This just in - AT&T has sent out correspondence regarding the BlackBerry 8310. As expected, it will have all of the same features of the 8300 Curve, with the addition of GPS. It will still be referred to as the Curve, and the expected launch date is September 24th. There was no information regarding what operating system will ship on the device (hopefully OS4.3!). Stay tuned for...
This just in - AT&T has sent out mailers announcing September 4th as the official launch date of the new BlackBerry 8820. According to our tipster, the specs are still calling for full integrated GPS. That's right, from the documentation he received from AT&T there is as of yet no "official" mention of the GPS being locked down as per previous reports! What's going on here?!...
At the beginning of July we brought word that the Queen would soon be getting a BlackBerry. Fast forward a few weeks and the Queen has a full out BlackBerry Addiction. Fueling the addiction above all things is her new found ability to stay on top of horse racing results 24/7! A highly placed palace source told The People, "Her Majesty has always been keener than most 81-year-olds...
Don't get me wrong, I love Atari, but when I read the latest news about the legal actions between Atari and RIM it was enough to make me want to toss my Atari t-shirt in the dumpster. Come on guys, can't we all just get along here??? Though the dispute began in 2006, this was the first I had heard about Atari's problem with BrickBreaker, the game known and loved by BlackBerry...
Here's a first look at the new BlackBerry Pearl 8120, courtesy of Hayden over at PinStack.com. According to Hayden, the BlackBerry 8120 in his possession offers: WiFi, but no built-in GPS (will most likely depend on the carrier) OS 4.3 installed (more details on OS 4.3) WiFi browser Improved version of SureType Improved email layout and display Improved voice control software...
Yesterday we brought word that the BlackBerry 8310 would soon be coming to the United Kingdom, but we were left hanging on the exact date and who the carrier would be. The answers came quick! The 8310 will become available on September 3rd and Vodafone will be the initial carrier (they have an exclusive until the end of October). The 8310 adds GPS to the standard Curve, and Vodafone...
According to Scotia Capital analyst Gus Papageorgiou, Research in Motion is working on a technology that would allow BlackBerry users to wirelessly transfer files between their handheld devices and their PCs. Though RIM has made no announcements, and a company spokeswoman said she wasn't aware of any such plans, Mr. Papageorgio says he has gathered information that makes him believe it...
Wow, has it ever been an exciting couple of weeks. The Press Release we just published tells part of the tale. I am so happy to be able to announce that CrackBerry.com is now a member of the Smartphone Experts Family. CrackBerry.com is now securely in a position to keep getting bigger and better for years and years to come. And as if this news was not enough, Inc.com has just posted...
ChangeWave Investing likes to get their hands dirty when doing their stock research. Every four months they conduct a survey on smartphone demand, and the results of their July survey show a clear changing of the guard based on the 3,003 respondents polled. It's good news for Research in Motion. To the question "Who is the manufacturer of your current smartphone?" they widened their...
From the BoyGenius comes word that AT&T is taking delivery of BlackBerry 8820 units at warehouses across the United States. But the fireworks that should be going off have been muted as AT&T doesn't want to get stuck with a ton of unsold BlackBerry 8800s. Don't expect to see the 8820 in your local outlet until they run out of 8800's first. You can't really blame AT&T for...
Russel Shaw over at ZDnet posted this on Thursday, but I decided to hold off until Monday morning to relay the story (I wanted all you CrackBerrys to have fresh Monday-morning brains to absorb it all!)... A newly published patent application shows RIM is working on a technology which would determine an incoming caller's location from GPS data, and then display that location on the...
I just got off the phone with a good friend of mine, Justin Umlah, who called to relay a story that provides yet another compelling reason why it makes sense to own a BlackBerry. A 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck Peru last night, killing hundreds of people, and injuring many more. Peru's civil defence agency says at least 337 people perished in the quake, 1,300 were injured, and that...
YeeeHaaaaaa! Here we go again. We've managed to get our hands on OtterBOX's unreleased BlackBerry 8800 Series Case. WoooHooo! Long-time CrackBerry.com readers already know we are big fans of their 8700 Case. We absolutely destroyed one in our OtterBOX 8700 Case Review (we dropped it, shot it, drove over it and golf tee'd it) and then named it a Best of WES 2007 Winner (be sure to...
Yet more BlackBerry news this week from the Boy Genius - the BlackBerry Pearl 8130, which has commonly been referred to in the past month of rumors as the Pearl 2, will be coming to Verizon in November 2007. That's right Verizon customers, the Pearl 2 exists, and you will be getting a sweet CDMA BlackBerry before the rest of the GSM-using world (although this isn't "official" and a GSM...
I dislike writing this kind of blog post, but it's news involving a BlackBerry so it's my responsibility to share the message with the greater CrackBerrying World... 27 year old Rapper Foxy Brown, real name Inga Marchand, turned herself in to NYPD yesterday afternoon after using her BlackBerry as a weapon against her neighbor. She was booked on felony assault, menacing, harassment and...
If you're a Technology lover AND a fan of MTV's show The Hills, you will have undoubtedly noticed the almost never ending appearance of BlackBerrys, iMacs and other tech gadgetry that makes its way onto the TV screen. Our friend Angelica, editor of GeekSugar, constantly receives emails from readers telling her what kind of phones the girls on The Hills are using. With Season 3 of The...
The Boy Genius' T-Mobile informant has provided some more inside news, though today's information is a lot less exciting than yesterday's scooped T-Mobile BlackBerry Curve 8320 release date. Come September 4th T-Mobile is going to release three new colors for the BlackBerry Pearl. This is not the hopefully soon to be released BlackBerry Pearl 2; rather, its new lipstick to the...
The Boy Genius came through big yesterday with two pieces of T-Mobile BlackBerry News. The most exciting factoid? One of BG's informants has provided the upcoming launch date of the new BlackBerry Curve 8320, which is set for September 24, 2007. The 8320 adds Wi-Fi functionality to all of goodness found in the standard 8300 Curve form factor - sweet! Equally exciting news if you...
I enjoy writing reviews, especially when given the chance to really put a product through its paces. And now that I have been abusing my BlackBerry 8300 Curve for just over two months (I can barely keep it out of my hands!), I'm primed to get crack’n on my backlog of accessory and software reviews for the Curve. So let’s dive right into it with an in-depth look at Seidio’s Rubberized...
Want a useful, free download to play with on your BlackBerry this weekend? I just received (literally 10 minutes ago) an email from Javier Pita of Neosistec, letting me know they just released a free chronometer (stopwatch) application for the BlackBerry called Chronos. The application's timing feature is smooth and slick - you can start the timer, record splits (steps), view the...
