The floodgates are open , and another country has washed in — though unlike Saudi Arabia , India and the UAE , this one’s not threatening a BlackBerry messaging ban… . . . → Read More: Kuwait wants RIM to filter BlackBerry traffic, Saudi Arabia testing three servers
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We can’t say this is exactly a surprise , but we are rather saddened to learn that Saudi Arabia has apparently carried through on its threats to shut down all BlackBerry messaging services functionality due to “security concerns.” Users there are reporting that they are no longer able to use their keyboards for the jobs they were intended, forcing them to actually call friends — with their voices. Saudi Arabia has threatened $1.3 million fines for any wireless provider that does not play nicely and, until those threats are lifted, we’re thinking BBM is down for the count out there. Update : Merely hours later, service is reportedly back . . . . → Read More: BlackBerry messaging shut down in Saudi Arabia, users feel early withdrawal pains (update: it’s back) The new BlackBerry flagship has been put through one of the more important ceremonies of acceptance into the smartphone world: a teardown . . . . → Read More: BlackBerry Torch teardown offers few surprises, much like the phone itself (video) We’ve called a bunch of our local stores and have struck out, but for what it’s worth, we’ve been sent a shot of the BlackBerry Torch’s box apparently chilling in the stockroom of one of AT&T’s many corporate-owned retail locations around the country. Though the official launch is August 12, we imagine you might be able to find a rep willing to slip you one early if you find one that’s received their shipment and push ‘em hard enough. No violence or torture techniques, though, alright . . . → Read More: BlackBerry Torch already showing up in some AT&T stores? Uh, RIM ol’ buddy, is there something you’d like to tell us about this unannounced BlackBerry Curve 9300 that’s up and dancing on Rogers’ website right now with a $79.99 Canadian price tag on a three-year contract? We’re looking at a quad-band GSM and HSDPA 850/1900/2100 candybar with 802.11n WiFi, GPS, 256MB of RAM, a 2 megapixel camera, microSD expansion (2GB in the box), and 2.4-inch display throwing 320 x 240 pixels. And no, that’s not the latest and great OS which makes us wonder about the possibility for a BlackBerry 6 upgrade . . . → Read More: BlackBerry Curve 9300 gets priced and pictured on Rogers, still not announced Uh, RIM ol’ buddy, is there something you’d like to tell us about this unannounced BlackBerry Curve 9300 that’s up and dancing on Rogers’ website right now with a $79.99 Canadian price tag on a three-year contract? We’re looking at a quad-band GSM and HSDPA 850/1900/2100 candybar with 802.11n WiFi, GPS, 256MB of RAM, a 2 megapixel camera, microSD expansion (2GB in the box), and 2.4-inch display throwing 320 x 240 pixels. And no, that’s not the latest and greatest OS which makes us wonder about the possibility for a BlackBerry 6 upgrade. . . . → Read More: BlackBerry Curve 9300 for sale on Rogers, still not announced RIM co-CEO Mike Lazaridis has made some pretty bold statements in the past, but he may just have topped himself in responding to the recent issue of countries banning or threatening to ban BlackBerrys — to which you can now add Indonesia to the list. Speaking with The Wall Street Journal in what’s described as a “fiery” interview, Lazaridis said that “this is about the Internet,” and that “everything on the Internet is encrypted. . . . → Read More: RIM’s Lazaridis: if goverments can’t deal with the internet, ‘they should shut it off’ When we began our review of the BlackBerry Torch (aka the Bold 9800 ), our hearts were all aflutter. The leaked shots we’d been seeing of some kind of Palm Pre-esque RIM slider were different and frankly weird enough to cause a kind of low hum gadget lust . . . → Read More: BlackBerry Torch review We know more a few of you wised up and came over from BlackBerry, and, truth be told, we’re looking at the BlackBerry Torch (aka the Torch 9800) with a wee bit of envy. After all, who wouldn’t want to try Android on a vertical slider . . . → Read More: BlackBerry Torch 9800 reviewed [the competition] We’d wondered what had happened to Kyocera’s low-end Zio with Android after its March announce at CTIA… and lo, here it is. . . . → Read More: Cricket launches BlackBerry Curve 8530, says Kyocera Zio is in the cards |
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