Blackberry Phones

Ahoy there Canadian readers! Dreaming of a Torch-white Christmas? Your friends at Rogers Wireless were kind enough to provide your pals at BGR with one albino BlackBerry Torch to giveaway to you, our beloved readers from up north.

As most of you know, the Torch is RIM’s first touchscreen BlackBerry to also feature a full-QWERTY keyboard — the device also boasts a 5 megapixel camera, 512MB of RAM, and BlackBerry 6. So, how do you win yourself this BlackBerry Torch? Simple:

• To enter, drop a comment below letting us know why you want need this device.
• Follow us on Twitter and/or Facebook (optional but it can’t hurt your chances).
• The giveaway will run until December 31, 2010 at 11:59PM ET.
• You must be a Canadian resident, 18 years of age or older.
• Please comment once and only once. Multiple comments will result in an instant disqualification.

Good luck, and thanks again to Rogers for providing us with the goods!

The white BlackBerry Torch 9800 smartphone is now available in Canada over Rogers. The white version has launched by AT&T in the US on the end of October. The Canadian carrier, Rogers is offering the white BlackBerry Torch 9800 smartphone for $229.99 with a 3-year contract.

As remind, the BlackBerry Torch 9800 smartphone has features a 3.18-inch TFT display with resolution of 480 x 360 pixels, 5MP camera with video capture capabilities, and 4GB of internal memory with expandable microSD card (up to 32GB).

BlackBerry Torch 9800 is also support for GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz, HSPA 850/1900/2100 MHz connectivity. There is WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, GPS, Bluetooth, and a slide-out QWERTY keyboard.

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).

This is something that has been rumored about for a while, so here is what the Wall Street Journal is reporting… 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, and something we have figured would happen, is that the new OS that is powering the BlackPad (or whatever name BlackBerry selects) based on work from QNX, a company RIM acquired early this year, will also power BlackBerry smartphones in the near future.

This would give Research In Motion a clean break from their aging operating system which is basically tapped out right now. If RIM continues to use the current BlackBerry OS for future devices, their ability to innovate and advance along with the rest of the industry will be pretty limited. With a new OS, however, this could be great news for Canada’s favorite tech company. Food for thought, though? The OS that is currently powering the Blackberry tablet and ultimately BlackBerry smartphones is based on Adobe Flash.

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 just been sent in some visual confirmation of what we already knew: Wind Mobile will be adding the BlackBerry Pearl 3G to its pre-paid handset lineup. What we didn’t know, and our source was kind enough to tip us off on, is that the handset will be officially announced today. No details on price were provided, but we’re confident the handset will retail for right around $300. There you have it.

Following this mornings announcement  by Rogers, Telus has announced that they too will be carrying the BlackBerry Torch 9800 on September 24th. Telus’ VP of Mobility and Solutions, Brent Jonston, had this to say: “Both business and consumer customers will get an incredible mobile experience from the new BlackBerry Torch smartphone.

Telus is pleased to bring the BlackBerry Torch to Canadians, which will allow them to easily stay connected, entertained and informed wherever they are while running on our blazing fast 3G+ network.” No pricing was given in the press release, but $199 on a 3-year contract is a pretty safe bet.