Antoine Boucher, vice president of RIM has confirmed in the conference WES about the upcoming BlackBerry Bluetooth headset code named as Alpha 1 and the developments going on for the Bluetooth watch. The Alpha 1 will come in a black chrome shell and will provide noise reduction technology to help you hold a decent conversation even when outside. Other features include BlackBerry phone support, alerting you whenever you receive emails, BlackBerry Messenger messages, texts, Tweets and Facebook wallposts. There is no word on its pricing, but it will hit the market soon. More
Verizon Wireless has finally confirmed to release the 3G-enabled BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230 on June 19th, 2009. The cell phone features the industry’s leading mobile e-mail and messaging solution combined with rich multimedia capabilities and the high-speed connectivity of Verizon Wireless’ broadband network in a popular flip design. It comes equipped with a 2-megapixel camera with flash and video recording, a SureType QWERTY keyboard, microSD / SDHC slot and support for VZ Navigator. You can purchase the handset for $129.99 after a $70 mail-in rebate and a new two-year agreement. [CNBC via Upcoming Cell Phones]
Verizon Wireless has recently launched a global version of its VZ Navigator service that will help travelers to find locations and access turn-by-turn directions in North America and Western Europe. VZ Navigator Global customers can choose either English or Spanish as the default language, and miles or kilometers to mark distances. VZ Navigator Global is available for $19.99 per month and will be initially available on the BlackBerry Storm 9530 smartphone. [Slashphone via Upcoming Cell Phones]
Here are two demo videos of a GPS navigation application Telenav on Blackberry Storm. Watch the videos after the jump. [Navigadget] More
AT&T has decided to reduce its $299.99 price tag for the BlackBerry Bold to only $199.99 for Black Friday. In case you didn’t know, the handset comes jam packed with 3G, GPS, Wi-Fi, 2MP shooter, super-crisp 480 x 320 screen, and 1 GB of on-board storage space. [intomobile via Upcoming Cell Phones]
Good news for Blackberry smartphone fans. Verizon will release the Storm on November 21, 2008. The Storm retails for only $199.99 on a new two-year contract after $50 mail-in rebate. I am sure this phone will be a true iPhone competitor. The RIM Blackberry Storm will be available both online and in-store. Yeah, it is the right time to buy a new smartphone. [Verizon via Upcoming Cell Phones]
If you are bored with the standard color of your RIM’s Blackberry Bold smartphone, then you can customize your beloved handset with new color combination casing from Colorware. A fully customized handset is priced at only $174. The picture above is only an example color combination that I recommend. However, you can also make a color combination yourself on the Colorware website. [Product Page via Upcoming Cell Phones]
Here is a picture of the BlackBerry Thunder. The gadget is also known as the BlackBerry 9500. It has the user interface that is similar to the iPhone. Other specifications include a 360 x 480 touch sensitive display. Stay tuned for more updates. [UnWiredView via Upcoming Cell Phones]
Good news for Verizon subscribers because they will be able to enjoy the RIM BlackBerry Niagara when it is released in May 2009. The EV-DO handset will feature QWERTY keyboard, 480 × 360 LCD display, EV-DO Rev. A support, aGPS support, a 3.2MP shooter, 4.7 OS platform, BES 5.0 support (HTML email, etc) and a Qualcomm MSM7600 processor. There is no word on pricing so far. [BoyGenius via Upcoming Cell Phones]
There are finally some specs for the upcoming Blackberry Kickstart, the first slider from Blackberry. It comes with a 2 megapixel camera, a SureType keyboard, works on quad-band 850/900/1800/1900Mhz GSM networks and run on BlackBerry OS 4.6. Along with an external screen display of 160×128 pixels and an internal display of 240×320 pixel resolution, wifi and a 3.5mm headphone jack. You can purchase your Kickstart this September at T-Mobile. [MobileWhack via Upcoming Cell Phones] More
