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2 out of 5 Blackberry Owners Tempted by Forbidden Fruit

by Jay Garrett on March 20, 2010

Could it be that even the most ardent of Blackberry owners are preparing to turn their backs on their QWERTY machines once the iPhone 4G or iPhone HD is released?

This seems to be the case according to a survey conducted by Crowd Science. It revealed that a staggering 2 out of 5 Blackberry users said that they would to move over to the Appley handset once their contract comes up for renewal.

It appears that the major hang-up that the RIM phone lovers have is the lack of security features on the iPhone – you know, the backdoors that allow people to jailbreak the iPhone OS.

Are you a Blackberry user? Are you tempted to defect over and join us on the Apple side of the street?

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INQ 3G Socially Active Phone Now Available in UK – Loves iTunes

by Jay Garrett on December 12, 2009

INQ 3G ChatThe INQ Chat 3G handset, remember – the ‘BlackBerry for the Facebook generation’?

Well it’s now on sale for the stocking-filler price of £100.

The social butterfly’s blower looks like it shares parentage with some of RIM’s most loved offers up widgets for Twitter and Facebook right there on the homescreen.

There’s great news for those that get their grooves from iTunes as the Chat 3G is the first handset (that isn’t an Apple iPhone) that can actually play those AAC files downloaded from Apple’s music portal.

The DoubleTwist app was developed by 25-year-old Norwegian Jon Lech Johansen and if the INQ and Mr J get away with this without attracting unwanted attention from Apple then I reckon there may be a few other handsets offering similar apps.

The INQ Chat 3G can be grabbed for £100 on PAYG or from £15-a-month from 3 Mobile – with that you get the unlimited free Skype-to-Skype calls and MSN Messenger so that you keep all your buddies up-to-date with everything you’re doing.

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BlackBerry Wristphone Outed

October 19, 2009 Click to read more →
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Now, most people know that RIM wouldn’t be so frivolous as to go for a trendy, fashionable gadget and turn its back on the serious business market.
So what the heck is this wristphone, phonewatch nonsense all about then?
Well – apparently this natty little thing is a BlackBerry companion watch – BerryBangle? StrapBerry?
This is what CrackBerry [...]

Selfridges Celebrates 100th Year – Paints The Gadgets Yellow

April 28, 2009 Click to read more →
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Selfridges is celebrating its 100th birthday in a fine gadgety way!
Selfridges loves the gadgety world and was there at the scene of the first public demonstration of John Logie Baird’s television in 1925, and has gone on to host many other world firsts.
To mark its 100th Selfridges has commissioned a bunch of folk including fashion designers to [...]

New BlackBerry Product List Uncovered

April 6, 2009 Click to read more →
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Ok CrackBerry fans!
BGR has managed to grab some initial specs as well as product code names for some up-and-coming BlackBerry devices!
The BlackBerry products that are being tested and tweaked have the manly aftershave sounding names of Onyx, Driftwood and Magnum.
Grrrrrr!
BGR ‘acquired’ the name list that is in all probability a list of three different code names for one product [...]

OLED BlackBerry – A Touch Art Lebedev

February 6, 2009 Click to read more →

We all like OLEDs yeah?
We all love Art Lebedev’s keyboard designs for the the Optimus Pultius and Maximus don’t we?
Whilst we’re trying to decide whether clickable or non-clickable touchscreens are best here’s a BlackBerry concept that I think rocks - totally!
The concept from the MozPhone project is kind of a Art Lebedev and BlackBerry 7130 mash-up and I believe [...]

Storm Hits UK – Expect 18 Months From November

October 18, 2008 Click to read more →

There’s official word from my roots back in Canada.
RIM’s Canadian HQ have confirmed that their Storm touchscreen handset will be hitting the United Kingdom within the first 7 days of November.
No word on tariffs but I reckon it’s safe to say that they would be competitive with the likes of the iPhone and the G1 [...]

Blackberry Terminator – Phone Bot

October 1, 2008 Click to read more →

A fully email ready phone that converts into an armed robot?
Oh yeah!!!!
Say OMG to the Blackberry Terminator and s’long Storm!
It’s got what you’d expect from the latest RIM model: Infra-red vision, dual low-caliber guns, video recording, 3.5G.
As awesome as it is it isn’t perfect.
Check out that keyboard – when the phone bot is in combat [...]

Blackberry Storm Goes Public on Vodafone UK

October 1, 2008 Click to read more →

Great news for those awaiting the new touch-screen crackberry – bad news for those that are saying the Blackberry Storm isn’t coming to the UK!
Vodafone UK has launched a microsite giving readers the chance to win their own touchscreen BlackBerry. 
This sly site comes after several months of leaked photos and spy-shots showing up across the [...]

BlackBerry Pearl Flip is Outed and Official

September 10, 2008 Click to read more →

I preferred it when it was called KickStart but Pearl Flip it is.
The new BlackBerry flip phone from RIM is finally here.
It weighs a modest 3.6-ounces and boasts a 320 x 240 internal display, Bluetooth 2.0, built-in multimedia player, 802.11b/g WiFi and a SureType keypad.
The battery will last for four hours of talk time / [...]

Blackberry Javelin Spec Leaked

August 10, 2008 Click to read more →

Those incredibly well informed people over at Crackberry have managed to get themselves some marketing pics of RIM’s new non-3G smartphone, the Blackberry Javelin!

It looks like the Javelin will be running a 512 MHz processor, coupled with 256 MB of onboard flash memory plus a hot-swappable microSD slot, a hi-res 460 x 360 HVGA+ display, [...]

RIM – Thunder, Thunder, Thunder Berry Hoooooo!

July 1, 2008 Click to read more →

I’ve been snooping around to find out more about RIM’s latest offering known as Thunder.
Stop your giggling!! I know RIM Thunder, or indeed, Thunder RIM is something for the school yard but just shut it a moment!!!
The official model number is the BlackBerry 9500, and apparently the touchscreen is a higher res than the iPhone’s [...]

Kickstart – The New Blackberry

May 1, 2008 Click to read more →

On my routine trawl through the interweb I found this.
Hold on to your undergarments as what you’re staring at is the previously unseen BlackBerry clamshell – named the Kickstart.
The Boy Genius is unashamedly flaunting a number of photos of this latest crackberry - to rub salt in our wounds he has apparently known about it for “a while”!
The phone is equipped with what [...]