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Verizon announced three additions to its smartphone lineup today at CES, the BlackBerry Curve 8370, DROID RAZR MAXX, and LG Spectrum.
The BlackBerry Curve 8370 brings a new edition of the Curve to the Verizon network. Some of the highlights to this BlackBerry is support for Near Field Communications (NFC). The Curve 8370 also features 3G, [...]

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T-Mobile today announced the availability of the BlackBerry Bold 9900. This phone is the first 4G compatible BlackBerry and runs on RIM’s latest OS, BlackBerry 7. The BlackBerry Bold 9900 is arguably the best BlackBerry available right now with a 1.2 GHz processor and a beautiful display.
The phone is available today for pre-sale for T-Mobile [...]

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We saw back at BlackBerry World that the BlackBerry Bold 9930 was coming to Verizon at some point. To date, we haven’t heard many details about the phone coming to the carrier.
But that may all be changing today with the leak of Verizon’s internal system showing the BlackBerry Bold 9930 launch on August 15th [...]

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We know that the BlackBerry PlayBook will eventually be coming to Sprint. There will be a 4G-compatible PlayBook coming out this summer, but if you dont need the connectivity you can go for the Wi-Fi version beginning on June 5. This information comes thanks for Sprint’s Market Director, Gerald Evans. Evans posted this on his [...]

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A Vietnam-based blog, Tinhte, has posted in in-depth video walkthrough of the BlackBerry Apollo (AKA the 2011 BlackBerry Curve). The BlackBerry Apollo has a 800MHz processor and runs on Blackberry OS 7, the latest announced OS. It features a 5-megapixel camera but doesn’t shoot HD video for some reason.
The release date of this device is [...]

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RIM is recalling about 900 BlackBerry PlayBook devices that have been determined to be faulty. The news comes from a leaked Staples document, which claims all chain stores are participating in the recall. While RIM did not specify what the problem is, the company did provide a list of serial numbers of 16GB PlayBooks that were recalled. [...]

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Borrowing from the familiarity of a book, the DODOcase Classic offers functionality, style, and sophistication to your new BlackBerry Tablet. DODOcase will keep your tablet protected and you looking sharp.
DODOcase is one of our favorite case companies for tablet devices. We got our hands on the DODOcase Classic for the BlackBerry PlayBook. This case is [...]

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We’ve talked a lot about the BlackBerry PlayBook the past few days at BlackBerry World. Today during the keynote, RIM’s Co-CEO, Mike Lazaridis, announced that Angry Birds would be making its way to the BlackBerry PlayBook. The ridiculously popular and addicting game is already available on most platforms and tablets, so it should be no surprise that [...]

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Steve Ballmer made a surprise appearance at the BlackBerry World keynote. While Windows Phone is an obvious competitor to the BlackBerry platform, the Microsoft and RIM are establishing a partnership where Bing will be integrated into the BlackBerry devices. We aren’t talking about just a simple app where you can search, this will be integrated [...]

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RIM announced this morning at BlackBerry World that native email, contacts, and calendar would be coming to the BlackBerry PlayBook. These features are available now with BlackBerry Bridge, but this will disconnect that and allow you to access this all via the BIS or BES. This update is coming this Summer but has no specific [...]

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