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  We’re still a day away from BlackBerry World but it seems folks over at RIM jumped the gun by officially confirming the new BlackBerry Bold on the website. The listing is now yanked but not before eagle-eyed readers took a screenshot. BGR who leaked the very first images of this new Bold device reckons [...]

  Research in Motion has expanded their CDMA BlackBerry offerings in India with the introduction of BlackBerry Style. BB Style is touted as India’s first phone with a flip design and a full QWERTY keyboard beneath it. Another selling point for the new Style is the inclusion of BlackBerry OS 6. With the new OS, [...]

  As promised, RIM has released its maiden tablet in the United States and Canada. BlackBerry PlayBook can be bought via RIM’s website or various participating retailers for $499 for 16GB and going up to $699 for larger capacity 64GB one. BlackBerry PlayBook is one of the few professional-grade tablets in the market that features [...]

  RIM is really having a hard time keeping their upcoming phones under wraps. Now BlackBerry Bold Touch has got the hands-on treatment, thanks to BGR. Bold Touch was leaked couple of months back and is said to give best of both worlds with an integrated physical QWERTY keyboard and a touchscreen display. The site [...]

  New images of RIM’s upcoming BlackBerry Monaco / Monza have surfaced on the web. BGR got their mitts on the device as well as some info related to the phone. The codenames – Monaco and Monza are given to signify the phone for different operators like Monaco will be restricted to Verizon whereas Monza [...]

  What seemed a wild rumor couple of months back just got real. RIM has announced that its PlayBook tablet due on April 19 will have the ability to run Android apps as well as BlackBerry Java apps. Since PlayBook is based on a different OS than Blackberry phones, RIM will launch two optional app [...]

  Research in Motion has announced pre-orders of its first BlackBerry PlayBook tablet. The tablet can be pre-ordered now via Best Buy who is the preferred retailer for the PlayBook in U.S. and Canada. The Wi-Fi-only BlackBerry PlayBook will be available from April 19 in both the countries with prices starting from $499 for 16GB [...]

  RIM’s first tablet PC could be out as early as next month. Boy Genius Report who generally has a good track record for BlackBerry-related rumors claim that RIM is looking to launch the PlayBook on April 10. The site also says that the final retail firmware or Gold Master build is to be finalized [...]

  If the current trend is any indication, Near Field Communications (NFC) will be a rage this year. Jim Balsillie, Co-CEO Research In Motion confirmed during the Mobile World Congress (MWC) that some forthcoming BlackBerry smartphones will contain NFC chips in 2011. NFC is aggressively being promoted by cell phone makers along with carriers that [...]

  RIM upgraded its Bold line with an all new Bold 9780. At first glance, you’d miss the Bold 9780 as the Bold 9700 but it comes with one major difference – the Blackberry OS 6. The new Bold 9780 comes with RIM’s new eye pleasing OS, making it first the non-touchscreen Blackberry phone to [...]

  Touchscreen Blackberry phones are generally priced to cater the high-end smartphone market but Research in Motion is apparently making one to please mid-range BB users. Behold the Curve Touch codenamed Malibu that is slated to release by end of this year or early 2012. On the specs front, it will have an 800MHz Qualcomm [...]

  There’s no doubt that RIM is banking a lot on its upcoming PlayBook tablet and if the new claim by BGR turns out to be true, RIM will surely win a lot of accolades not only from the BlackBerry community but also from the Android. Apparently, BGR’s sources are claiming that the QNX-based PlayBook [...]

  Research in Motion is laying all apprehensions to rest by confirming that its PlayBook tablet is a “great standalone tablet” and is not “reliant on a BlackBerry.” This is good news for consumers who were worried about PlayBook’s functionality being crippled without a Blackberry phone. Of course, a Blackberry phone will be needed to [...]

  Move over Dakota, Curve and Torch 2 as we’ve got one more Blackberry candidate revealing itself. It’s the Blackberry Storm 3 that will be upgraded this year with some meaty specs. BGR again got their mitts on the detailed info that confirms Storm 3 will have the highest screen resolution found on a BB [...]

  After months of negotiation with the Indian government, BlackBerry maker has allowed the Indian government to access Blackberry users’ Messenger logs. However, it’s a half-hearted attempt as RIM hasn’t allowed to monitor secure corporate emails. Indian government had bargained for access to all BlackBerry services for security and militancy purpose over the internet and [...]