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Ghastly Porsche Design P’9981 BlackBerry goes on sale at Harrods for £1,275

December 29th, 2011 5:22pm No comments

Ghastly Porsche Design P’9981 BlackBerry goes on sale at Harrods for £1,275

The Porsche Design BlackBerry P’9981 designer smartphone has just been priced up for the UK, and it comes with a price tag every bit as ridiculous as its uber-macho, all-metal design.

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Blackberry boss gets grovelling with video apology for rubbish service [video]

October 13th, 2011 1:59pm No comments

Blackberry boss gets grovelling with video apology for rubbish service

There’s large servings of Blackberry-flavoured humble pie being served up right now, with Research In Motion founder Mike Lazaridis forced to release a public apology to BlackBerry subscribers about the major service outage that is now entering its fourth day.

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O2 piddles on the BlackBerry PlayBook’s launch parade

June 16th, 2011 11:47am No comments

O2 piddles on the BlackBerry PlayBook's launch parade

Today should have been Blackberry’s big day in the UK, with the official launch of their new iPad-challenging PlayBook, but O2 has just distributed gallons of the yellow stuff over their parade.

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BlackBerry Bold 9900/9930 handset officially announced – full press release

May 2nd, 2011 1:40pm No comments

BlackBerry Bold 9900/9930 handset officially announced

Research In Motion have officially announced their new, high end BlackBerry Bold 9900 / 9930 handset.

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BlackBerry outsells iPhone and grabs #1 UK smartphone sales crown

January 31st, 2011 9:00am 4 comments

BlackBerry Torch 9800 announced

We have to admit we’re having a little bit of trouble believing this one, but according to industry stat-shufflers, GfK, RIM’s BlackBerry range reigned supreme as the most successful smartphone platform in the UK over 2010.

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Blackberry Storm 3 unveiled – big specs, big screen, big wait

January 14th, 2011 4:24pm No comments

Blackberry Storm 3 unveiled - big specs, big screen, big wait

Details and some itsy-bitsy photos of the new BlackBerry Storm 3 have started leaking out over the web, with RIM’s  new high end handset shown to be packed with upmarket specs.

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BlackBerry Style 9670 clamshell for purple-loving flippers

October 18th, 2010 4:00pm No comments

BlackBerry Style 9670 clamshell for purple-loving flippers

Just like Americans say tomahto and we say tomato, when it comes to mobile phones they like clamshells while we, err, generally ignore them altogether.

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BlackBerry 6 mobile OS ‘unleashed’, some older models to get upgrade

August 4th, 2010 9:15am No comments

BlackBerry 6 mobile launched, some older models to get upgrade

After months of leaks, RIM has officially announced their all new BlackBerry 6 operating system.

The new mobile OS serves up a host of updates, a ”visual, fluid interface’  and a monstrously overdue decent web browser in the shape of a WebKit-based number, packing support for HTML5.

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BlackBerry Torch 9800 slider – too little, too late?

August 4th, 2010 9:15am No comments

BlackBerry Torch 9800 announced

RIM have officially announced their latest smartphone, the BlackBerry Torch 9800, and smothered on the love describing it as their “best BlackBerry ever.”

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Nokia and RIM respond angrily to Apple’s antenna statements

July 17th, 2010 12:17pm No comments

Nokia and RIM respond angrily to Apple's antenna statements

We have to say we weren’t too impressed by Apple dragging other handset manufacturers into their press conference yesterday – the issue was about the iPhone 4 dropping calls, not the performance of their competitors’ phones – and both Nokia and RIM have responded angrily.

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RIM bangs out another BlackBerry 6 video ‘sneak peek’

July 12th, 2010 4:19pm No comments

RIM bangs out another BlackBerry 6 video 'sneak peek'

The Blackberry-producing gang at RIM seems hell bent on teasing us with fleeting glimpses of their upcoming BlackBerry 6 OS, as a second promo video slips out of dock.

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11.2m Blackberry phones shifted in Q1 as RIM breaks new sales record

June 25th, 2010 9:35am No comments

11.2m Blackberries shifted as RIM breaks new sales record

Research In Motion (RIM) – makers of the Blackberry line of handsets – broke a company record yesterday as it shipped no less than 11.2 million BlackBerries in the last quarter – adding up to a 43 percent increase over the sales for the same period last year.

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BlackBerry Bold 9800 slider – leaked photos

May 24th, 2010 9:30am No comments

BlackBerry Bold 9800 slider - in photos

We posted up a wobbly video of BlackBerry’s forthcoming Bold 9800 slider a few weeks ago, and the handset from RIM  is now (literally) becoming a bit clearer, thanks to a set of leaked photos.

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Video: Blackberry 6 OS shakes off the suits and gets the funky r’n'b treatment

April 27th, 2010 4:16pm No comments

Video: Blackberry 6 OS shakes off the suits and gets the funky r'n'b treatment

Man, those cats at Blackberry are laying down a heavy urban vibe, with their new all-dancing video showing that the company is no longer all about corporate suits, swivelling chairs, offices and appointments.

To prove that their new OS is funkier than an iPhone in a catsuit and rollerblades, Blackberry’s new promo video grooves along to an autotune-powered ‘Boom Boom Pow’ soundtrack from the Black Eyed Peas.

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BlackBerry Bold 9650 and Pearl (9150) details [updated with videos]

April 26th, 2010 10:35am No comments

BlackBerry Bold 9650 and Pearl 3G info floods forth

Research In Motion have just announced two shiny new BlackBerry smartphones; the BlackBerry Bold 9650 and the BlackBerry Pearl 3G.

Anyone looking for an exciting and challenging ‘reimagining’ of the Blackberry brand will be in for a bitter disappointment, with both models being nowt more than updates to existing models.

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