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Monday, October 5, 2009
Phones

Elusive BlackBerry 9700 Spotted Posing On Hardwood

4:00AM Jack Loftus | The 3G capable BlackBerry 9700, rumoured to have a completely unconfirmed November 11 launch date on T-Mobile in the US, was recently spotted lounging around on some bloke’s floor. More »
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Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Phones

RIM BlackBerry Bold 9700 (Onyx): T-Mobile’s First 3G BlackBerry

11:40PM Danny Allen | Here’s the first official shot of the 9700 (codenamed Onyx), T-Mobile’s first 3G BlackBerry, which could arrive as early as November. T-Mobile says it’ll support UMA Wi-Fi calling (as part of the carrier’s HotSpot@Home service), visual voicemail, and corporate email. More »
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Friday, July 10, 2009
Phones

BlackBerry Onyx To Loses Trackball, Gains Trackpad

11:41PM John Herrman | The leaked-to-all-hell BlackBerry Onyx may have undergone one last change before manufacture: judging by this shot nabbed by BlackBerry Underground, it’ll also have a Curve 8520-esque optical trackpad. More »
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Monday, May 25, 2009
Phones

BlackBerry Onyx: Closest to BlackBerry Perfection Yet?

4:10AM Matt Buchanan | Here’s why you should be excited about the BlackBerry Onyx: It’s the first BlackBerry with 3G, Wi-Fi, a 3MP camera, the Bold’s awesome keyboard and giant battery in a package the size of the tiny Curve. CrackBerry’s actually got one, and they love all over it: [CrackBerry] More »
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Monday, May 11, 2009
Phones

BlackBerry Onyx Shows Its Face: One Part Bold, One Part Curve

6:55PM John Herrman | The first handset to fulfil last month’s BlackBerry codename prophesy is here, and we’re pretty sure it’s the Onyx. That means Curve-8900-like proportions, but with Bold genes (read: 3G). More »
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Monday, April 6, 2009
Phones

BlackBerry Leak Lists Product Code Names: Onyx, Driftwood, Magnum

4:25AM Jack Loftus | If you’re the kind of BlackBerry gadgetphile who loves product code names, please sit down, because that’s what we have here. Three new cologne-sounding code names for BlackBerry products, coming soon: Onyx, Driftwood, Magnum. More »
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Monday, November 10, 2008
Games

Onyx Online Could Turn iPhones Into Nifty Social Gaming Devices

12:00AM Jack Loftus | Onyx Online, for the iPhone, is kind of like Xbox Live. Sort of. The ambitious service is the brainchild of Trism developer Steve Demeter, who hopes to add a slew of “social media” features to iPhone games, like leaderboards, achievements, forums, and the like. There’s even a pissing contest feature, wherein Onyx-enabled games will allow players to view each other’s profiles, scores, challenge friends, and see what games people are playing. Like we said, just add a headset and some 15-year-old boys screaming “your gay” and you have Xbox Live (and no, there’s no typo there— even when they scream it, they use the wrong spelling, just like in the forums). More »
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