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
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]
BoyGenius has reported that the RIM BlackBerry Thunder touchscreen phone will be available via Verizon. The gadget is a “hybrid device with CDMA EV-DO Rev. C, and GSM HSPA for traveling internationally. There is no info on pricing at this time. [BoyGenius 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]
RIM BlackBerry has unveiled its new clamshell cell phone. Dubbed as the “Kickstart”, the handset utilities a SureType keyboard, an external LCD, a decent looking internal LCD and a camera. What makes this phone cool is that it has the TrackBall for navigation. [BoyGenius via Upcoming Cell Phones]
by Johan on December 3, 2007
Here is good news for our folks at Singapore. Research In Motion (RIM) has recently announced the availability of its BlackBerry Pearl 8120 smartphone in Singapore later this month. In case you didn’t know, this smartphone comes jam packed with microSD/SDHC slot, 2MP digital camera with 5x digital zoom and video capture capability, and Wi-Fi support. This smartphone’s camera also allows you to capture video in two resolutions 240×180 or 176×144 for sharing via MMS.
Link via Upcoming Cell Phones
by Johan on July 19, 2007
Research In Motion has unveiled its first dual-mode BlackBerry 8820 smartphone that comes with a full-fledged QWERTY keyboard, a 320×240 display, EDGE/GPRS/GSM, Wi-Fi, and trackball navigation system. It also offers an integrated GPS, the latest media player enhancements, and support for microSD/microSDHC (high capacity) memory cards up to 32GB, The smartphone supports 802.11 a/b/g standards allowing you to access the internet over public hotspots. Pricing info is still unknown.
Link via The Cell Phone Blog
by Alexander on March 6, 2007
People and companies are getting behind the BlackBerry Pearl, so much that it’s been released in Black, White and now Red. Cingular is going to be carrying the BlackBerry Pearl 8100 in Red, so keep an eye out.
From Gizmodo Via Cell Phones
