Today is the day that the BlackBerry-toting Mac faithful have been waiting for. After years of “making do” with less-than-desirable options like PocketMac and Missing Sync, RIM has taken it upon itself to finally release a home-cooked solution for Mac users who simply want to back up their devices without having to install a virtual [...]

What is it with BlackBerries and seemingly premature reviews? After the Onyx got manhandled ahead of schedule, it’s the turn of its close relative, the trackpad-equipped 9700, which has been annointed as successor to the Bold. Boy Genius Report spared few superlatives in their examination of the hardware, which praises the 9700 as “the most [...]

Sunday night on the Talkcast we were talking about sync apps for mobile devices — the latest iTunes update blocked the Palm Pre from identifying as an iPod in iTunes, and we were lamenting the fact that Pre users would have to go back to using Palm’s app again. Blackberry users are likewise forced to [...]

It looks like RIM’s virtualization software is getting close to materializing for end users on Windows Mobile, a bold statement by the company that it’s not the least bit afraid that extending the BlackBerry ecosystem to Windows Mobile devices in a far more rich, attractive, and useful way than BlackBerry Connect ever could won’t risk [...]

Right now, the vast majority of RIM talk is centered around its touchscreen offering, but those firmly committed to its more traditional kit haven’t forgotten for a second about the next-generation BlackBerry Curve. We knew the 8900 was destined for a life on Rogers, but we had no idea we’d feel this compelled to head [...]

Word on the street is that people have suddenly (and rather unexpectedly) started to be able to buy the Curve 8900 on Rogers for $179.99 on a three-year contract with support for the carrier’s Talkspot UMA service. Why this wasn’t heavily advertised leading up to the release, we don’t know — folks seem to be [...]

Apparently President-elect Barack Obama is something of a Blackberry addict. Besides meaning he probably reads Gizmodo for all the latest Blackberry Storm info, this also means he has his Blackberry with him at all times, in the typical executive belt holster position. The trouble is, he’s going to be President of the United States in [...]