Blackberry Phones

Launching a few days ahead of schedule, both Bell and Virgin Mobile Canada have the BlackBerry Curve 9360 available for purchase on their websites. Pricing is consistent across the sites with the entry level device coming in at $349.99 off contract or as low as $49.95 on a 3 year contract.

If you’re more interested in the new BlackBerry Torch 9860, Bell has gone ahead and released it online as well. The full touchscreen device can be yours for $599.95 off contract or $129.95 on a 3 year contract.

The list of carriers confirming they’ll be carrying the BlackBerry Bold 99xx series continues to grow. This time around, SaskTel has confirmed they’ll be making the device available to their customers in the near future. This of course, jives with the release of the BlackBerry Bold 9900 on Bell considering they share most of the same device line-up.

We’re still looking at that August release date for Bell and have not been given any reason to think otherwise as of yet so the SaskTel version should arrive around the same time. Odd, how many will conform the inevitable release yet we’re still waiting.

Right on time. Bell and Virgin Mobile Canada now have available the red BlackBerry Torch 9800 for those of you out there too cool for black or white. We caught wind of Bell’s release date  a while back now but glad to see they actually kept schedule. No changes on price points for either of the two carriers, so you’ll be looking at $599.95 no contract or go as low as you can with a new 3-year and pick one up for $179.95. Now, where is the BlackBerry Style 9670?

Bell has just launched newly BlackBerry smartphone, the BlackBerry Bold 9780 in Canada. They offers new Bold 9780  smartphone for priced at $124.95 on a 3-year contract agreement, $449.95 for 2-year term, $474.95 with a 1-year contract, or $499.95 free of contract.

For specs point of BlackBerry Bold 9780 smartphone, it is runs BlackBerry OS 6, built with premium materials and finishes. This RIM‘s new handset has features a 2.44-inch screen with resolution 480 x 360 pixels, 512 MB onboard memory, a microSD card slot (up to 32GB), and a 1500 mAh battery that providing up to 6 hours of talk time, up to 17 days of standby time.

There are a full QWERTY keyboard, Wi-Fi, GPS, and Bluetooth 2.1. Dimensions of BlackBerry Bold 9780 are 109 x 60 x 14mm and weight 122g.

As noted, the BlackBerry Bold 9780 will be available in USA over T-Mobile starting November 17th, 2010. In Canada, Telus and Rogers have brings the BlackBerry Bold 9780 smartphone for $99.99 and $149.99, respectively (both 3-year contract required).

Sure looks that way. Up until now, we were given two dates for the BlackBerry Bold 9780 to launch on Bell. October 21st and November 2nd. Neither of which has rang true now. New information suggests that the release has been delayed with no actual reasoning for the delay available. In any event, we’re still waiting for a Canadian carrier to make the device available and if Bell delayed it, does that mean Rogers might roll it out first?

The BlackBerry Torch 9800 might be exclusive to one carrier in the U.S., but that hasn’t stopped the floozy of a handset from making the rounds in Canada. Bell Mobility recently announced that they too will be carrying the BlackBerry Torch slider — which we knew  – beginning on September 24th. The device will retail for $199 on a 3-year contract and $599 off-contract. This brings the total number of Canadian networks launching the 9800 on September 24 to four: Bell, Rogers, Telus, and Virgin Mobile. Bell hasn’t put out an official press release yet, but we have a statement for you after the break.

Bell Mobility will launch the BlackBerry® Torch™ on September 24, and clients will be able to get the device for as low as $199.99 on a three year contract. The BlackBerry Torch will operate on the HSPA+ network, which is the largest and fastest wireless network in Canada, and reaches 93% of Canadians coast to coast in thousands of cities and towns.

The new BlackBerry Torch combines a large capacitive touch screen and optical trackpad with a 35 key full QWERTY backlit slide-out keyboard, designed to feel optimally balanced when opened for typing. It offers support for high-speed 3G (UMTS/HSDPA) networks around the world, includes the latest generation in Wi-Fi® (b/g/n) connectivity and built-in GPS for location-based applications and geo-tagging. Its 5 MP camera takes exceptional pictures with continuous auto focus, image stabilization, scene modes and zoom, as well as video recording. It also comes with a combined 8 GB of media storage out-of-the-box, including a microSD/SDHD memory card slot that can bring the total storage memory to 36 GB for customers that want more.

The BlackBerry Torch is the first to launch with BlackBerry 6, a new operating system for BlackBerry smartphones. It features a redesigned interface, and a new and rich WebKit-based browser that renders HTML web pages (as well as HTML email) quickly and beautifully for a great browsing experience. The browser includes tabs for accessing multiple sites simultaneously, double-tap to zoom that can intelligently wrap text in a column while maintaining the placement of a page’s key elements, and pinch to zoom.

BlackBerry 6 offers expanded messaging capabilities and RSS feeds (Social Feeds), which provides integrated access to the popular BlackBerry® Messenger (BBM™) service as well as Facebook®, Twitter™, MySpace™ and various instant messaging applications. The enhanced multimedia experience includes a dedicated YouTube app, and BlackBerry Podcasts, allowing users to easily discover, acquire and enjoy audio and video podcasts from leading content providers. A universal search feature, accessible from the Home Screen, allows users to search for content on the smartphone, as well as extend the search to the Internet or to discover applications on BlackBerry App World™, which is included and supports credit card payments.

We’ve known since the release of the BlackBerry Torch on AT&T that Bell was slated to release it in Canada aside all other Canadian carriers. The pre release sign up page  is still active at this point but, we now have confirmation of the Bell date and pricing as well. In an email sent to us Bell confirms the following:

Just wanted to let you know Bell Mobility will launch the BlackBerry® Torch™ on September 24, and clients will be able to get the device for as low as $199.99 on a three year contract.

So there you have it folks. While the US only has the BlackBerry Torch available to them on one network, Canadians will have the device available on any of the top 3 carriers come September 24th.

Yes, it’s true. I missed out on this realease when it first came out. For that, I apologize. But, I do have good reason. You see, the OS 5.0.0.748 that Bell made official recently was actually leaked even before the BlackBerry Pearl 3G had even managed to hit any carriers  and since I had it loaded, I totally became oblivious to the fact that it had never launched with that OS. In any event, it’s here now for anyone who owns a BlackBerry Pearl 3G to download and enjoy. It’s a solid OS on a solid device. Remember though, if Bell is not your current carrier you will need to remove the vendor.xml file before installation. Hat tip to everyone who sent this in to us, noting we had missed it.