Blackberry Curve Range Expands With New Blackberry Curve 9380

Blackberry have now released their latest smart phone in the UK, the new Blackberry Curve 9380 joins the recently released Curve 9360 but offers a very different design format to the majority of models from the best-selling Curve range.

Renowned for their qwerty keypad toting smart phones, Blackberry have now released their second all touch screen handset in a year, the Blackberry Curve 9380 joins the Torch 9860 in offering a full touch screen experience with no qwerty keypad in sight and is the first ever from the Curve series of handsets.
Packing a 3.2 inch touch screen the new Curve 9380 could be viewed as a smaller version of the Torch 9860, the phone offers a 5.0 mega pixel camera with geo-tagging capabilities, face detection and image stabilisation as well as the very latest Blackberry 7 operating system.

This new operating software is found in other recent releases such as the Blackberry Bold 9900, Blackberry Curve 9380 and Blackberry Torch 9810, it offers NFC technology for mobile payments and vastly improves on the previous version with applications running far more smoothly and a new user interface.

Users can use the 3.5G and Wi-Fi connections of the Curve 9380 to connect to the internet whilst out and about for sending and receiving emails, browsing the internet or communicating via Blackberry's instant messenger service, GPS is also available for satellite navigation with Blackberry Maps.

For those looking for a reasonably priced Blackberry phone with a full touch screen experience the new Curve 9380 is a great choice, the on board technology matches many mid range handsets on the market and the advantages of good email services along with instant messaging facilities further bolster this new phones desirability for both business and pleasure.

Blackberry Development Solutions Still Reside in Corporate Hearts

Research-in-motion lost its once-dominant position in the smart phone market. With surging demand for Apple and Android platform, the market showed Blackberry lagging behind in many ways. After the recent Blackberry outage, competitors got another opportunity to raise fingers at Blackberry's system and question its back-end's inconsistency and unresponsiveness. We argue that Android and Apple platforms are good enough to take over users' corporate phone needs. However, the enterprise still remains the RIM's area of strength, which will not let the Blackberry development solutions get out of focus.

RIM blackberry app solutions have seen a major drop as Blackberry's market share fell from 18.7 percent to 11.7 percent in the second quarter. As some people continue to prefer Blackberry, RIM still continues to satisfy the unique requirements of highly regulated industries. It's just that we have a choice wider than the Blackberry smart phones and custom Blackberry solutions now.

Blackberry development solutions' security still robust

Although customers suffered at the hands of Blackberry due to the outage, Dan croft, CEO of Mission Critical Wireless, which helps businesses manage critical deployments, said that IT managers would still prefer only one solution, which will be Blackberry. RIM's security is robust and easy to implement. Moreover, every message transmitted through a Blackberry device is routed through the RIM's Operations Center adding extra layers of security to the message.

RIM's enterprise server is well-managed. Corporate may find it unreliable to store its data over Apple's cloud server. However, Blackberry deployments are well-maintained and upgraded. Financial and Pharmaceutical industries are the major ones relying on custom Blackberry solutions

Discovering Sprint Blackberry

print has three models of Blackberry's available to you in the US:

• the Curve 9330 (Purple and Grey)
• the Style (Purple and Black)
• the Bold 9650

The Bold, the Curve, and to a lesser extent the Style, are highly attractive phones for users in the corporate sector. This is largely due to the excellent full QWERTY keypad which makes emailing and messaging quick, accurate and easy. The robust and compact design of the phones in conjunction with the strong security features of BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) add to the attractiveness of Blackberry phones. BES ability to securely and quickly synchronize your work email, contacts, calendar, etc. is reason enough for many corporate users to use Blackberry. Blackberry Messenger (BBM) is a popular instant messenger system, unique to Blackberry, allowing users to stay in touch with friends no matter where they are in the world. BBM is highly popular with younger generations, hence, also making Blackberry an appealing choice to both young adults and corporate users.

In many respects the Bold and the Curve are similar in looks and features, however, the Bold has more memory, speed and better finishes. All three of the phones mentioned above support Blackberry's latest operating system, version 6. The Style is an interesting option if you are in the market for a smaller clam style designed phone. The Style is a well design, compact phone; however, I feel the keys are a little cramped making typing a little difficult. Something that you should look out for is the 9930 Touch Screen 4G Bold that was recently announced by Blackberry. The only provider to announce that they will stock the 9930 is T-Mobile, who expects to have it available to you sometime this summer. Sprint will most likely stock this icon touch screen Bold, however, have yet to make any official statements.

