Sprint Finally Pushing Out BlackBerry Tour OS 4.7.1.57
We told you awhile back that Sprint approved OS 4.7.1.57 but for some reason it only went out to a select few. Now it looks like it has been officially rolled out through www.blackberry.com/update and through the newer versions of Desktop Manager. I am not sure if Wireless Update is working but let us know….
Rumor: Camera-Less 8350i Heading to Nextel…
Users have been complaining for quite a while that the 8830 was the last device that did not have a camera. Many companies (and courtrooms) have strict rules about cameras in their facilities and it is surprising that RIM has yet to address this. Nate from BlackBerryHomepage let me know that he just got visual…
8830 OS 4.5.0.135 Officially Released By Sprint!
I guess Sprint as been listening to readers frustrated that they did not get any updates for their 8830 from the automatic download site. DavidH let me know that Sprint has made OS 4.5.0.135 officially available on their download website! This is the latest official release I have seen for the 8830 so hop to…
Sprint Loses Less Money This Quarter – 1.3 Million Customers Leave
I am not sure why things are looking so dire for Sprint. They are doing better than last quarter but they are still bleeding money and subscribers. This past quarter they lost $1.62 billion last quarter even with $8.4 billion in sales. They also lost 1.3 million customers leaving them with 49.3 million customers at…
Review: Nextel BlackBerry Curve 8350i Smartphone
Review: Nextel BlackBerry Curve 8350i Smartphone [rating:8] Link: www.sprint.com Cost: ~$150 w/contract Sprint recently released their new Nextel BlackBerry Curve 8350i which is the latest iDen BlackBerry after the 7100i. The 8350i is the one in the slick Nextel commercial you might have seen lately, with a bunch of package delivery people running at high…
8350i OS 4.6.1.128 Released by Sprint/Nextel
Gary let me know that Sprint has released OS 4.6.1.128 for the 8350i today. Not sure what is new, but hopefully this fixes the bugs we have seen on the device. 8350i Download page Let us know what you find in the new OS versions in the comments below. Keep the tips coming! NOTE: Do…
Sprint Releases 8350i iDen Curve – New Push To Talk Nextel Phone – $149.99 After Rebate and 2 Year Contract
Sprint just let me know that they have released the 8530i. As you probably already know from all of our articles about it the 8350i is the latest iDen/Nextel push to talk phone from Sprint. It has WiFi AND GPS and uses OS 4.5 which is nice. Sadly there is no direct link to the…
Sprint/Nextel 8350i Curve Coming Dec 1st???
Thomas over at BerryReporter seems to have made some headway with Sprint about the upcoming iDEN 8350i. He got confirmation from one of the Sprint reps pointing towards a Dec 1st release. This jives with the training event he mentioned before that happened earlier this week. You can catch more info over at BerryReporter Thanks…