Monthly Archive for October, 2008Page 5 of 28

Rick Mercer shows how dropped calls could save your life

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I almost missed this last week with all the BlackBerry Developer Conference madness last week, but it’s too good not to post. Our fellow Canucks over at MobileSyrup have found a YouTube clip from the Rick Mercer Report (think the Canadian Daily Show) lampooning a fairly well known Rogers commercial. In the Rogers commercial, two businessmen are stuck in an elevator, with only one able to maintain their cell call, leaving the other in awe.

You can watch the original commercial after the jump, but please watch the one above first. It makes you wonder whether or not having the ‘fewest dropped calls’ is a good thing or not.

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Original Rogers Commercials

Win a Lincoln MKS from RIM – only 5 days left!

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2009 Lincoln MKS

Even though BlackBerry Cool was the first to tell you that RIM had partnered with Ford to give away a sweet 2009 Lincoln MKS via www.winwithblackberry.com, it seems as though our inbox was one of last to receive this latest update. What update, you may ask? There is now only 4 days left to register to win!

If that isn’t enough to get you speeding through the Internets like your browser is on fire, RIM and Ford are also giving away 10 BlackBerrys to ease the pain of those that fail to claim the grand prize. You can register (now!) at the link below.

http://www.winwithblackberry.com/

New VoIP app for BlackBerry — Truphone Beta

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truphone for BlackBerry

Truphone, makers of the popular Nokia and iPhone VoIP application have finally released a version for BlackBerry. While still in beta and nowhere near as robust as the S60 version, Truphone for BlackBerry still features the same low calling rates (as low as 6¢ per minute!).

To help get you rolling, Truphone is giving away a $1 credit upon sign up. Click the link below to download Truphone for BlackBerry or to read more information.

Download Truphone for BlackBerry Beta

BlackBerry Curve 8350i coming to Latin American via NII

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BlackBerry Curve 8350iGreat news for iDEN BlackBerry users not on the Sprint network. RIM and NII Holdings jointly announced the impending release of the BlackBerry Curve 8350i in Latin America during Q1 of 2009. the iDEN BlackBerry will see release in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, and Peru.

For those not in the know, the BlackBerry Curve 8350i is the first iDEN BlackBerry since the old 7100i, and features push-to-talk capability as well as Wi-Fi. There are about 10 million North and South American iDEN subscribers eager to get their hands on this device. You can read the full press release after the jump.

BlackBerry Curve 8350i coming to Latin America

BlackBerry Storm launch roundup

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BlackBerry Storm

UPDATE 1: Bad news folks. The latest news from Telus is that the BlackBerry Storm won’t launch until December 8th. This puts the Bell November 21st date into question as well, simply because Telus is expected to launch first.

UPDATE 2: The Vodafone BlackBerry Storm has been officially announced, and will launch on November 14th for business customers in the UK. Expect the average consumer to get it around the 18th.

UPDATE 3: Best Buy is currently taking pre-orders for the Verizon BlackBerry Storm with a $50 deposit. Devices appear to be in stock by November 16th, but that isn’t a confirmed release date.

UPDATE 4: New info suggests a possible November 24th launch date and a $199 price tag after a mail-in rebate.

UPDATE 5: Finally! The Verizon BlackBerry Storm will officially launch November 21st for $199 on a 2 year contract!

It’s official: Verizon BlackBerry Storm launches November 21st, for $199

Verizon BlackBerry Storm to launch November 24th?

After spending time with the BlackBerry Storm during BBDC, it was a little hard to leave it behind. Thankfully, I did so with full knowledge that it would be returning to my awaiting hands very soon. Here’s the latest in BlackBerry Storm launch rumors for a variety of carriers:

    PhoneArena is reporting that Verizon will begin selling the BlackBerry Storm in corporate Nov 15th and the following day at BestBuy locations. Ever since our initial Nov 4th post, the release date has been pushed back one day at a time. While we’ve been currently hearing the 19th from our sources, it’s close enough to not matter too much.

    BlackBerry News seems to be wavering back and forth between a November 7th and 11th release date for the Vodafone BlackBerry Storm. CSRs place pricing at around £350 ($538 USD). Please take a look at BBNews’ photos for this post, it made my day.

    As we reported earlier today, it appears that Bell may receive the BlackBerry Storm on November 21st, shortly after the two releases above. I wonder if Telus will try to undercut them by releasing on the 20th.

Keep hitting this page for the latest in BlackBerry Storm launch information!

HSBC now offers BlackBerry Banking

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HSBC Bank

HSBC, the bank that everyone thought was switching solely to iPhones for business use, has launched the first UK business banking service optimized for Blackberry users. Optimized for BlackBerry 8xxx devices and above, HSBC users can access real-time balances and transactions for the last seven days on HSBC sterling accounts, and balances on foreign currency accounts. In addition, they will have access to balances on business and commercial credit cards, with seven days worth of transactions per cardholder.

This new service can be accessed from www.m.hsbc.co.uk using the same username and password as regular HSBC internet banking service.

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