News and Rumors

We have had a crazy week of news this week. The 9900 seems to be the main attraction in our news lately. However popular the 9900 is, some users still find reasons to chat about the 9550.

You can even find some chatter about Fantasy Football 2011 League in the BBOS forums. If you are a football fan, you may want to check this out!!

For all our PlayBook users out there, we have a great Must Have PB App List for you, written by one of our users.

If you are in the mood to play a fun forum game, check out The Word Game in the Off-Topic Section.

Read this weeks Weekly News Recap.

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The folks over at BerryReview have just attempted to put a squash on the Wireless Charging rumor. Apparently, the false rumors of a wireless charging system, are just that... False.

This is quite unfortunate, but it looks like RIM is holding back and saving the wireless charging idea for future devices. We all know the QNX devices should be launching in 2012 late spring to summer, maybe we will see wireless charging on these future devices.

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Every day we are adding more and more carries to the 9900 list, and today we are adding one more carrier to that list. SaskTel announced today that they will be carrying the 9900, however they have not released a date of this launch.

This matches up perfectly with the news of the BlackBerry Bold 9900 on Bell, considering they share most of the same device line-ups. Bells announced their 9900 will be launching in August, so Sasktel customer may see the phone around the same time.

• If you know anything about a SaskTel launched date, let us know.

Are you excited for BBM 6, but don't have a Beta Zone account? Well, RIM has started sending out notifications that explain the following:

Is a OS 7 device being released somewhere on that date? Are they planning to have the updated apps in the App World a few weeks before the upcoming devices launch? Only time will tell...

Telenav is preparing itself for the upcoming wave of new BlackBerry devices, as we've found builds on their OTA site for the Monaco, Montana & Sedona.

• Telenav for Monaco & Montana
• Telenav for Sedona
• Discuss Findings/Fixes in Forums

Telus is apparently going crazy (or just trying to get rid of old stock) as they've put the BlackBerry Tour 9630 & Pearl 8230 in their 72-hour sale for $0 on a 1-year contract. I'm surprised the 9700 wasn't included in the sale.

With the recent OS 7 Leak that we've seen today, comes a leaked Email Setup Application. We are unsure of the changelog for this, but it is OS 6+ only!

• Download Email Setup Application v7.11.0629.1702 OTA
• Download Email Setup Application v7.11.0629.1702 Desktop Install
• Discuss Findings/Fixes in Forums

After compiling some leaked and rumored data about RIM's new line of devices, we have come up with a small roadmap of possible future release dates.

The first thing you will notice when looking at the roadmap, is the Torch 2 9810. It seems that AT&T has lost its Torch exclusivity, because you can see T-Mobile will be launching the device. Do you think this because AT&T has the the exclusivity or just because AT&T is going to be buying T-Mobile??

The second thing you will notice is the possibility that all devices will be out on the marketing by Black Friday. This will be key for the carriers sales and work great for the holiday season if it works out this way.

• Continue reading and see the roadmap

Its upgrade time!!! Today we are seeing an upgrade from the FourSquare for BlackBerry App. This app has not been recently upgraded, so its nice to see a little FourSquare love for BlackBerry. FourSquare has now been upgraded to v3.0, and this version is HOT!

Along with some much needed bug fixes and added enhancements, FourSquare has added BBM integration. This is something we have all be looking for and are so glad to finally have. To get your hands on the new FourSquare v3.0 Alpha just head over to their site and pick it up. Don't forget to hit us up in the forums and let us know how you like (or dislike) the new version!

Update: Apparently this update is not working for anyone that's downloading the app recently. You can still download the app but upon opening it for the first time you will be prompted with a message saying it can't integrate to BBM because a maximum number of downloads has been reached. Hopefully FourSquare will fix this soon for everyone to try it.

• FourSquare v3.0 Alpha OTA Download
• Let us know what you think

We've yet to see the Torch 9810, Torch 9860 or Curve 9360 be officially announced by RIM, but it seems these devices may be released by Telus in merely 30 days from now.

The unnamed source provided the following dates as tentatively scheduled:

• BlackBerry Torch 9810 – August 19th
• BlackBerry Bold Touch 9900 – August 18 or 19th
• BlackBerry Torch 9860 – August 26th
• BlackBerry “Bellagio” (possibly Curve 9360) – Late September

Start saving your Loonies & Toonies if you're a Telus subscriber!

With their previous video being taken down quickly, MacBerry has posted yet another video of the BlackBerry 9860. It's a nice device, but I'm still leaning towards the Bold 9900.

Research In Motion updated BlackBerry App World today to v2.1.4.9. No change log yet, but if you do spot something new or updated, please let us know.