The Bold is the best Sprint Blackberry due to its practical design. The Curve is similar to the Bold in many respects and is half the price. The Curve doesn't have the same processor speeds and 'crashes' under pressure on occasion. In my experience. The Style is probably the best flip Smartphone out at the moment and it's compact design appeals to a wide range of users. The keyboard is a little flat and cramped compared to the Bold and Curve, however, works well and is an expected spin off for having such a compact phone.

The iPhone 4S Versus The BlackBerry 9900

The market has been engrossed with the release of BlackBerry phones, but with the recent launch of the Apple iPhone 4s, which of the two smartphones will the market prefer? Stating the features of each smart phone will determine which will appeal most to the crowd.

The BlackBerry 9900 already has an advantage over iPhone 4s because of its QWERTY keypad. Though equipped with this keypad, the BlackBerry 9900 also included a touch screen feature in their 2.8-inch screen that displays multimedia graphics in a 640x480 frame. The iPhone's processor is in theory more superior than that of the BlackBerry but even with a dual-core A5 chip, 1GHz processor, and 512MB RAM, the BlackBerry still runs faster. In terms of memory storage, the iPhone 4s offers three varieties: 16GB, 32GB, and 64GB. The BlackBerry, on the other hand, can handle 8GB worth of media files in its internal memory but can still be enhanced when slotted with a 32GB microSD card.

When it comes to the number of networks supported, the iPhone has the advantage because it handles both CDMA and GSM support. The BlackBerry 9900 is only an improved version of BlackBerry Bold which only supports GSM networks but the BlackBerry 9930 is the one which handles CDMA networks out of the three BlackBerry smartphones. However, both the iPhone 4s and BlackBerry 9900 possess an HSPA receiver that lets its users utilize a 14.4MBPS downlink. The iPhone's version of Bluetooth is a specialized type v4.0 receiver while the BlackBerry 9900 has the common v2.1.

The latest version of the iPhone boasts an iOS 5 (operating system) update and it can handle more applications like Twitter integration, iMessages, iReminder, Notification Center, and photo-editing applications. In fact, both the BlackBerry 9900 and iPhone 4s can have the iOS 5 update. However, the advantage of iPhone 4s over BlackBerry 9900 when it comes to hardware is its Siri, the voice recognition personal assistant.

What the BlackBerry 9900 can boast is its BlackBerry Operating System 7 which enables the phone to have a touchscreen feature, the BlackBerry browser, the BlackBerry Messenger 6, Liquid Graphics, and applications support for the BlackBerry App World storefront. If you want more secure Internet browsing, using the BlackBerry is more advisable because of its BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS).
The iPhone 4s's price has been revealed recently as $199 for 16GB, $299 for 32GB, and $399 for 64GB. With the BlackBerry 9900 price at $349.99, there is a price difference between the two mobile phone products of at least 16%.

Easily Track The GPS Of Any BlackBerry

Are you trying to conduct some covert BlackBerry GPS tracking? I'm going to go over a few concepts about BlackBerry tracking / spying that you should be aware of, and try to help you to get started with this. So let's get into the article below and find out how you can begin tracking the GPS location of a BlackBerry device.

How BlackBerry GPS tracking works

As I'm sure you know, each BlackBerry is built with a GPS chip in that can identify and know where the phone currently is. So all that is happening here is you are putting a piece of software on the phone which will send that information back to the servers, and then give you access to it. However, there is a lot more to this - you can actually see everything that's on the phone, including text messages, phone calls, browser history, and all data that's on there.

Which BlackBerry GPS Tracking Program is Best?

There are a few options when it comes to this. First, you can just check reviews online to find a few candidates that you want to look at. When checking out different programs to use, you should primarily look at the capabilities. Secondly, you should check the dependability - because you don't want the service to shut down randomly while you are tracking them. You also want to make sure that the safety is top notch, as there are a few viruses online.

The Blackberry Storm Is the Cadillac of Smartphones

Blackberry phones were originally used mainly by busy working professionals, but are now favored by the likes of busy moms, students, entrepreneurs, even seniors.
The Blackberry Storm is one of the latest models to be released and it offers impressive features and a sturdy design.

The Blackberry Storm features a larger display screen than the Blackberry Curve and other models. With purchase of your Blackberry Storm you also receive a wall charger, USB cable, ear buds with in-line control and even two alternative power adapters which work well if you travel frequently to foreign countries and need to make sure you can charge your phone while you are there.
The Storm is quite attractive in terms of appearance but is much larger than most other Blackberry models. This can pose a problem for people who travel a lot and who need a lightweight, portable designed phone. However, the industrial design of the phone is often enough to persuade consumers to look past the bulkiness of it.

On the left side you see a convenience key and micro USB port and on the right another convenience key, along with a volume rocker and a microphone jack. This allows you to listen to all your favorite music whenever you want on your phone. The buttons click tightly so you never miss a key and they are not as easy to break, as was a problem on other Blackberry models.

