Mar 26

SlingPlayer Mobile for BlackBerry exits beta, iPhone version submitted to App Store

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Get ready, BlackBerry users, because your days are officially about to become less productive (or, at the very least, your mass transit commutes). You too, iPhone types — not to say you didn’t already have enough time-wasting apps cluttering that 8 to 16GB wasteland you call “storage” in your pocket — because SlingPlayer Mobile is destined for both of these platforms. BlackBerry’s already had it since December in beta form, but they’re now at a stable 1.0 release; and speaking of 1.0 releases, that iPhone version Sling’s been talking up for a while now has now been submitted to Apple’s App Store for approval, so we hope we’ll be seeing that on the open market shortly. Now, if you’ll excuse us, we have some Dora to watch on the Bold.

[Via TUAW, thanks Digitac]

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SlingPlayer Mobile for BlackBerry exits beta, iPhone version submitted to App Store originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:51:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Mar 26

RIM to fire up mobile TV service for BlackBerry devices?

Posted in: BlackBerry, ctia, RIM, rumor, Television, Today's Chili, TV, wifi

RIM’s pleading the fifth at the moment, but the timing here sure makes this rumor one we’d love to believe. With BlackBerry App World launching on April 1st and CTIA opening up in a matter of days, it seems the perfect time for RIM to introduce its very own television service for BlackBerry devices. NewTeeVee has it from “multiple [undisclosed] sources” that RIM will announce a “full-episode television service” for BB users; the interesting part, however, is that it will supposedly download content via WiFi, leaving open the possibility for this to be carrier-agnostic. Granted, mobile TV initiatives have been far from successful thus far, but who knows if the CrackBerry crowd is the one sect willing to watch full episodes of The Cosby Show on a diminutive, low-res screen?

[Via mocoNews]

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RIM to fire up mobile TV service for BlackBerry devices? originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Mar 26

BlackBerry App World to launch April 1, says BusinessWeek

Posted in: BlackBerry, ctia, RIM, Today's Chili

Mark your calendars, BlackBerry fans: BusinessWeek says RIM’s going to launch the BlackBerry App World April 1 at CTIA. What’s more, the company is apparently planning on going after Apple by courting developers with higher profit margins and the relative sophistication of the average corporate BlackBerry user, which explains that minimum $2.99 paid app price we saw a few weeks ago. An interesting move to position the new service, but we’ll see if it takes hold with users — anyone ready to blow their budget on ‘berry software?

[Via Boy Genius Report]

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BlackBerry App World to launch April 1, says BusinessWeek originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:06:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Mar 11

Nokia continues to hemorrhage Smartphone market share to RIM and Apple

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Rough morning for Nokia. After having its trio of new music-oriented handsets leaked, Gartner goes and releases a set of unflattering sales figures related to Nokia’s beleaguered smartphones. While smartphone sales overall increased 3.7% in Q4, Nokia’s share slid from 50.9% to “just” 40.8% on 15.6 million units. While many, including Samsung and HTC gained, it was RIM and Apple that made the biggest advances. RIM increased its share of the lucrative market to 19.5% (7.4 million units) from 10.9% while Apple more than doubled its share, up from 5.2% to 10.7% (4.1 million units). Keeping things in perspective: smartphones accounted for only 12% of all mobile device sales for the quarter. There’s a method to Nokia’s mid- to low-end handset madness.

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Nokia continues to hemorrhage Smartphone market share to RIM and Apple originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 11 Mar 2009 06:38:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Mar 05

RIM’s BlackBerry 9630 World Edition finally strikes a pose

Posted in: BlackBerry, RIM, Today's Chili, verizon

Finally, an honest to goodness picture of what may well be the sweetest BlackBerry RIM has pushed out to date. Featuring keyboard styling taken from its chubbier friend, the BlackBerry Bold, and the sleeker lines of the Curve 8900, this certainly looks like a recipe for success. If you’re a BlackBerry user on Verizon, we’d say major celebration is in order if this wanders your way in the near future. We still only have the info we posted last week about it, but as the hype spins up, we expect the leaks will, too.

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RIM’s BlackBerry 9630 World Edition finally strikes a pose originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 05 Mar 2009 09:41:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Mar 04

BlackBerry App World minimum paid price: $2.99

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RIM’s newly-named BlackBerry App World might be all set to compete with the other mobile app stores on the scene, but it’s not going head-to-head on price: according to the developer docs, the first price tier above free is $2.99. That doesn’t seem like much, but it’s a little puzzling in light of how successful various less-expensive iPhone apps have been. Of course, RIM might just want its apps to seem more valuable to customers — and maybe keep fart apps far from its business-oriented platform — but we’ll see how developers react when things go live.

[Via CrackBerry]

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BlackBerry App World minimum paid price: $2.99 originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 04 Mar 2009 23:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Mar 04

RIM names its app store ‘BlackBerry App World’

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What’s bigger than a store, a market, or a catalog? A whole frigging world, that’s what. A sign-up page to be notified when the BlackBerry App World is available — which we’ve linked — will go live at 10PM tonight.

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RIM names its app store ‘BlackBerry App World’ originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:09:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Feb 27

Bell Canada launches first CDMA BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230

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Big day for Bell and smartphones as they add the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230 on top of the Pal Treo Pro launch a little earlier in the day. Thankfully the BlackBerry seems to have its pricing lined up and will squeeze your piggy bank for $29 on a three-year contract, a steep $349 on 2, $449 for 1-year and is $499 off contract altogether — though the $29 is apparently only until the end of March. Telus is also prepping this flippier BlackBerry for launch, though no word on a date for that just yet. In case you’ve forgotten the pink or black 8230 features GPS capabilities, 128MB of memory, external 1.6-inch and internal 2.4-inch displays, and the oh-so novel 4.6 OS. Grab it now on Bell’s site if you’ve been dreaming of the same ol’ BlackBerry in an entirely new and interesting package.

Update: Pricing updated as site was updated.

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Bell Canada launches first CDMA BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230 originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 27 Feb 2009 11:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Feb 26

BlackBerry Pearl 8230 flips its way into the FCC’s heart

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In the unlikely event that you needed a few final shreds of evidence to be convinced that the CDMA version of the BlackBerry Pearl flip — the 8230 — is real, feast your eyes on this heavy reading. Just-approved FCC documents show a device outline that can only be described as that of a clamshell, and sure enough, the SAR report indicates CDMA and EV-DO on the 850 and 1900MHz bands, so yeah, if this isn’t the 8230, we can’t imagine what it’d be. The timing on this development really couldn’t be any better since we’re expecting it to hit both Verizon and Telus in the near term, so quick show of hands: who’s buying?

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BlackBerry Pearl 8230 flips its way into the FCC’s heart originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 26 Feb 2009 22:14:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Feb 26

The BlackBerry Storm ad that might have been

Posted in: ad, Apple, BlackBerry, commercial, RIM, Today's Chili

This, shall we say, confrontational BlackBerry Storm ad by NY ad agency Guava has been making the rounds today, depicting a blackberry “bullet” taking a violent path through a familiar-seeming piece of fruit. An anonymous source told us that RIM considered it but eventually got cold feet — and we can understand why. Nonetheless, it’s an awesome bit of smack, so hit up the break and check it out for yourself.

[Thanks, Michael]

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The BlackBerry Storm ad that might have been originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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