We have two bits of Verizon BlackBerry information for you guys… The first is that one of our connects has informed us that the mythical OS 5.0 upgrade for the BlackBerry Tour 9630 will be released within the next “2-3 weeks.” It will also contain a Push-To-Talk feature that ...

Every year countless gifts are given during the holidays. Some of them are great, and some of them… well, you can’t win ‘em all. We’ve never done a Gift Guide before but with countless new products popping up almost weekly, we’re surprised those of you who aren’t glued to ...

Better late than never, right? The BlackBerry Storm2 isn’t exactly rocket science. Usually companies whether it’s a car manufacturer, handset company, computer maker or others follow up on an existing product and label it “new and improved.” Just like clockwork, RIM has spit out another iteration of their BlackBerry ...

Shortly after the official announcement for the BlackBerry Curve 8530 coming to Verizon , Sprint customers were asking, “When are we getting ours?” It looks like a Sprint version may be coming around about the same time as Verizon’s 8530. There is no date for sure, but a Sprint ...

We’re sure that most of you are sick and tired of all of this Verizon news (how do you think we feel having to write about it?), but they’re on a tear. Today Verizon announced that it will be carrying the BlackBerry Curve 8530 starting November 20th. To go ...

After months of leaks, teasing and previews, yesterday was the first day that Verizon Wireless started selling the BlackBerry Storm2. Available on a 2-year contract for $179.99 after rebates (or $539.00 contract free), the Storm2 intentionally regrettably has been released on the very same day both Verizon and Motorola ...

BlackBerry Cool readers are very familiar with the application Beyon160. It allows you to use more than the 160 character limit, imposed on BlackBerry users by Verizon, Sprint, Alltel, U.S. Cellular, Bell, Telus, and all other CDMA carriers. So if you’re a CDMA BlackBerry user, consider Beyond160, on sale ...

Forget the mockups of the Blackberry Essex , what may be a picture of the real thing has leaked along with news of Dakota, RIM's first phone with a "touchscreen in a conventional shape" and a " liquid lens ." Yeah, it's a blurry pic and it vaguely looks ...

RIM has been lobbying very hard to get the Canadian government to intervene in the deal between Nortel and Sony Ericsson. The deal involves the sale of a variety of Nortel’s assets including their LTE operations, which are of great interest to RIM in order to future-proof devices. The ...

According to the Telegraph , T-Mobile, a. k. a. Deutsche Telekom, may place a bid for Sprint within the next few weeks, a move that if completed will make T-Mobile the second largest carrier in the United States. We aren’t quite sure what the strategy is here.  T-Mobile is ...