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BlackBerry gets native Facebook app, addicts rejoice

by Sean Cooper posted Oct 29th 2007 @ 2:52PM

All of you BlackBerry toting Facebook addicts have reason to celebrate as RIM brings an honest-to-goodness Facebook application to your favorite OS 4.2 + handset. Featuring home screen notifications, picture tagging, and even uploading of pics from your handset right to your galleries -- um, Windows Mobile people, you listening? -- this thing sounds fine. Of course, with the BlackBerry itself being a highly addictive creature, we worry that with Facebook thrown in, the average office meeting is set to become a complete waste of time in the near future. Hit the read link to get at the goods.

[Via cellpassion]

BlackBerry 8830 Cyclone heading to Telus, eh?

by Michael Caputo posted Apr 13th 2007 @ 5:25PM

RIM isn't selfish -- especially when it comes to sharing with its own countrymen -- and the BlackBerry 8830 isn't going to be any different. Our friends up north at Telus report that the svelte new Cyclone is in the final testing stages with a release in the not too distant future. Here's the rundown on specs: a dual band 800 / 1900 MHz CDMA radio, GSM / GPRS support for international roaming, trackball navigation, OS 4.2, media player, and removable memory. Now, only a two important questions remain -- at what cost and when?

BlackBerry Cyclone around the corner for Verizon?

by Michael Caputo posted Mar 28th 2007 @ 1:27AM

Looks like The Network has finally been piecing together the puzzle for the globetrotters who need a fresh BlackBerry. The latest word on the street has the device possibly getting launched some time in the next 30 to 60 days. In case you don't remember, we'll jog your memory and run down some of the features: a dual band 800 / 1900 MHz CDMA radio for the States, GSM / GPRS support for international roaming, trackball navigation, OS 4.2, media player, and removable memory. Don't start bookin' those flights just yet, but things are definitely looking up, eh?

[Thanks, HTC Kid]

New BlackBerry appears on Verizon's radar

by Michael Caputo posted Jan 31st 2007 @ 3:50PM

It looks like Sprint customers wont' be the only ones in the spotlight this spring as Verizon Wireless will also get their hands on the global BlackBerry codenamed "Cyclone." The details are pretty slim at this point other than it's going to be built on the 8800 series, runs OS 4.2, has a hybrid CDMA / GSM radio for talking on the other side of the pond, and a media player with expandable memory. RIM was even so kind to through in a some AGPS and Bluetooth 2.0. All we have to say is WOW!

[Thanks, HTC Kid]