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BGR is reporting that the Curve 8900 will soon be available in white. While we don’t have any info on pricing or an exact launch date, it’s interesting to see carriers continue to launch old devices with a new paint job. The Bold 9000 looks good in white, and so does the 8900. Anyone want their BlackBerry Storm2 painted white?
The latest theme from Bplay is the Space Slideshow theme that features some well-crafted icons and a rotating wallpaper of great images of space.
Space Slideshow is available for $5.99.
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RIM’s Board of Directors have authorized a share repurchase program to purchase common shares having an aggregate purchase price of up to US$ 1.2 billion, or approximately 21 million common shares based on current trading prices (representing approximately 3.6% of the currently outstanding common shares of RIM).
The Board of Directors feel that this program is in the best interests of RIM and its shareholders. While their motives were not explicitly stated in the press release, a share repurchase program is generally about increasing ownership of the company by reducing the number of outstanding shares. Overall, this company is going to continue to grow and the more control and ownership RIM has, the better.
The BlackBerry Bold 9700 is making the rounds in Canada. Last night it became available from Rogers and now it is available on the Bell website.
The Bold 9700 is available for $229.95 on a three year contract and it gets more expensive as the contract term diminishes. On a 2 year plan is costs $449.95 and a 1 year contract will make the device cost $549.95.
If you’re a Bell subscriber and you’re looking for a feature packed device with a modern, slim form factor, this device is for you.
Advanced Call Manager lets you customize your calling experience by allowing users to play an instant busy tone, drop the call, send a kind SMS, mute the ringer or pick up and hang up the phone.
ACM handles your incoming calls with a personalized approach to different callers – it accepts, rejects, sends a personalized SMS, mutes the ringer or instantly picks up and then hangs up. You can easily save different profiles and schedule them according to time or location.
ACM is offering a free critical update to their product so if you have already purchased this software, make sure to update. For those who have not, this is definitely software worth owning. The free update has a critical fix for battery consumption, the ability to import contacts from the Call Log, and a new call handling action.
Advanced Call Manager is available for $25.50.
News for those who are US Cellular subscribers, the Tour 9630 is now available from your provider. The device is available for $199.95 after a $70 mail-in rebate and on a 2 year service agreement.
Hopefully US Cellular comes out with some of the newer devices, as the Tour is a little outdated for the early adopter crowd.
The BlackBerry Bold 9700 is a really decent device for those that want a powerful BlackBerry, but are looking for something smaller and more modern that the Bold 9000.
The Bold 9700 from Rogers costs $299 on a three year contract.
HedoneDesign have a new theme and this one is a Windows Vista replica. The theme features some clean graphics and classic icons for the homescreen. Hedone have also included a wallpaper expansion pack for additional customization on this theme.
Rove have announced two versions of Rove Mobile: Mobile Admin Professional and Mobile Admin Basics. The two products cover the full gamut of issues that IT admins face in today’s business environment.
Rove Mobile Admin Professional is Rove’s flagship product that delivers advanced mobile IT administration capability for IT staff that need comprehensive, secure access to a wide range of servers and platforms, including IT infrastructure monitoring, virtualization and incident management. The latest version of Rove Mobile Admin, version 5.0, supports Microsoft Hyper-V, Microsoft’s virtualization tool, BMC Remedy Service Desk and RIM BES 5 functionality.
Rove Mobile Admin Basics provides secure mobile remote access functionality for busy IT admin staff. It offers essential functionality that helps IT administrators respond faster to basic service requests.
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