We had previously covered the announcement of the Blackberry Pearl Flip 8220, the first flip phone from Research in Motion. RIM had announced the flip in September and starting today, the Pearl 8220 is now available for purchase from T-Mobile.
In addition to the new flip design, the phone supports video recording and playback, a 2.0 [...]
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Blackberry Flip, now available from T-Mobile
Blackberry joins forces with Microsoft and TiVo
Research in Motion, the company behind the popular blackberry line of phones, has announced that it will be partnering with Microsoft and TiVo to further enhance it’s mobile services offerings. With the iPhone taking the smartphone market by storm, RIM is rumored to be working on it’s iPhone competitor, a touch screen Blackberry. Meanwhile it’s [...]
September 12th, 2008 | rp | Comments | Continued
Blackberry introduces first Flip phone!
Research in Motion has just announced the first Blackberry flip phone, the Blackberry Pearl Flip 8220. The 8220 smartphone will be available from wireless carriers around the world beginning this fall. In the US, the Pearl Flip will be available exclusively from T-Mobile beginning this fall.
RIM did not reveal pricing for the 8220 and said [...]
Blackberry Partners Fund opens up Developer Challenge
We had previosuly covered the launch of the Blackberry partners fund, a $150 million fund with investments from Research In Motion, the RBC and Thomson Reuters aimed at supporting developers of applications running primarily on RIM’s Blackberry phones.
The fund website recently went live and now the fund has announced the developer challenge for BlackBerry® Developers [...]
How many Smartphone buyers want iPhone 3G?
With iPhone 3G release just over a week away, a majority of smartphone buyers are waiting for buying an iPhone 3G. According to data released this week from RBC Capital Markets, 56% of customers planning to get a smartphone in the next 90 days want to have iPhone 3G. RIM’s Blackberry bold is distant second [...]
July 3rd, 2008 | supa | Comments | ContinuedE*Trade Mobile Pro on BlackBerry
E*Trade spokeperson Pam Erickson announced that E*Trade is introducing a free software download for BlackBerry phones. The software called E*Trade Mobile Pro, still in beta, will be available starting Thursday and will allow users to set up portfolios, get real time quotes, trade stocks, make online transfers and get stock related news. The software download [...]
June 5th, 2008 | supa | Comments | Continued
RIM unveils BlackBerry Bold
Shares of Research In Motion Ltd. rose to a new all-time high Monday, up 7% to $139+, as the smart-phone maker unveiled the Bold, which is its first major new BlackBerry model in more than a year. Striking features include
Bold and beautiful Half-VGA 480×320 pixel screen
65,000 color display
New QWERTY keyboard
Exhaustive wireless options including HSDPA/UMTS
Built-in enhanced [...]
Blackberry Partners Fund announced
It is rumored ( VentureBeat) that Research In Motion, the RBC and Thomson Reuters have invested in a $150 million venture investment fund, called the BlackBerry Partners Fund, to support developers of applications running primarily on RIM’s Blackberry phones. The BlackBerry Partners Fund website is alive but appears to be still under construction.
As per [...]
