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3:23PM Nick Broughall | What’s notable about this offering from RIM and Crazy John’s isn’t the pink BlackBerry Pearl 8110. It’s the fact that you can sign up for a BlackBerry plan for under $40 a month. Of course, that doesn’t necessarily make it good value. More »
Crazy John’s Offering Pink BlackBerry Pearl 8110 On $39 Plan
3:23PM Nick Broughall | What’s notable about this offering from RIM and Crazy John’s isn’t the pink BlackBerry Pearl 8110. It’s the fact that you can sign up for a BlackBerry plan for under $40 a month. Of course, that doesn’t necessarily make it good value. More » 
Games
The Blackberry Pearl Teaches Consoles a Thing or Two
1:15AM Mark Wilson | Acidmods just can’t get enough of hacking up our console controllers, and now the company has replaced the Wiimote’s A button with a clicking trackball (a la Blackberry Pearl). The result is an easier way to scroll through webpages and certain menu systems, as you can see in this video: More »
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10:30AM Nick Broughall | Chances are, you’re not going to get a BlackBerry Pearl Flip. If you read Gizmodo, you’re much more likely to already own a Bold or be holding out for the Storm. But you might be thinking of getting the Pearl Flip for your girlfriend, wife, mistress, daughter, or other non-blackberry using relation as an entry-level BB device. In which case, the news that the Pearl Flip is launching on Optus within the next week or so is probably worth listening to.
Of course, there are a couple of caveats you should consider before purchase though. Number one is that the phone is only 2.5G – there’s no super-fast mobile data speeds here. Technically the phone is EDGE capable, but seeing as how only Telstra has EDGE and the phone is only on Optus (for the moment), that doesn’t really help you. The second is that the phone is only available on a $79 business or consumer cap plan for $0 upfront (over 24 months). Which isn’t exactly the amount of money you want to be spending on an entry-level smartphone.
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BlackBerry Pearl Flip Hitting Optus Later This Month
10:30AM Nick Broughall | Chances are, you’re not going to get a BlackBerry Pearl Flip. If you read Gizmodo, you’re much more likely to already own a Bold or be holding out for the Storm. But you might be thinking of getting the Pearl Flip for your girlfriend, wife, mistress, daughter, or other non-blackberry using relation as an entry-level BB device. In which case, the news that the Pearl Flip is launching on Optus within the next week or so is probably worth listening to.
Of course, there are a couple of caveats you should consider before purchase though. Number one is that the phone is only 2.5G – there’s no super-fast mobile data speeds here. Technically the phone is EDGE capable, but seeing as how only Telstra has EDGE and the phone is only on Optus (for the moment), that doesn’t really help you. The second is that the phone is only available on a $79 business or consumer cap plan for $0 upfront (over 24 months). Which isn’t exactly the amount of money you want to be spending on an entry-level smartphone.
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Turn Your BlackBerry Curve or Pearl Into a Shiny Storm In One Easy Step
11:20PM John Mahoney | That is, once you’ve put on the blinders necessary to peer only into the screen to enjoy this $US7 theme add-on, which ditched the Pearl/Curve’s rough quasi-future typography (thank God that has been changed) and icon set in favour of the Storm’s slick new UI. The icons even look like they’re being touch-clicked when you select them. Good to pass the time until the Storm drops sometime later next month. [BBThemes via Crackberry] More »
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BlackBerry Pearl Flip Review
4:00PM Matt Buchanan | If it hadn’t been leaked so damn much, the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 would be something of a surprise. Not simply because it’s the first-ever clamshell BlackBerry, but the fact that RIM went in this direction at all, especially when you look at the rest of its new phones, with their clean, almost aerodynamic lines, and compare them to this beefy slab of a phone. Landing on T-Mobile today, the big-boned Pearl Flip is aimed at people graduating to their first smartphone, and it definitely has its own kind of charm. galleryPost('blackberrypearlflip', 3, '');
Phones
RIM Opens Up About Blackberry Pearl Flip Phone
3:11PM Gizmodo US Edition | RIM just got official with its BlackBerry Pearl Flip (aka the Kickstart). Still a kinda clumsy-looking piece, the Pearl Flip is just like the candybar Pearls, but you know, fliptastic, with an an external display for previewing incoming texts, emails and phone calls. Watch for it at T-Mobile soon. More »
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BlackBerry Pearl Gets Google Maps with Voice Search
12:02AM Mark Wilson | Google has just released a new version of their maps application that supports voice recognition search on the BlackBerry Pearl. That means Pearl users can load Google Maps, hold a side button, say “pizza, i said PIZZA…PEE ZZ UH” and have the application magically find tacos in your immediate vicinity. This upgrade doesn’t look to be automatic, so hit the link to have Google text message your phone for the “experimental” update. [Google Maps via Gear Diary] More »
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3:15PM Nick Broughall | If you were obsessing over Vodafone’s (and Optus’s) upcoming release of the iPhone, then you might try and extrapolate all kinds of hidden meanings from their decision to cut the cost of their BlackBerry data plans.
After all, the iPhone is likely to use even more data than a BlackBerry, and with the prices for data still quite expensive, you could argue that this is a move by Vodafone to try and test the waters for their iPhone release.
But we won’t do that. Instead, we’ll take it as it is. Vodafone have cut their BlackBerry data packages to start from $14.95 for 1.5MB of data (or approximately 500 emails) or $24.95 for unlimited data. Of course, when they say unlimited, they mean anything but. And you need to be on a $79 plan or a $49 plan to be eligible for those prices too.
They’re also giving away the BlackBerry Pearl 8110 for free on a $79 cap over 24 months.
This isn’t a bad deal, but it isn’t quite as good as 3’s Blackberry deal. Although in the case of 3, if you start downloading emails outside of their coverage zone… your wallet will say ouch. So weigh up what’s best for you before you make your choice…
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Vodafone Cuts Its BlackBerry Pricing
3:15PM Nick Broughall | If you were obsessing over Vodafone’s (and Optus’s) upcoming release of the iPhone, then you might try and extrapolate all kinds of hidden meanings from their decision to cut the cost of their BlackBerry data plans.
After all, the iPhone is likely to use even more data than a BlackBerry, and with the prices for data still quite expensive, you could argue that this is a move by Vodafone to try and test the waters for their iPhone release.
But we won’t do that. Instead, we’ll take it as it is. Vodafone have cut their BlackBerry data packages to start from $14.95 for 1.5MB of data (or approximately 500 emails) or $24.95 for unlimited data. Of course, when they say unlimited, they mean anything but. And you need to be on a $79 plan or a $49 plan to be eligible for those prices too.
They’re also giving away the BlackBerry Pearl 8110 for free on a $79 cap over 24 months.
This isn’t a bad deal, but it isn’t quite as good as 3’s Blackberry deal. Although in the case of 3, if you start downloading emails outside of their coverage zone… your wallet will say ouch. So weigh up what’s best for you before you make your choice…
[Vodafone]
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Entertainment
BlackBerry Users Get XM Radio, Excuse to Take Phones Into Bathrooms For US$7.99 a Month
5:44AM Jason Chen | I used to sleep through class by tuning my mobile’s FM radio to a classical station, sitting in the back, and putting a jacket over my face, so this XM Radio on BlackBerry is pretty spectacular news. All you need is a BlackBerry 8800, 8700, Pearl or Curve and US$7.99 a month. You’ll get 20 “exclusive” XM channels (list after the jump), and you can download the app here or text “XM” to 47201. Time for a nap. Since this uses the phone’s regular data connection, you hopefully won’t be forced to wear giant ridiculous looking headphones in order to get reception. More »
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