White BlackBerry Bold 9790 and BlackBerry Curve 9380 coming in Q2 of 2012

It should come as no surprise that many people out there like to have their favorite BlackBerry device to be available in multiple colors, especially white. We have already seen most of the current BlackBerry 7 devices launch in white (like the Torch 9810 and Kevin’s beloved white BlackBerry Bold 9900) and now they are adding two more devices. Set to launch in the second quarter of 2012, RIM is bringing both the BlackBerry Curve 9380 and the BlackBerry Bold 9790 out in all of their white glory as well. Choice is always a good thing, but so many white devices can’t be so good for CrackBerry Kevin’s pockets 🙂

Source: BGR and crackberry

AT&T Stores Start Getting BlackBerry Bold 9900 Accessories

AT&T in its typical fashion has yet to release the latest BlackBerry Bold 9900 on their network. There have been quite a few signs pointing to its launch soon but even AT&T has been conflicted on the subject announcing it in their Twitter feed and the deleting it. Now we have yet another sign pointing to a launch soon. Bla1ze over @CrackBerry got sent a picture of an OtterBox case branded for an AT&T store that has already made its way to an AT&T store location.

Anybody want to guess when AT&T will get off their lazy bums and release the 9900? This is getting to be as bad as the Bold 9000 launch but at least AT&T does not have an exclusive this time.

source: berryreview

RIM Comparing Blackberry Bold 9700 to 9900

Blackberry Bold 9900 and iPhone 4s Side by Side

 

In my opinion Blackberry wins this year.  They made more move in innovation their devices this year than they have done in the past 3 years.  You tell me which one would you prefer and why.

 

T-Mobile Sells out of Blackberry Bold 9900 at Launch

A good sign for RIM, as it appears the BlackBerry Bold 9900 has sold out. Yes, you cannot purchase the 9900 online for the Magenta carrier. We’ll definitely like to know what their sales figures were, but as of now the Bold 9900 is “temporarily out of stock”. The critics blasted RIM for the BlackBerry 7 devices, but now that consumers and critics alike have gotten a chance to check out the new devices, it seems their attitudes have changed. At least you can say it is slightly apparent for T-Mobile customers.via TMoNews

BBM Music Contest, Win 1 of 5 Invites

What a day, first I was invited to try out BBM Music services which was released in Blackberry Beta Zone.  Today I was emailed by the Blackberry Beta Zone team to invite 5 people to try out the services with me.  If you love music and you would like to participate in this contest please leave a comment below with a valid email and you must by subscribed to this blog.  Tell me who is your favorite artist and where do you like to listen to music, that its.  On Thursday I will  random.org will select 5 lucky winners. 

GOOD LUCK to you all.

Press Release: RIM Announces BBM Music – A New Social Music Sharing and Discovery Service

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Back in July we first told you about the  BBM Music App, today RIM has finally announced it! BBM Music will only be in the BlackBerry Beta Zone at this time. You can share, discover, play, and grow your music collections with your BBM friends. With BBM Music, you can discover and share music with your […]

App World Updated to v3.0.0.71 in the Beta Zone!

Al you Blackberry Beta Zne members a new update for the Blackberry App World has been released in the beta zone.  There is no change log to the update so if you spot any changes please leave a comment or hit me up.  If you haven’t signed up already please do so at the link below.

Blackberry BetaZone

Many 3rd Party Apps Working with New Playbook OS and Blackberry Bridge Update

With the latest OS update today v1.0.7.2942 Readers have been noticing several of the apps working through Bridge without WiFi with this latest update, although not all of them are it seems that most are. It is nice to see that I can submit my scores and check the weather when no wifi is available now and not need to use the bridged browser.

We do know App World and Kobo are currently not able to do this.

We do know these app are capable.
The WiFi Web Browser
Poynt
Bing
BlackBird
Blackout
Blaq
BlackBerry News
BlueBox
Cassandra Stand
FaceBook
Tweet Search
Weather
Many app that have web based leader boards or rankings are also working.

This list could be endless it appears but it is nice to see native and 3rd party apps working without wifi and taking advantage of the internet while being bridged.

Special thanks to Will and Randy and others who sent stuff in, if you care to share anything else, please leave a comment with this post or chat it up  in our forums about what you’ve noticed.

To test this out, simple turn off your wifi on the PlayBook and turn on bluetooth, then open an app that uses an internet connection and see how it goes.

source: playbookdaily

Blackberry Bold touch 9900 Full Spec

We saw a few specs trickle out on the BlackBerry Dakota 9900 and Montana 9930 in leaked roadmaps. Here we see a full break down of all the technical specs for the BlackBerry 9900 Dakota. One thing to note is it lists the Dakota’s processor as ‘QC 8655′, which looks to be the Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM 8655. It is great to see that the Dakota will be running on a solid processor for 2011. The Dakota will run on 5GHz WiFi and have 8GB eMMC, which means you may be able to use all the internal memory for app installs. Hit the break for the rest of the goodies.

source: N4BB