Tag: Blackberry
Google Maps for Mobile gets Street View and walking directions
Google has updated its Maps for Mobile service, bringing 3D Street View to Java-enabled phones, as well as offering walking directions to any destination.
It has also included more information on destinations, including the ability to read reviews of a business.
This addition makes Maps a much more useful service where, arguably, you need it the most — on the move. Walking directions are great in the inner city where driving just isn’t practical, and when London has been fully “Street View-ised” we should be able to enjoy the same 3D views as those in lager US cities do…
RUMOUR: Confirmation of the Blackberry Thunder/Storm to come today?
It’s being rumoured on a number of sites that we’ll be seeing a confirmation of the first touchscreen Blackberry later today. According to a leaked internal email, a microsite should launch at some point today at verizonwireless.com/storm (which returns a 404 at the time of writing)…
RIM announce the flippin' Blackberry Pearl 8220
This is the new Blackberry Pearl smartphone from RIM, and *gasp* it’s a flip! Previous candybar models in the Pearl range have attempted to marry a full qwerty keyboard into a smaller form factor than other Blackberry models, creating a Blackberry/regular phone hybrid, but this is RIM’s first go at putting it into a flip phone…
HSBC dumps Blackberry, switches workforce to iPhones
The 3G iPhone has a lot of (very passionate) fans, but for business purposes the Blackberry has always been on top thanks to its QWERTY keyboard. HSBC, however, have decided that their workers really need multitouch and are considering transitioning their staff over to iPhones…
BlackBerry Javelin: Picture and basic details leaked online
It’s tough being a BlackBerry fan. You just get over the excitement that the BlackBerry Bold can be yours on Orange and T-Mobile and then you discover leaked pictures of future BlackBerry devices.
Reports online suggest the BlackBerry Javelin is due out sometime next year, along with the Thunder. You can tell that the photograph is both leaked and official because it has the word “CONFIDENTIAL” stamped across it…
Get all your voicemail messages on your BlackBerry with Fusion Voicemail Plus
This is one for the business user who has several phone accounts such as a mobile phone, home phone, VoIP and office line. Fusion Voicemail Plus aggregates all voicemail messages onto your handset, and has just become compatible with BlackBerry phones after working on the Windows Mobile operating system for so long now.
All voicemail messages are displayed in a handy colour-coded interface, which detail the caller, time, and which number they actually called. Sadly it’s only in beta at the moment so may be a little buggy for the BlackBerry handsets, however stick with it and it should improve. If you don’t have a BlackBerry…
Will we get the BlackBerry Bold 9000 on June 25th? The Canadian carrier Rogers is…
The smartphone you’ve all been waiting for – and by ‘you’, I mean ‘me’ – has been given a launch date of June 25th on the Canadian network Rogers.
Originally it was thought the BlackBerry Bold 9000 would be dropping in late July or even early August, however it’s possible that if Rogers is launching the handset on the 25th, it might encourage other carriers to hurry up as well. In the US AT&T has been chosen as the exclusive network…
Apple iPhone 3G Vs. BlackBerry Bold 9000: the ultimate specs comparison
Apple’s launch of the iPhone 3G yesterday heralded a new change in direction for the company, towards a more business-friendly approach. BlackBerry is predominantly the business user’s handset manufacturer of choice, with their first 3G model, the Bold 9000, squaring up nicely to the iPhone. Take a look at the below comparison of specs between the two models, and let us know in the comments field below which you’d prefer.
Dimensions
BlackBerry Bold 9000: 127mm in length, 66mm wide and 12.7mm thick, it weighs 133g.
iPhone 3G: 115.5mm high, 62.1mm wide and 12.3mm thick, weighs 133g.
Display
BlackBerry Bold 9000: 480 x 320 resolution, touch display.
iPhone 3G: 480 x 320 multi-touch display…
Nokia E Series will only appeal to boring business folk
Perhaps it’s unfortunate for Nokia that there are so many decent mobile handsets being announced at the moment, but their E-Series enterprise handsets sound distinctly boring.
The £66 and £71 models are expected to launch in Europe in the third quarter, featuring GPS, 3.2 megapixel camera, and 128MB of memory. Booooring…
First official photo of the touch-screen BlackBerry Thunder
The first official picture of the touch-screen BlackBerry Thunder has appeared online, and it’s rather interesting to note that it’s not unlike the design Boy Genius Report mocked-up a month ago. It’s almost as if they knew…
The picture above from BGR helpfully shows what each button will control on RIM’s first touch-screen device, and that it’ll be available…
