Blackberry PlayBook Showed Off by Leo Laporte On Regis and Kelly

AT&T to Get 3G PlayBook This Spring, LTE to Follow

BGR: reports that a new rumor has a merged today, that RIM is working on a 3G version of their BlackBerry PlayBook.

According to this source, a high-level BlackBerry administrator who works closely with Research In Motion (RIM) and who wishes to remain anonymous due to a non-disclosure agreement, a cell-enabled (3G) PlayBook is expected be available in late March or early April. The source also says he expects an LTE PlayBook “some time soon” after the release of the 3G PlayBook.

To date, RIM has announced a Wi-Fi only version of the BlackBerry PlayBook with a rough release date of first quarter 2011, or before the end of March. Sprint also said it plans to release a 4G WiMax BlackBerry PlayBook some time this summer.

But we’ve yet to hear anything official about a 3G BlackBerry PlayBook, or an LTE version, on any wireless carrier.

sources: BGR and Advice.cio.com

Free or Cheap Internation Calling from Your BlackBerry With Rebtel

BlackBerry users rejoice, there’s finally a cheap international calling solution out there for you! At last, the latest addition to the Rebtel fleet of mobile apps is ready to be unveiled to the world. We know that this is an anticipated announcement a lot of people have been looking forward to, so it’s with great pleasure that we’re announcing Rebtel for BlackBerry.

Much like its brother, Rebtel for Android, our new BlackBerry app allows you to send super cheap international SMS, call for free to friends living in 50 countries and make savings of up to 90% on calls to the rest of the world.

To Try Rebtel Free download it from your BlackBerry browser HERE!

RIM’s Power House Celebraties Showed Up at CES 2011

Piers Morgan: CES 2011

Adrian Grenier: CES 2011

Adrian Grenier: CES 2011

Thought I save the best for last.

Common: CES 2011

BlackBerry Bold 2(9700) Being Replaced by BlackBerry Bold 2.5(9780)

Just got word over at thecellularguru.com that AT&T is no longer offering the BlackBerry Bold 9700 to customer.  I checked the website and it was there but when you click on the add to cart the site kicks you back to the home screen.  I went to the store here between 41st and 5th avenue and they didn’t have it in the store.  Could this mean that AT&T is getting the BlackBerry Bold 2.5(9780).

source: thecellularguru.com

Showing off the BlackBerry Dakota/Magnum Prototype from Febraury 2010com

Back in February, 2010 I came cross this video from TheCellularGuru, which at the time the BlackBerry device was called the Magnum.  As we all know it’s called the BlackBerry Dakota. The BlackBerry Dakota which will have a touchscreen and Full QWERTY Keyboard hybrid device and its nearest cousins, the Bold 9000 and 9700.  Notably, the narrator points out that the phone shares its keyboard design more closely with the 9000 than the 9700 — for aficionados, this can be a crucial difference — and it generally shares its physical cues with the older Bold apart from a move to micro-USB (and the SurePress screen, of course). Sadly, the proto here lacks an operating system so there’s not terribly much to see beyond the hardware itself, but it might all be for naught — the latest intel suggests that this phone has been supplanted by a mysterious “Dakota” with updated specs, so we’ll just have to hang on to our Curves and Storms for a little while longer.

Source: PS360WiiTV Youtube page & TheCellularGuru