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When you think of Research in Motion, smart card reader is probably not the first thing to come to mind, however, it turns out the RIM actually has a pretty good bluetooth smart card reader for the BlackBerry and has today announced a new and improved model that will be smaller, lighter, and support stronger passwords.
Read the full press release after the jump…
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According to a screen grab of Verizon’s internal inventory system, the BlackBerry Curve 8530, Verizon’s first CDMA BlackBerry with Wi-Fi, will come in two colors. You can never go wrong with a black BlackBerry and it looks like the BlackBerry Curve 8530 will come in lavender as well.
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A pretty good indicator that a new device is not too far beyond the horizon is when it starts showing up in a carriers Point of Sales System. Based on this shot of what appears to be some internal AT&T sales system the BlackBerry 9700 should be coming before too long.
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We knew once Plazmic updated CDK 4.7 to be compatible with the BlackBerry Tour that it would just be a matter of time before Elecite re-released a bunch of their popular premium BlackBerry themes for the BlackBerry Tour as well.
When it comes to BlackBerry Tour themes at Elecite a “matter of time” turns out to be about 2 days and a “bunch” is precisely 18 of Elecite’s most popular BlackBerry themes. Each BlackBerry Tour theme costs $6.99 and you can check out all 18 of them by visiting the following link.
This isn’t the first video review of the BlackBerry Storm 2, but, it is probably the most detailed. I cannot wait until I can get my hands on one of these…
[Via The BlackBerry Zone]
Of the heels of a very popular buy one BlackBerry, get one BlackBerry free promotion that Verizon ran early this year before the BlackBerry Tour came out, Verizon is running another BlackBerry BOGO sale, this time with a twist…
The second device doesn’t have to be a BlackBerry.
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First the Food Network, then Time, and now BusinessWeek have launched a mobile application for the BlackBerry powered by Polar Mobile.
BusinessWeek Mobile App for BlackBerry is supported on BlackBerry® Bold™ 9000 Series, BlackBerry® Pearl™ Flip 8200 Series, BlackBerry® Curve™ 8900 Series, BlackBerry® Tour™ 9600 Series, and BlackBerry® Storm™ 9500 Series devices.
BusinessWeek Mobile App for BlackBerry is a free download and you can install it OTA to your device by visting http://m.businessweek.com/ and entering your email address to receive download instructions.
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Today’s BlackBerry Deal of the Day is Mobile Checkbook for BlackBerry from Mobatech.
Mobile Checkbook lets you record transactions as they happen. With this powerful BlackBerry software, you will never again be without your up-to-date account balance! Whether you’re in the car, at a restaurant or out shopping, Mobile Checkbook gives you immediate access to your current account information from anywhere at anytime.
Mobile Checkbook normally runs $12.95, but, for today only in the RIMarkable Store, you can get it for the 50% off Deal of the Day price of $6.48.
Plazmic CDK 4.7 was just updated to support the BlackBerry Tour and Curve 8520 yesterday, and, already many of our popular themes in the RIMarkable Store have been updated to support the BlackBerry Tour. Check ’em out at the link below…
Browse all our BlackBerry Tour 9630 Themes in the RIMarkable Store
UberTwitter Beta 4 came out yesterday and the new version incorporated advertising that brew up a storm of controversy with Twitterers that did not want ads in what is currently the most popular BlackBerry Twitter client.
UberTwitter had this to say this morning:
We will be turning the ads in UberTwitter off until we can offer an ad-free option, we have heard you all loud and clear!
Ads are now off, select ‘exit’, then re-enter uber, it will retrv one more ad, then that will be it.
If you're serious about your business, the Aspire theme is the way to go.