Blackberry OS 10 Pre-Release Images

Crackberry guys managed to get a sneak preview of the upcoming Blackberry 10 OS. At a first glance, it looked almost similar to the Windows Phone GUI. I guess RIM really needs to pull this new OS together to revive the Blackberry status back to number 1 position in the smartphone category.

Video call seemed to be one of the new feature in the new Blackberry 10 OS.

Source: Crackberry

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Blackberry OS 7.1 Updates Now Available

Blackberry releases Blackberry OS 7.1 yesterday in CES 2012 annual event. Download should be available starting from today.

Notable new features includes:

• Mobile Hotspot - works similar to your wireless router
• Blackberry Tag (NFC) - Near Field Communication functionalities
• Universal Search - just a search function which is already long available on the iOS or Android
• WiFi Calling - similar to Skype concept (wireless internet phone calling)
• FM Radio - enable Blackberry devices (Curve) which has built-in FM receivers

BBM has also been updated to version 6.1.

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Blackberry Porsche P'9981 Theme Extracted

If you remember sometime in Nov 2011, Blackberry revealed the Blackberry Porsche P'9981 luxury design based on the Blackberry Bold 9900/9930.
It is now possible to get the Blackberry Porsche P'9981 theme on your Blackberry Bold 9900 or 9930. Unfortunately, it will only work on Blackberry OS7.

Head to the link below for the source of the theme.

Source: n4bb

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[Celcom] Blackberry Playbook on Sales Without Contract

I guess this is the end of the road for the Blackberry's tablet at least in Malaysia. Earlier there were other promotions from Maxis in bundled with the Blackberry Smartphones. But this time, Celcom is selling outright for the Blackberry Playbook. Yes, that is right - without contract.

• 16GB version - RM1088
• 32GB version - RM1388
• 64GB version - RM1688

One funny error would be the promotional period till 31st Nov. Problem is, there is no 31 days in November.

Source: Celcom

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U Mobile: Samsung Galaxy 7+, Galaxy W and Blackberry 9790 Pre-Register

U Mobile had published in their website for registration of interest for the devices of Samsung Galaxy 7 Plus, Samsung Galaxy W and Blackberry 9790. Registration starts from 23rd Nov 2011 till 1st Dec 2011.

Samsung Galaxy 7 Plus is kinda like the improved version of the first Galaxy Tab launched September 2010. The 7+ is powered by a 1.2GHz dual-core processor with Android 3.2 Honeycomb. Somehow it seemed like the OS is a higher version that then Galaxy Tab 8.9. Screen is 7-inch with resolution of 1024x600. 200 pixels short of the Galaxy Tab 8.9. Another major difference when comparing with the 8.9 is the battery. The 7+ has a battery capacity of 4000mAh whereas the 8.9 has 6100mAh.

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RIM Offers Free Premium Apps Due To Server Down - Detailed Free Apps

RIM apologizes for the outage of service last week and promised a whole range of premium Blackberry app as a sort of compensation. Below are the excerpt of the press release:

The complete selection of premium apps will become available to download at BlackBerry App World over a period of four weeks beginning Wednesday, October 19th.  The selections over this period will include the following (with more to come):

• SIMS 3 - Electronic Arts
• Bejeweled - Electronic Arts
• N.O.V.A. - Gameloft
• Texas Hold’em Poker 2 - Gameloft
• Bubble Bash 2 - Gameloft
• Photo Editor Ultimate - Ice Cold Apps
• DriveSafe.ly Pro - iSpeech.org
• iSpeech Translator Pro - iSpeech.org
• Drive Safe.ly Enterprise - iSpeech.org
• Nobex Radio™ Premium - Nobex
• Shazam Encore - Shazam
• Vlingo Plus: Virtual Assistant - Vlingo

Source: RIM

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Blackberry Server Down

This would be exactly what RIM would want to avoid, especially if you are charging users for your specific Blackberry services. Once known as the sole reliable and secure mobile services are now in trouble. News are circulating that the problem has now persisted for the 3rd day.

At the moment, affected locations are as below:

• Middle East
• Africa
• South America
• Europe
• India

Press statement from RIM:

The messaging and browsing delays being experienced by BlackBerry users in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, India, Brazil, Chile and Argentina were caused by a core switch failure within RIM's infrastructure. Although the system is designed to failover to a back-up switch, the failover did not function as previously tested. As a result, a large backlog of data was generated and we are now working to clear that backlog and restore normal service as quickly as possible. We apologize for any inconvenience and we will continue to keep you informed.

Source: Engadget

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Celcom - Blackberry Torch 9860 For RM588

Celcom recently launched the new Blackberry Torch 9860 for as low as RM588 with the Business Plan Package 188 for 24 months.

The Blackberry Torch 9860 is powered by a single-core 1.2GHz processor with 768MB RAM. Powering with the new Blackberry OS7. It has a display of 3.7" with resolution of 480x800 pixels.

Source: Gadgetry, Celcom

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Maxis, Celcom, Digi Releases Blackberry Bold 9900 and Blackberry Torch 9810 Plans

Maxis packages, the Blackberry Bold 9900 is as low as RM1390 for BIS Pro package of 24 months and the Blackberry Torch 9810 is as low as RM1350 for BIS Pro package of 24 months.

Celcom whereas has a BIS Pro package of 12 months with RM1638 for the Blackberry Bold 9900 and RM1588 for Blackberry Torch 9810 with the same package.

Coming to Digi, for a DG Smart Plan 68, the phone is as low as RM1399 for a 24 months package. No news on Blackberry Torch 9810 from Digi.

Though no immediate news regarding the new Blackberry Torch 9860 on any of the 3 major telcos.

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RIM Launches New Blackberry Curve 9350, 9360 and 9370

RIM today launches the new family of the Blackberry Curve 9350, 9360 and 9370.
Each of the models will be with the new Blackberry OS7 which claims almost 100% browser improvements when comparing to OS5.

Display will be 480x360 with 2.4" and with NFC integrated as well. Much similar to the older brother Blackberry Bold 9900.

The 3 models are identical in terms of outlook but the details are as below:

• BlackBerry Curve 9350 - CDMA with 512MB of RAM / 512MB of storage.
• BlackBerry Curve 9360 - GSM Tri-Band UMTS/Quad-Band EDGE with 512MB / 512MB of storage.
• BlackBerry Curve 9370 - CDMA/EVDO/Quad-Band EDGE with 512MB of RAM / 1GB of storage.

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Maxis's Blackberry Bold 9900 Pre-Register

Maxis today updates its range of devices to allow registration of interest to the new Blackberry Bold 9900.

Just to recap, the new Blackberry Bold 9900 comes with overhaul improvements both in hardware and software. It will have a higher resolution of 640 x 480 on a 2.8" capacitive screen.
Internal storage of up to 8GB, 768MB of RAM and a single-core 1.2GHz processor. It has a 5MP camera and will be loaded with the new Blackberry OS7.

Source: Maxis

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