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One of our solid Sprint guys just shot us over this slide on the upcoming BlackBerry Oxford, the device we first showed the world, and the big news? A release date and price! Here is the breakdown: the BlackBerry Oxford (maybe “Style” …Boy Genius… Continue reading →

Also, the QNX-based OS that is rumored to extend to the traditional BlackBerry lineup is barely even started at this point; since internally it's not confirmed that it will in fact power BlackBerry smartphones. …Boy Genius Report – http://www.boy… Continue reading →

What is looking almost confirmed now, is that the follow up device is a Storm 2 refresh and not the BlackBerry Storm 3. A new leaked OS screen shot seems to confirm this by showing off a model number of 9570. If that sounds familiar, …Boy Genius Repo… Continue reading →

RIM will announce and show off their new tablet device at DevCon in San Francisco next week at their BlackBerry Developer Conference. Moreover, RIM has even larger plans for the new OS the tablet will run. What is said to happen, …Boy Genius Report -… Continue reading →

We have been working this one for a while, and we finally got BlackBerry OS 6 for our BlackBerry 9700. Here's a short walkthrough video we put together. Comparing BlackBerry 6 on the 9700 to BlackBerry 6 on the 9800, we feel that the …Boy Genius … Continue reading →

Well, previous rumors suggested that the BlackBerry Bold 9700 would get nothing more than a simple refresh, and we're able to confirm those rumors. We have a leaked internal document detailing all sorts of fun stuff. …Boy Genius Report – http://w… Continue reading →

While we had heard that the BlackBerry 9670 — you might remember its first public appearance — was created solely for Verizon Wireless as an exclusive, that all seems to have changed. We have independently confirmed that the BlackBerry …Boy Geniu… Continue reading →

As far as internals go, the BlackBerry Torch is meticulously planned out. It uses an Marvell 624MHz CPU, 512MB of RAM (also for application storage), 4GB of internal storage, packs a 5 megapixel autofocus camera with LED flash, …Boy Genius Report – h… Continue reading →

For instance, when holding the BlackBerry button to bring up the transparent multitasking popover (by the way, do you know which BlackBerry application was the first to do a transparent popover?), RIM forgot to make the effect stretch …Boy Genius Rep… Continue reading →

Alright guys, we finally have a BlackBerry Torch 9800 in hand, before launch date, and we figured we'd do the second honors on your behalf. We have chimed in with our first-hand impressions of the new BlackBerry, but now that we have a …Boy Geniu… Continue reading →