BlackBerry Curve 8520 in Red, Available in South Africa »

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – For a limited time, the BlackBerry 8520 Curve is available in red from Vodacom, South Africa. This phone is especially for the BlackBerry lover with style, loaded with features and is the same Curve that has become popular all over the world.

The 8520 Curve employs the new trackpad, touch-sensitive and smooth-scrolling [...]

BlackBerry Slider Closer to Market »

WATERLOO, Canada – Two reports surfaced over the weekend regarding the impending release of a BlackBerry device with a sliding screen to expose a physical keyboard. We have been reporting on this since last year, and now photos and some analysis of an actual device were posted at BBLeaks, with some further information from BoyGeniusReport.
The [...]

BlackBerry Curve 8900 for US$200k »

Brandon Chang of Hypebeast had in his hand what is believed to be the most expensive BlackBerry device shown.
It is a Curve 8900, heavily-oriented toward multimedia with dedicated hard keys for control of music playback, a 2 megapixel camera, installed apps for social networking, and a GPS receiver. The Curve has a trackball, and all [...]

BlackBerry Storm2 Screen Issues »

WATERLOO, Canada – BerryScoop reports that BlackBerry Storm2s from Verizon Wireless may have a problem with the screen accepting input in the lower left corner.
The carrier has recognized the issue and is concerned about customers getting brand new phones in the store that are defective. There are replacements becoming available from RIM, with a software [...]

BlackBerry Device Helps Police Catch Car Jacker »

HAMILTON, Canada – Apparently, a would-be car jacker jumped into a woman’s car and demanded that he be taken home. He did tell her had a gun to get her to comply.  She drove him to where he demanded, then told her to get out, and he took off with the car and all her [...]