With Valentines day being around the corner, I thought that a review on a theme quite relevant for this time of year. Before I introduce the theme, here is a little background on the holiday. Saint Valentine’s Day (commonly known as Valentine’s Day) is an annual celebration held on February 14 celebrating love and affection between intimate companions.The holiday is [...]
Some news to surface in London, UK, is that RIM has won a legal battle against Motorola, who filed a complaint with the High Court. Mr. Justice Richard Arnold at the High Court invalidated a Motorola patent (which was related to an e-mail gateway system) said that even if it had been valid, it hadn’t been [...]
UK BlackBerry Owners will be pleased to know that a Beta App has been released by the guys at ROK TV that allows UK Residents to watch Digital Freeview Channels from their compatible BlackBerry device. As this is currently in Beta Mode, not all available Freeview channels are available, but as the results of Beta [...]
SaskTel have officially released .419 for the Tour 9630, the latest in a line of 5.0 OS. Software For BlackBerry® Tour (TM) 9630 smartphone BlackBerry Handheld Software v5.0.0.674 (Multilanguage) Package Version: 5.0.0.674 Consisting of: Applications: 5.0.0.419 Software Platform: 4.2.0.179 File name: 9630AMEA_PBr5.0.0_rel674_PL4.2.0.179_A5.0.0.419_SaskTel.exe File size: 100.96MB Note: The Software Platform and Applications version numbers can [...]
A new feature to appear here on BBBNews is, My BlackBerry and I, where we aim to give an insight what a BlackBerry means to their owners. Today’s interview is with Author, Film Maker and Script Supervisor, Blogger; Michael Coulombe. Kian: Why Blackberry? Michael: I use the blackberry because it works for me. I work in the film [...]
Rumors are starting to spread, and thanks to BGR we hear that the Curve 8900 maybe on it’s way out and replaced with it’s sister model, Curve 8910 (code name Atlas). The 8910 was mentioned the 2nd week of January, which showed slight changes from the 8900. The most noticeable is the new Trackpad, and [...]
Yet another leak hit’s the web, this time it is for BlackBerry Curve (8530) owner. Thanks to our friends over at bbleaks for the heads up on this one. It’s been a while since Curve 8530 has seen an OS leak, so please be sure to leave your comments below to show your findings You [...]
Do you think you have a bit of a flair? Can you pull in the crowds? Have you ever wanted to be a writer of breaking stories? Are you a BlackBerry user? Do you know your Pearls from your Bolds? Are you fanatic about your BlackBerry? If you have answered yes to the above then [...]
BBBNews would like to recognize John Kleinschmidt aka ‘Audit’ from Dataoutages, for achieving a massive milestone in the BlackBerry Community. Audit has just informed us that his site has breached the 5000 member mark. That is the very goal he had set for himself and he has now achieved it. Since December 2007, Dataoutages has [...]
I’ve not been a big fan of Twitter clients for my Bold 9000, this is until I was nudged by a friend in the way of UberTwitter. I love the design of the app, the integration, the features which include insertion of people following, for example, if I type in the @ symbol, a list [...]
What a way to start a weekend? We have been blessed with, not one, but TWO OS leaks within minutes of each other. This on is for the Curve 8900 and is version 5.0.0.461. Again, as with the Bold 9000, we are not sure what has been updated/improved/fixed, but if you want to download the [...]
No sooner had Networks around the globe start officially releasing .411 for the 9000, we have been informed that a new leak…yes ANOTHER leak of the OS has been seeped onto the interweb… Yes folks, you heard correctly, a LEAK! 5.0.0.464 which has jumped a few numbers from .411 As to what this leak is [...]
Nav4All Navigation To Close We have received an alert from Global Navigation System Nav4All and Tracking & Tracing will cease to be in just 3 days time! The reason being that the Data License between Nav4All and Navteq was not extended, which was totally unexpected. Nav4All say that they have not been able to “implement [...]
Tonight sees the launch of the 1st annual Data Awards which has been dubbed as the biggest pre-party leading up to music’s most anticipated night….The Grammys The evening, featuring a high-energy benefit concert, will raise funds and awareness for the i.am scholarship and present the first annual Data Awards, honoring the most recognized DJs and [...]
It has been announced today that Motorola has filed 5 Patent complaints against BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) and have asked the International Trade Commission (ITC) to investigate RIM for their continued use of patents filed by Motorola and have an Exclusion Order enforced to stop RIM from selling, marketing and selling the five [...]