BlackBerry 7

You’ve got two weeks left to get $77 worth of BlackBerry 7 apps for FREE!!!

May 17, 2012 by Robb Dunewood 2 Comments

In case you haven’t already heard, Research in Motion is running a promotion where the company is giving away $77 worth of premium BlackBerry apps to U.S. based BlackBerry users with BlackBerry 7 devices.

The promotion ends May 31st, so, you’ve got two weeks to get in on the promotion. There are over 20 premium BlackBerry 7 apps to which you can get for free and all you have to do to get them is head over to BlackBerry App World and download them.

This is definitely a promotion that you won’t want to miss…

RIM Announces Approval of BlackBerry 7 Smartphones for U.S. Department of Defense Networks

May 9, 2012 by Robb Dunewood Leave a Comment

Press Release

RIM Announces Approval of BlackBerry 7 Smartphones for U.S. Department of Defense Networks

DISA Mission Partner Conference, Tampa, FL – Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today announced DoD-wide approval for the use of BlackBerry® 7 smartphones. Working with U.S. Army and Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) sponsors and partners, BlackBerry 7 smartphones have undergone successful testing through Army labs leading to a subsequent listing on DISA’s Unified Communications Approved Product List (UCAPL).

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RIM Introduces the BlackBerry Curve 9320-A Stylish, New Smartphone for the Socially-Connected

May 9, 2012 by Robb Dunewood Leave a Comment

Press Release

RIM Introduces the BlackBerry Curve 9320-A Stylish, New Smartphone for the Socially-Connected

WATERLOO, ONTARIO – May 9, 2012) – Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ:RIMM)(TSX:RIM) today announced a stylish new smartphone for socially-connected customers. The new BlackBerry® Curve™ 9320 smartphone features all the core BlackBerry messaging and social-centric features that keep people connected, and it offers global 3G connectivity backed by long battery life to allow users to make the most of their day.

“The new BlackBerry Curve 9320 is designed to make it incredibly easy for users to stay socially-connected,” said Carlo Chiarello, EVP, Smartphone Business at Research In Motion. “The new BlackBerry Curve 9320 will be especially popular with customers upgrading to a smartphone for the first time and existing Curve customers looking for a step up in speed and functionality.”

RIM Offering $77 Worth Of Premium Applications To U.S. BlackBerry 7 Users

May 8, 2012 by Robb Dunewood 1 Comment

After the official announcement of BlackBerry 10 last week at BlackBerry World, Research in Motion, in an effort to let BlackBerry 7 users know RIM cares for them, has launched a promotion for U.S. base BlackBerry 7 years where they can get $77 worth of premium BlackBerry applications for free.

Free BlackBerry 7 applications include:

BlackBerry 7 Smartphones Certified for U.S. and Canadian Governments

February 2, 2012 by Robb Dunewood Leave a Comment

BlackBerry 7 and 7.1 OS Achieve FIPS 140-2 Certification

Waterloo, ON – Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today announced that BlackBerry® smartphones running on the powerful new BlackBerry® 7 and BlackBerry® 7.1 Operating Systems (OS) have been awarded FIPS 140-2 certification by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC). FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standard) 140-2 is recognized by the U.S. and Canadian governments and is required under the Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 (FISMA).

Press Release: RIM officially unveils BlackBerry OS 7.1

January 9, 2012 by Robb Dunewood 6 Comments

Research in Motion today, at CES 2012, has officially unveiled BlackBerry OS 7.1 which brings a familiar look and feel to existing BlackBeryr 7 devices, but, ads Mobile HotSpot support, NFC Tag support, and FM radio support to select BlackBerry Curve models.

Along with the BlackBerry 7.1 update, BlackBerry Messenger, BlackBerry Travel, and BlackBerry Traffic have been updated as well.

OS 7.1 for the Verizon BlackBerry Bold 9930 and Torch 9850 starts rolling out Jan. 10th

January 9, 2012 by Robb Dunewood 2 Comments

Word on the street is that BlackBerry OS 7.1 for the Verizon BlackBerry Bold 9930 and BlackBerry Torch 9850 will start rolling out tomorrow, Jan. 10th.

The big to do in the RIM’s latest version of the BlackBerry 7 operating system is Mobile HotSpot which will allow up to 5 devices to share your device’s mobile broadband connection to gain internet access.

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RIM introduces the BlackBerry Bold 9790 and the Curve 9380

November 15, 2011 by Robb Dunewood 1 Comment

Press Release

Research In Motion Expands BlackBerry 7 Portfolio with the New BlackBerry Bold 9790 and BlackBerry Curve 9380 Smartphones

Jakarta, Indonesia and Waterloo, ON – Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today announced two new smartphones based on the BlackBerry® 7 operating system (OS) – the BlackBerry® Bold™ 9790 and BlackBerry® Curve™ 9380.

The new smartphones offer impressively slim and stylish designs with enhanced communications, multimedia, productivity and social connectivity features. The BlackBerry Bold 9790 is both powerful and compact, offering users a fully loaded, high performance smartphone with the dual benefits of a high resolution touch display and a highly tactile keyboard. The BlackBerry Curve 9380 is the first-ever BlackBerry® Curve™ smartphone with a touch display. It continues to deliver the powerful social experiences, ease-of-use and smaller handset size that distinguish the BlackBerry Curve family, while also offering Curve users the choice of a larger display and an all-touch design.

7digital Music Store updated to v1.5.11 and now supports BlackBerry 7 devices

November 9, 2011 by Robb Dunewood Leave a Comment

7digital Music Store has been updated to version 1.5.11 and now includes support for BlackBerry 7 devices.

Those BlackBerry 7 device users taking advantage of the free BlackBerry Apps being given away by RIM as a Thank You Gift for bearing with the company through it’s biggest outage in history may have noticed that if you tried to buy music from Shazam Encore, it took you to a link that didn’t exist.

Needless to say, this is no longer the case…

Free weather app AccuWeather updated to v1.3 and adds support for BlackBerry 7 devices

November 1, 2011 by Robb Dunewood 1 Comment

AccuWeather for BlackBerry, arguably the best free weather application for the BlackBerry, has been updated to version 1.3 and now supports BlackBerry 7 devices. You can pick up AccuWeather for BlackBerry v1.3 in BlackBerry App World.

Download AccuWeather for BlackBerry v1.3

BlackBerry Storm users may want to hold of from upgrading as there are known issues…