The Storm features an impressive touchscreen, a popular feature on cell phones today. The advanced technology known as SurePress technology is featured on this Blackberry phone. This ensures precision when using the touchscreen, which makes the touchscreen feature as effective and useful as possible, rather than annoying. You can turn the phone horizontally and the screen flips for you, allowing you to use a full keyboard touchscreen. This is ideal for writing text and email messages.
The Storm has certainly proven itself as one of the best Blackberry phones on the market today. Although the Storm is typically favored by working professionals and corporate business people, it is suitable for anyone.

T-Mobile Prepaid Blackberry Plans Unveiled

T-Mobile now will offer prepaid Blackberry plans as part of its pay as you go offerings. Many people these days are starting to see the benefits of using prepaid phone plans. Sure, in the past these kinds of plans have not really been in the limelight and were seen by some as "lesser" plans only deemed worthy for those people who couldn't qualify for contract-based postpaid cell phone plans. Things have come quite far as now T-Mobile has announced that it will be releasing prepaid plans on which subscribers can use Blackberry handsets.

It only takes a stumbling economy to change peoples perceptions of what is a viable cell phone option. Add to the changing sentiments of consumers trying to cut bills some amazing and aggressively affordable prepaid cell phone plans from several different providers, and you have an environment where prepaid phones are very hot.

T-Mobile has released plans for prepaid Blackberry, which marks the first time the popular iconic smartphone has been available on a prepaid plan in the United States. Truly, this is a day for Blackberry fans to rejoice. As prepaid plans come into prominence as a result of the benefits, freedom, and savings they provide customers, more and more options are being provided. This release of T-Mobile prepaid Blackberry plans comes right before the holiday season and is meant to spur sales and get handsets into T-Mobile subscribers.

The plans fall under the banner of T-Mobile Complete. Various cell phones are available with the plans. The Blackberry Curve 8250 is one such phone. The service starts at $59 for unlimited voice and text. For added unlimited web browsing, the plan goes up to a higher fee. As time goes by, there will be many more prepaid offerings available for almost any circumstances.
 
T-Mobile recently made some changes to its prepaid cell phone plans. Many fans of T-Mobile have been waiting for the real details of project dark from T-Mobile to be released.
Unfortunately, after all the commotion and time involved in the development phase, some people were overwhelmed by what was revealed.

Blackberry History

When the BlackBerry first made its appearances, it was thought as the latest and greatest in phone history, giving busy executives the ability to have a 'smart' phone at their use.

No wonder so many call the BlackBerry the CrackBerry as they are addicted to their phone.
BlackBerry gained its greatest popularity due to not only being a phone but also a phone/PDA. Its popularity grew due to its ability to send and receive push Internet e-mail as well as its large array of messaging features. Features included auto-text, auto-correct, text prediction, language support, keyboard shortcuts, text emoticons, push email, push Facebook and Myspace notifications, push Ebay notifications, push instant messaging and more.

Yes, the BlackBerry started out as a simple mobile pager. The next series of systems was the BlackBerry 857/957. The phone looked like a PDA, the display was increased in size from 6-8 lines to 16 or 20. More memory was added and the phone had the ability to sync up to 10 personal and business emails.

RIM, the company who owns BlackBerry, was at the time catering to the GSM market and industry. But demand was increasing for CDMA versions so in late 2003, RIM released the BlackBerry 6750 for Verizon Wireless. The phone itself wasn't much different than GSM 6000 models. The biggest change was that Verizon was the nation's No. 1 wireless provider; therefore designing a phone for their systems gave BlackBerry a huge boost in notoriety and sales.

RIM continued to create CDMA versions of their phone with the 7200 and 7250 series. To maintain a presence for both AT&T (which was GSM compatible) and Sprint/Verizon - CDMA compatible, RIM continued making phones for both systems. The 7210, 7220, 7230, 7280 and 7290 were created for GSM while the 7250 was the only CDMA-compatible phone. BlackBerry stepped up their notoriety again with the design of the full QWERTY keyboard. While some people found the keyboard to be bulky (remember, cell phones were growing smaller and smaller in size at this point), those who wanted the ability to type quickly on their device appreciated it. Trying to reduce the size, RIM released the SureType keyboard, which assigned two letters to each key. This helped reduce the device size a bit. SureType took off in 2006 with the release of the BlackBerry Pearl. One could operate the device with one hand. Pearl was originally released for GSM networks but in 2007 was released for CDMA networks as well.

Then came the 8000 series. More smartphones were hitting the market by the time the 8000 series came out, making competition high. This series contained many consumer-friendly features but was missing the popular camera. RIM intentionally created their 8000 series without cameras so they could be used by professionals in places like courtrooms.