NYC BBM Hackathon Wrap-up – Developer Collaboration
With all the craziness surrounding the BlackBerry 7 device launches and the reviews for today we missed posting a wrap up for the BBM Hackathon last week. Day one was awesome and day two followed through with many of the devs showing off their work as a sort of skeleton app. What I was…
BlackBerry Bold 9900 & 9930 Review
Since we first heard about the BlackBerry Bold 9900 I was hoping it would be codenamed the Phoenix. For years I have been going to BlackBerry conferences begging RIM to bring back the BlackBerry Bold 9000 form factor with beefed up hardware and software. The BlackBerry Bold 9900 proves that they have unquestionably delivered…
BlackBerry OS 7 Review: Improvement Through Refinement
“The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.” ~ Albert Einstein I have had the chance to go full on with a BlackBerry Bold 9930 for the last few days and I have to say the thing that keeps coming up over and over again is the refinement. RIM did…
BlackBerry OS 7 Bakes "Add To Existing Contact" Feature into OS
One of the things I have always wanted RIM to add to the BlackBerry OS has finally been added! Until now you needed to install a third party app if you wanted to easily add an email address or phone number to an existing contact. Well fret no longer. One of our readers pointed…
BlackBerry OS 7 Allows Custom Browser Search Engines – BerryReview Search!
I cannot confirm if this new BlackBerry OS 7 feature will be in all BlackBerry 7 devices but we have received screenshots and confirmation from two users of Rogers BlackBerry Bold 9900s that the feature is there. It lets you change you default search engine in the BlackBerry 7 browser. That means you can…
RIM Leaks AT&T BlackBerry Torch 9810 Release Date of August 21st
We have not heard any official word from AT&T on the matter other than the BlackBerry Torch 9810 is coming soon. Tim let us know that RIM posted on Twitter that the AT&T BlackBerry Torch 9810 is coming on August 21st. The page they link to on AT&T’s website still shows it as "Coming Soon"…
RIM Releases Patch for Severe BES Vulnerability – Latest Version Safe
RIM released a patch for all of the recent versions of BlackBerry Enterprise server. Its good to note that this vulnerability effects most new versions of BES from v5.0.1 to v5.0.3 MR2 though it was fixed in BES v5.0.3 MR3 for both Exchange and Lotus Domino. This is a pretty serious vulnerability that can be…
BlackBerry Bold 9930 Now Available on Verizon’s Website!
I just hit publish on the post about the Verizon BlackBerry Bold 9930 rumors and Jim let me know that the device is now available! You can now pick up the BlackBerry Bold 9930 on the Verizon Wireless website for $249. It requires a 2 year activation for that pricing. Another thing worth noting is…