While the launch of the BlackBerry Trackball Replacement Program is still two days away, T-Mobile retail stores are starting to receive shipments of the BlackBerry Trackball Replacement kits. As previously stated, we’re still expecting a February 24th launch unless there is another delay. Anyone going to take advantage of this?
It looks like there has been a change of plans regarding the trackball replacement program T-Mobile was set to launch February 15th. Due to some changes that will be included with the trackball replacement kits, training for the T-Mobile Retail store representatives has been suspended. RIM is in the process of updating procedures and screenshots for the new tool. Training for T-Mobile Retail Store reps is scheduled to resume on February … [read full article]
It is always a sad day when a popular phone is killed off, and it appears that RIMs Blackberry 8900 is the next phone to be discontinued. T-Mobile has said that the 8900 has “reached the end of it’s life cycle.” Well, that was blunt of them. Let’s just look towards the future, and hope for an 8910 in the future, a Pearl … [read full article]
Here some good news for those of you still rockin’ a BlackBerry…old skool yo. Beginning February 15th, BlackBerry Pearl 8100/8120 and BlackBerry Curve 8320 customers that are experiencing issues with the trackball, will have the option to visit a T-Mobile Retail Store and have their trackball replaced for FREE (No, you aren’t seeing things, at least this time around). The … [read full article]
UPDATE: As of 2:30 PM ET Blackberry BIS is starting to return to normal. Blackberry has isolated the issue and are working hard to return email to all users, so it should be better soon. Meanwhile, how is that brick breaker high score going? It appears that Blackberry’s BIS email is down for most carriers throughout the US and even in Canada. No word on when the outage occurred, or when it will be fixed, but be … [read full article]
There is just no end to the faults of technology, but we can’t live without it now, right? Well, anyways, more outages are occurring, but this time in a global fashion. It appears that Blackberry’s Internet Service (BIS) is down around the globe and isn’t localized to a specific carrier. For those of you with shiny 9700s, I am truly sorry, you will just need to … [read full article]
This comes courtesy of the boys at Gizmodo who report Walmart as giving away a $100 gift card with the purchase of a shiny new Blackberry purchase. Taking place during the week of November 14th, that’s now for the Gregorian calendar challenged. Giz reports you can take advantage of this in store and online and while I refuse to enter the Walmart located nearest my house, a little poking around Walmart’s wireless website didn’t find this offer. … [read full article]
Ever really really really wanted a BlackBerry or maybe you don’t want to experience another Sidekick Outage and are looking for another smartphone? Well, now is the perfect time! T-Mobile is offering any style BlackBerry device for free (Yes, that includes the 8900). New customers willing to sign a 2-year contract with T-Mobile can take advantage of this spectacular offer! The best part is there are NO REBATES. Hooray! Here are … [read full article]
While this is not the announcement most of you are waiting patiently for, it’s good news all the same. T-Mobile, along with AT&T, will formally announce the Blackberry Bold 2 (9700) on October 21st. Despite the fact that the announcement date most likely will not coincide with a release date, we doubt you’ll be waiting long. We’re … [read full article]
RIM (Research In Motion) is right on schedule with the release of the BBM (BlackBerry Messenger) 5.0. BBM 5.0 is now officially available in BlackBerry App World, or you can visit blackberry.com/blackberrymessenger from your BlackBerry’s Web Browser to download without the App World for devices running OS 4.5 and higher. Here are some the goodies BlackBerry Messenger 5.0 includes: Avatars can be easily set up and then populated from BlackBerry Contacts Group Functionality … [read full article]
