Following a forum shared photo of the matte black Porsche Design P'9981 BlackBerry, we got confirmation of it coming soon and now you'll be able to get your hands on one come tomorrow. If you're interested in one, it will set you back £1390. It will be available from Harrods, London from January 2nd, 2013. When the Porsche Design P'9981 BlackBerry first came out, it was said that...
Research in Motion has opened a BlackBerry Lifestyle Store in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The grand event took place on 12/12/12 and in addition to the new retail outlet, the good folk of Vietnam also got a new device launched - the Porsche Design BlackBerry P'9981. This was clearly a big deal for the BlackBerry fans in Vietnam as many started queuing for the event at 9am on December...
We've seem some exciting news come out of the Philippines recently and this latest video that BlackBerry have released keeps up the trend. Each year the people of the Philippines celebrate MassKara, a festival that is held in the third week of October. RIM got involved this year and as you will see from the above video they really know how to throw a party over there. By the looks of...
I'm rather partial to a flashmob dance and the one that has emerged from the BlackBerry Barkada in the Philippines is as good as they get. The event took place at the SM Mall of Asia Atrium where a BlackBerry mall show was due to take place, but in true flashmob style the BlackBerry Barkada took to the floor and surprised the shoppers who were going about their daily business. Barkada...
Yesterday it emerged that the eventual name of the BlackBerry L-Series might be BlackBerry Z10. This of course was hit by mixed opinions both sides of the fence, while at the same time prompting the question - So, is it BlackBerry Zed 10 or Zee 10? Being in the U.K., I say it should be Zed 10. To further the speculation, the name BlackBerry Z10 has appeared in the Carphone Warehouse...
Research In Motion has been getting some publicity in the Philippines recently when they teamed up with Esquire Magazine and had a night of extravagant fun and glamour . Esquire Magazine celebrated their first anniversary in the Philippines with a ball gathering some of Manila's biggest celebrities and VIPs. RIM's Philippine team arranged to be one of the co-presenters of this event...
We previously saw some blurry cam shots of the Porsche Design P‘9981 in matte black but now that it's landing into luxury shops and becoming further available, Porsche Design has posted up their official press release for the device. Believe it or not, there is a perfectly logical reason they chose black this time around as outlined in the PR for it: “Since the very beginning, our...
Back in November, Nokia was seeking a ban the on the sale of all BlackBerry smartphones with WLAN capabilities following a dispute over patent royalty fees arguing that an earlier patent ruling states RIM is not allowed to manufacture devices with wifi connectivity. RIM argued the matter stating that agreement from 2003 in which Nokia licensed various patents regarding mobile devices to...
This might seem all too obvious to some folks considering RIM is still releasing OS's for devices such as the Curve 8900 but it's certainly been on the minds of many. The question of whether or not BlackBerry OS 7+ devices will be supported in the long-term now that BlackBerry 10 is soon to be arriving. As noted by BlackBerry CEO, Thorsten Heins on the latest earnings call, we can...
RIM's gaming Port-A-Thon's have been quite a regular occurrence lately and things aren't slowing down prior to the New Year. We reported just last week about another virtual one in Australia and today RIM have announced another onsite 'Got Game Port-A-Thon', this time in Hong Kong. The event will take place on December 22nd on Tsing Island and as usual it will give developers the...