BlackBerry OS

BlackBerry services returning to normal (Updated)

Research In Motion has issued a couple of updates about the massive outage plaguing the BlackBerry service since the beginning of the week. According to an update by Robin Bienfait, Chief Information Officer, RIM, services in Canada and the US are slowly returning to normal: Email systems are operating and we are continuing to clear any backlogged messages. Support teams […]

Kik Messenger returns to BlackBerry devices

Kik Messenger today returned to BlackBerry devices. After a 10 month absence due to legal issues with Research In Motion, Kik today announced the release of a new universal Java version for BlackBerry smartphones. This new version of Kik is crazy fast, beautiful and reliable – just like Kik on our other platforms. We think it’s easily the best cross-platform […]

Ongoing BlackBerry service issues affecting Canada and US

A BlackBerry outage affecting that has been plaguing users in parts of Europe and Asia is now spreading to Canada and the US. The latest update from RIM confirms that the issue which affects emails, texts and BBM messages continues into its third day and has spread even further: BlackBerry subscribers in the Americas may be experiencing intermittent service delays […]

Apple has highest loyalty rate among smartphone manufacturers

A new survey conducted by UBS Research shows that Apple has the highest retention rate among smartphone manufacturers. While this may not be much of a surprise, the lead it holds over others might be. 89% of current iPhone owners plan to stick with Apple for their next smartphone purchase, a slight drop from 95% in the March 2010 survey. […]

Unannounced BlackBerry Bold 9790 revealed

If you like the hardware specifications of the BlackBerry Bold 9900 but prefer a slightly smaller device, the BlackBerry Bold 9790 may be the device you are looking for. BGR has obtained pictures of the device, confirming that it will come with a 1.2GHz processor (although this could still change), 8GB of internal storage, a 5MP camera, and NFC. Like […]

Rumoured BlackBerry Bold 9980 designed by Porsche for Porsche customers?

Pictures and even a video of a device known as the BlackBerry 9980 (or as the BlackBerry R47) have got a lot of people scratching their heads as to whether it is really a prototype and perhaps future BlackBerry device or just a heavily modded existing one. The device looks unlike any other BlackBerry device, sharing few of the usual […]