Until today the only place to get yourself a BlackBerry Bold 9900 in the UK was through Vodafone. However today customers of O2 UK can rejoice as the Bold 9900 is now available through the network. Pricing is coming in at a slightly lower range than through Vodafone, as you can get the device free on the £32 a month tariff and above. The contract runs for 24 months but there is an 18...
[ youtube video link for mobile viewing ] The recent riots in London and other parts of the UK have brought about a lot of negative press for RIM as BlackBerry was the primary device used by a lot of the youngsters to organise riots and communicate with others via BlackBerry Messenger. But where there’s a negative, there’s always positive. The UK Police have been issued with...
Early in the month of August we saw a press event occur in the UK announcing the shiny new BlackBerry 7 devices that RIM has to offer. We’ve already seen the BlackBerry Bold 9900 available through Vodafone UK and are hoping to see the Torch 9860 and Torch 9810 arrive soon as well. It seems that RIM will be holding another BlackBerry press event in London on August 23rd. However, no...
Good news for BlackBerry Travel users out there, as today the app was updated to v1.1.45.99. No real change log was given, though the most notable addition seems to be support in Austria, Brazil, Germany and Italy which is awesome! BlackBerry Travel makes it easy to plan, book, manage, and share your travel activities, so if you haven't checked it out yet, you should. Download...
Expected to be available in late September for the price of 5,999,000 Indonesian rupiahs (approx. $700 USD), the BlackBerry Bold 9900 is slowly taking over the world, making its way to Indonesia next. RIM's Vice President for South Asia, Hastings Singh, commented: "We are very excited to be bringing the highly-anticipated BlackBerry Bold 9900 smartphone to Indonesia. This...
A teenage girl was arrested yesterday, charged with inciting riots via RIM’s favourite messaging service, BlackBerry Messenger. She is said to have sent a BBM message encouraging others from her home town of Clacton, Essex to copy the rioting and looting that was occuring in London, an offence under the Serious Crime Act 2007. Earlier this week we reported that RIM promised to help in...
After a lot of speculation to the exact release date of the BlackBerry Bold 9900 in the UK, one network has finally made the device available to purchase today. Vodafone UK confirmed via their Twitter account that the Bold 9900 is available now. Forum users on the Vodafone network have confirmed they are receiving their device after they had pre-ordered theirs. So what are you waiting...
Phones 4 U and Carphone Warehouse have had the BlackBerry Bold 9900 available for pre-order for a while now but only via the Vodafone network. Since Vodafone themselves now have the Bold 9900 available on pre-order7, CPW and Phones 4 U have now added Orange and O2 UK to their list of networks the device can be purchased on. Phones 4 U has a delivery date of August 24th. While Carphone...
[ youtube video link for mobile viewing ] During the past month, RIM's unique and elegant tablet device has seen little if any publicity among Arabic television, but that has now come to an end. While watching an Arabic drama series with my family, I was surprised to see that the BlackBerry PlayBook was put in literally every commercial break during the day. It was not too difficult...
Local mobile dealer Mahesh Telecom made it known on its Twitter account yesterday that the BlackBerry Bold 9900 has officially arrived in India. With physical stock coming in less than a few days and a price tag of Rs. 31290 (approx. $700 USD), this is the first time in RIM's history that a handset is launched in India before the United States. Soon the Indian population will have the...