Business Insider has come up with a list of what they think are the top 10 smartphones currently available on AT&T.
To summarize - iphone is better than android, android is better than windows phone 7, windows phone 7 is better than webos, and webos is better than crackberry.
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Boy Genius Report scores another scoop with screenshots of new voicemail functionality coming to Blackberry Bolds.
Visual Voicemail is exactly what it sounds like: a visual representation of your voicemail box showing all your messages, the length, and who they're from.
This should make it a lot easier to bypass the tedious 5 minute messages from the guy in accounting or screen out voicemail from the psycho ex-girlfriend.
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According to Engadget and Boy Genius Report there will finally be a new blackberry for Sprint customers.
Engadget describes it as a CDMA version of the Bold and BGR goes into more detail saying it will be the Blackberry codenamed "Niagara" and featuring EV-DO, 3.2 megapixel camera, 4.7 OS and aGPS.
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Boy Genius Report has been playing with a Blackberry Bold for the past month and they have now posted their review. Here's what they thought:
"Remember all that talk about overheating and battery drain? It definitely wasn't crap -- we'll tell you that! Even still, the device gets a little warm, but nothing to get too concerned about. RIM has made strides in regards to updated software builds for the Bold. Let's bring you back to when we first got the device, ok? We thanked our very friendly FedEx Sameday delivery man (or delivery person since there's this cute female that sometimes brings us goodies... anyway) and proceeded immediately to remove the SIM card and microSD card from our BGR edition BlackBerry Curve 8310. After that, we took a bat to it, Office Space style. Once the battery was installed in the Bold, we patiently waited for the unit to turn on.".......
Click below for the rest of the review.
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Geardiary got some insider information on AT&T's release plans for the rest of 2008.
The news isn't too exciting for blackberry devices (the Curve 8320 and the Bold in Q3) but for Windows Mobile devices there are a couple of interesting updates coming: the Sansung Blackjack III, the HTC Tilt II, and a new Pantech Duo device.
Check the link below for more specs.
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Boy Genius Report just got confirmation that the Blackberry Bold is delayed until August on AT&T.
Apparently this is due to the previously rumored overheating and battery life issues.
My wife will not be happy as she is waiting for one of these......
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The iPhone blog has posted a detailed comparison of the new Blackberry Bold and the soon to be replaced iPhone.
There's tons of good photos and a detailed vidoe but at the end of the day for us it comes down to personal choice: do you want a stylish hip iPhone or a more businesslike Blackberry?
We're still waiting for our ideal phone: the slide-out and flip-up keyboard of the TyTn II, the screen and usability of the iPhone, and the patented push email of the Blackberry.
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Blackberry maker RIM is the only winner in the latest cellphone sales numbers increasing their market share to 5% and becoming the 5th biggest seller of phones in the US.
Overall sales of cellphones in the US dropped 22% year on year but there was an interesting trend of high-end phones increasing in sales while inexpensive basic phone lost market share: 17% of all phones sold were smartphones, 60% of all phones sold could play music, and 79% of phones had bluetooth (all the better to track you with).
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Garmin has announced that you can get a lifetime Garmin GPS service subscription for your blackberry for $99.
That's the phone's lifetime not yours but it still seems like a good price considering there is no monthly fee and the service offers turn by turn directions, 6 million points of interest, constantly updated maps, gas prices, traffic delay rerouting, weather forcecasts, and more.
Seems like a great service for a crackberry addict who doesn't want a seperate navigation system in their car.
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The touchscreen blackberry has the model number 9500 and the codename iPhone Thunder according to Boy Genius Report.
He also reveals that it will have 4 physical keys (send, end, menu, back) and will be a worldwife lifetime exclusive release on Verizon and Vodaphone.
He has a big thing for mocked up images so I thought I would add to his to make the screen more interesting.... maybe this will turn into a photoshop contest?
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The BlackBerry 9000 is officially called the BlackBerry Bold, and it is now up on the BlackBerry website.
Key enhancements of the BlackBerry Bold compared to previous blackberries are: larger screen resolution (480x320 pixel), blackberry 4.6 operating system, 1GB on board encrypted memory, tri-band HSDPA, interchangeable colar back plates, and 624MHz PXA930 processor.
Press release after the jump.
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It isn't exactly a surprise considering all the leaks recently buy Boy Genius Report has reported that the blackberry 9000 will be officially announced on May 12th at WES 2000 in Orlando.
If you can't wait until then head on over to crackberry.com where Kevin has one already and has posted a bunch of reviews.
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Verizon promised us the Blackberry Curve in May and they delivered: it is now up on their site.
The curve is available for $169.99 with a two year contract (after $50 mail-in rebate) and features Dual-band 800/1900 Mhz 1x EV-DO networks, 96 MB Flash Memory/32 MB RAM, 2.5" 320x240 LCD screen, 2 megapixel camera, bluetooth and MicroSD slot. It's dimensions are 4.2" x 2.4" x 0.6" and it weighs 4oz.
(more at verizon)
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You remember the ebay auction for a pre-release blackberry 9000 that we told you about last week?
Well it turns out that the winner of the auction was none other than the owner of crackberry.com, and he has received and started reviewing it.
Part 1 of his review just covers the unboxing and initial impressions along with a comparison to the Blackberry Pearl and Curve.
A full review will follow and we will let you know once that is posted.
(more at crackberry)
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Boy Genius Report has provided more info on the clamshell blackberry kickstart:
Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE, "Next Gen" SureType keyboard, 2 Megapixel camera, 16-bit color LCDs, Internal LCD is 240×320, external one is 160×128, Wi-Fi b,g, 3.5mm headset jack, OS is 4.6.
The current speculation is that it will be out in September on T-Mobile.
(via bgr)
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Boy Genius Report truly is the guru of all blackberry info releases these days (but as you will see he needs a better camera). As if the blackberry 9000 specs weren't enough he comes back today with the unveiling of a new Blackberry, the kickstart, that has a clamshell flip open design so you can be more like Kirk with his communicator as opposed to McCoy with his tricorder.
Details are scarce but this is what he knows: crackberry suretype keyboard, external and internal lcds, trackball navigation, camera, and it will be out sometime this year.
(photo gallery at boygeniusreport)
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