those EA Games, has just announced that they will be working with AT&T and Rogers to create kiosks for their [...]

Seidio Releases Charging Cradle For BlackBerry 8100/8130 Pearl

Seidio has released a great low-price cradle for the BlackBerry 8100/8130 Pearl. The new cradle uses the charging contacts on the bottom of the Pearl just like the original BlackBerry cradle that costs more than twice as much. The new cradle. As usual Seidio has had the foresight to make sure that you can charge your Pearl [...]