It’s been a while since I’ve used a BlackBerry. My first experience was with the BlackBerry 8820 a few years ago. Today, we’ve got the new BlackBerry Torch 9800 to review, which RIM calls its best BlackBerry phone ever. It’s the first device with the new BlackBerry 6 operating system, and the software design is much better than it has been in the past — but is that enough, and are the differences significant? BOX …
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Microsoft’s Blackberry Hosting is Now Free
Wait, what? Microsoft has Blackberry Enterprise Server hosting services? Since February of last year Microsoft has been a Blackberry certified partner and offers Blackberry Enterprise hosting services as part of their Exchange Online service for an extra $10 per month per person. However, now that extra fee has been waived and the Blackberry server hosting is now free as part of regular Exchange Online and BPOS hosting services. Previously if you got an Exchange hosting …
Continue readingBlackberry Bing Mobile Updated; Adds More Features Than WP7
The Bing Mobile app for Blackberry has just been updated. It adds some useful new features such as flight status search, as well as the fun homepage hotspots that offer little tidbits of information about the daily Bing image. You also get two features that have been in other versions of the Bing Mobile app, but still have not made it to the Windows Phone 7 version of Bing; Image search and “What’s nearby”. What’s …
Continue readingBlackBerry Torch Software Tour
It’s been a couple years since I’ve last used a BlackBerry, so a number of things have changed since then. The Torch is supposed to be the best BlackBerry ever, but it seems there are a few issues with the software. Check out our quick video tour below to see what we’ve found included with the BlackBerry Torch. The universal search is a great feature and should be very useful. Unfortunately there are a lot …
Continue readingBlackBerry Torch Unboxing
We just recieved a box from BlackBerry. Guess what we’re going to do with it. Yep, it’s another unboxing. This time, it’s the new BlackBerry Torch, which is supposed to be the “best BlackBerry ever.” We’ll see about that, but in the meantime, check out what’s in the box. You get all the usual suspects including stereo headphones, micro-USB cable, and even a screen cleaner cloth. Unfortunately there’s no included case, but I really like …
Continue readingVideo: The BlackBerry Torch at the NYC Launch Event
RIM announced the new BlackBerry Torch today and we were at the press event in New York City for the announcement as well as a little hands-on time with the new device and new BlackBerry 6 operating system. If you want to see the full announcement with all the highlights about both the BlackBerry Torch and the new BlackBerry 6 operating system, we’ve got our video below. If you’re expecting crazy reality-distortion-field-style applauding after every …
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