There are reports coming in from around the Internet that Verizon is experiencing data issues this morning. It seems New York is fine but other regions are down. Let us know where you are and if it’s down. ? Matt Cameron aka W4LNUT for BlackBerry Cool , 2010

Social Beat is a really cool app for those who don’t have invites for Social Scope. Actually, it’s arguably better than Social Scope. The app connects you to Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Gmail, Google Talk and has a list of RSS feeds you can subscribe to. A lot of users ...

For a quick minute this morning, we thought that RIM may have actually started advertising for the official Twitter for BlackBerry client that we know they are working on.  An ad appeared in the Times of India where RIM is clearly telling you that you can use Twitter right ...

The Microsoft Zune is undergoing scheduled maintenance that started early this morning at 1:00 a.m. EST.  This isn’t terribly big news unless you are a Zune user.  3 phone profiles being found in the Zune.inf file of the maintenance release, is, however, kind of big…  Especially since Microsoft has repeatedly ...

A rather interesting app for Twitter showed up this morning. Tvider , the newest addition to the many new Twitter apps that have been popping up brings a new Twist to your tweets. Rather then being a full blown Twitter client, it's purpose is to assist you in getting ...

  It looks like Bell Mobility is the latest to jump in on the official 5.0 fun. The tip line was on overload this morning with reports of the official release. OS 5.0.0.419 is now available for download for the Storm 9530 from Bell Mobility. Glad to see that ...

The official eBay for BlackBerry application saw a little bump in versions for the the first time since it's release back in November. Seems some may not have gotten the BlackBerry App World push update for it yet, but in any case if you look in BlackBerry App World ...

I guess Bell Mobility was in the giving spirit this morning. Previously. we have seen many OS leaks for the BlackBerry Bold 9700 and now, we have an official build of 5.0.0.423 arrive with it never having seen a leak. Grab it folks, let us know in the comments ...

Yup, Christmas is upon. The holidays are here. Things are even quiet on the smartphone news front (everybody is saving their stuff for CES which happens at the beginning of January in Las Vegas). But on the Smartphone Round Robin front things are as busy as ever. My Windows ...

Photo courtesy of @robinhood_bb Got a BBM from Ronen this morning that OS 5.0.0.415 is available for the Bold 9700. This is a pretty exciting leak as it’s supposed to come with a new version of BlackBerry Messenger (5.0.0.42). Download OS 5.0.0.415 for the BlackBerry Bold 9700. ? Kyle ...