Archive for the ‘Blackberry’ Category

RIM in Hot Water in UAE: Are BlackBerrys a Security Risk?

According to ‘Reporters Without Borders’ (media freedom watchdog), the United Arab Emirates is using ‘repressive laws’ and a ‘general trend of intensified surveillance.’ The regions ‘telecoms regulator’ is not scared of going head to head with tech manufacturers as many mobile phones are already being monitored, with RIM being the latest company to feel the [...]

Apple Score 73% for Customer Satisfaction

A recent survey of 4,028 US consumers by ChangeWave shows that Apple and HTC seem to be the most loved smartphone handsets in the US at the moment scoring far more for customer satisfaction than both Blackberry makers RIM and Motorola.
The statistics which are taken yearly confirm that there’s been a surge in smartphone [...]

BlackBerry 6.0 update Showcased in new Video

Back in April we blogged about the upcoming major OS announcement for RIM’s BlackBerry handset range, now BlackBerry themselves have started to tease at the update by posting an interesting showcase film on YouTube.com.
The video shows some of many of BlackBerry 6.0 OS’s new features including a new browser, BlackBerry messenger update, a redesigned widgets [...]

Is RIM working on a Blackberry Tablet?

Now we at the Gadget Helpline are not normally ones to get swept up in rumours and hype, but this latest raft of information just sounds a bit too good to not talk about, reportedly RIM the manufacturers of the Blackberry handsets are working on a Tablet PC, and its shaping up to be pretty [...]

Blackberry Pearl 9105 Manual – An Interactive Guide to your Phone

Whether you’ve been deliberating on getting a Blackberry Pearl 9105 mobile phone or you already own one, the expert team at Vodafone have just launched an excellent interactive online manual on everything you could possibly want to know about the phone.
Not only does this comprehensive Blackberry Pearl 9105 manual run you through the phone specs [...]

British Refuse Collectors will get Blackberry Smartphones to Help Improve Efficiency

If you’re a British refuse collector and work for Biffa, then you might be in for a treat as Biffa, the private garbage collection company has signed a deal with Vodafone to purchase 1,500 Blackberry handsets along with dongles and 3G datacards to to hand to their refuse collectors as part of their job equipment [...]

Two new BlackBerry handsets Leaked – The BlackBerry Bold 9650 and Pearl 3G

Those good people over at thestreet.com have made a slight booboo today by accidentally outing two new BlackBerry handsets on their website before the handsets have even been announced.
The Blackberry Bold 9650 and Pearl 3G have both been seen on the stocks and shares website thestreet.com with information regarding some of the networks involved in [...]

BlackBerry 6.0 Brings New Features and Design

The latest OS from BlackBerry is set to come with a particular feature to excite all BlackBerry fans out there- multitouch.
BlackBerry OS 6.0 screenshots have been leaked by Boy Genius Report and shows a completely redesigned home screen, providing one-touch access to various applications.
The new multitouch capability will be implemented system-wide, so you can pinch-to-zoom [...]

Adobe Flash 10.1 Player is delayed for Android, Blackberries and WebOS

Those people out there looking to get the latest Flash 10.1 update on their BlackBerry, Android or WebOs handsets will have to wait a little while longer as Adobe has announced that the latest Flash version will be put back to second half of 2010.
In a recent interview with Fox Business News the Adobe CEO [...]

BlackBerry’s 6.0 OS leaked for slide phones

RIM’s BlackBerry handsets look set to get themselves a big overhaul this summer with its latest BlackBerry 6.0 OS update, and today more info has been leaked regarding the new operating system and the slider phones it is compatible with.
There have been a few spy snaps of the OS floating about on the internet for [...]