Truphone for BlackBerry

Truphone

Truphone is a VoIP application that you install on your cell phone and allows you to make cheap (very cheap) international and overseas calls, and it is now available for BlackBerry devices.

Truphone will also be available for other devices (LG, Samsung, HTC, etc.) in the future.

If you own a compatible phone, you can download the software for free on the Truphone website (link bellow), and start saving money now!

Truphone
GigaOM

BlackBerry Pearl Flip Now Available for Purchase

BlackBerry Pearl Flip

T-Mobile is the exclusive carrier to offer the BlackBerry Pearl Flip in the US and has now announced that the device is available for purchase.

The base price is $349.99. Subscribers that sign up for a 2-year contract will get a $150 instant rebate and a $50 mail-in rebate.

I4U News

Microsoft to Buy RIM/BlackBerry

BlackBerry

Before you get too excited, this is still at the “rumor” status.

Microsoft apparently has a “standing offer” that has been set to buy major shares in RIM at the price of $50 per share. Now that RIM’s shares are in the $53-$58 range, it would not be surprising to see an official offer from Microsoft.

RIM has been said to be “opened” to friendly offers.

Electronista

Orange Stops BlackBerry Bold Sales

Orange

Orange is one of the big players amongst the mobile phone carriers in Europe, and they made a “bold” move yesterday towards the RIM device.

They asked their associates in the UK to stop sales of the BlackBerry Bold altogether because of software malfunction that causes headaches to both their users and their tech support people.

This will probably force RIM to work twice as fast on a patch to the existing problems that the BlackBerry Bold suffers from, here in America as well as in the European market.

The Boy Genius Report

BlackBerry Storm Hands-on

BlackBerry Storm

Engadget has a very nice and complete hands-on article on the new BlackBerry Storm 9500 touchscreen smartphone.

In the end, it’s a positive review and it looks like a real good quality and durable phone that is feature-rich and expendable (with the App Center).

Read the complete article. It’s worth it!

Engadget

RIM Planning Their Own “App Store”

BlackBerry

The new business model that has been around now for a few years is to build a service around a product so that people are “forced” to spend more money even after having bought the product.

Music, software, games, etc. It has always been around but now is more integrated than before with virtual stores appearing on all games consoles (Wii, PS3, Xbox), music stores specifically designed for specific products (Zune Marketplace, Apple iTunes), and app stores designed only for specific devices (Apple iTunes Store, Android Marketplace).

Now there is a new one joining the hype: the RIM App Center. At first, the application center will support only the new Blackberry Storm touchscreen smartphone but will (probably) be supporting other devices as time goes by.

Each carrier will have their own RIM Application Center so they will be able to control what appears on theirs and maybe have “exclusive” content not available to other carriers.

mocoNews

iPhone 3G: #1 Best Selling Smartphone

Apple iPhone

Apple is doing really well with it’s iPhone 3G product in the U.S. market, selling more than 10 million units in 2008.

Since its launch, the smartphone has become the #2 best selling overall mobile handset just after Motorola’s RAZR.

The iPhone 3G has also surpassed sales of all Blackberry and Palm products to become the best selling smartphone in the U.S.

IntoMobile

Hands-On With the Blackberry Javelin 8900

Blackberry Javelin

The guys at Crackberry made a really complete hands-on review of the upcoming Blackberry Javelin 8900 and compared it throughout their review to the other Blackberry devices.

Seems this on is on the smaller size compared to the others. Enjoy!

Crackberry

Google Street View now on Blackberry

Street View

If you have a Blackberry phone, a Java-Based phone or better yet an Android phone (soon…) you will be happy to know that Google is now making Streetview mobile!

Google Mobile Blog

Blackberry Kickstart (or Pearl flip)

Blackberry Kickstart (pearl flip 8220)

Seems that RIM has revealed their latest Blackberry phone. Named the Kickstart at first, now it is being reffered to as the Pearl Flip. It is model number 8220 and from what I’ve been able to read, there will be a version with GPS and another version with WiFi but no version with both.

Crackberry