• Confirmed: Videotron to launch the BlackBerry Curve 3G

    On Friday Videotron put a bunch of upcoming devices on their site and quickly removed them. Among them was the BlackBerry Curve 3G (9300)… this was one of them that we didn’t grab a screenshot of it have a chance to look at the pricing. However, confirmation that the Curve 3G is coming can be [...]

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  • iPhone, BlackBerry Curve and Droid Top Smartphones, Android Explodes, Says Millennial Media

    TopMObilephonesmill.JPGAndroid is growing exponentially according the the latest Millennial Nedia report. Although Apple’s iPhone is the top mobile phone at 24.32% it’s follwed by the BackBerry Curve and Motorola Droid. Shopping app usage increased, most likely for Back-to-School shopping and smartphones usage increased.

    The Android OS continued its huge growth on the Millennial network, and grew another 47% month-over-month. Since January, Android has grown 690%. Android also officially became the number two OS on the Millennial network (surpassing RIM.)

    The Motorola Droid moved into the top three in July’s Top 20 Mobile Phones with 5% impression share. The Motorola Cliq Android device also entered into the Top 20 for the first time this month.

    Apple ad requests increased 24% month-over-month, but are actually down 15% since January.
    iPad ad requests grew 327% month-over-month.

    BlackBerry apps represented 11% of the US Developer Platform Usage
    Mix. This was a increase of 9%, and represents the increased importance
    app developers are placing on the RIM platform.

    Shopping and retail apps entered into the top 10 Mobile App Channels, perhaps reflecting a potential back-to-school trend.

    Smartphones and connected devices increased their impression share
    7%, and now represent 68% of the total impression share. This is an
    example of the continued demand consumers have for a rich media
    experience they cannot get on a feature phone.

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  • BlackBerry News: Cricket Selling BlackBerry Curve 8530

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    Prepaid  Cricket Wireless is now selling the BlackBerry Curve 8530 smartphone with their own kind of unlimited plan.

    The BlackBerry Curve 8530 has a full-QWERTY keyboard, high-resolution 320 x 240
    pixel color display, BlackBerry Messenger, and access to thousands of
    applications via BlackBerry App World. It also features a  media
    player with dedicated media keys integrated into the top of the handset,
    a 2 MP camera with video recording, built-in GPS and Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g)
    as well as Bluetooth support, plus,  unlimited talk, text,
    video and picture messaging capabilities offered on Cricket’s BlackBerry.

    The BlackBerry Curve 8530 costs 9.99. The device will be
    accompanied by Cricket’s true rate BlackBerry Plan, offering
    unlimited nationwide talk, text, email, web browsing, picture mail, and
    international text capabilities on Cricket’s all-3G network, and the
    convenience and ease of a flat-rate monthly service plan that includes
    all taxes and fees, except applicable sales tax.

    Cricket recently changed the way they offer plans, they now include all the taxes and have slowing-down tiered data cap.

    By offering industry-leading Smartphones, like the BlackBerry Curve
    8530, Cricket is delivering the products people want at the prices they
    can afford,” stated Al Moschner, Cricket’s chief operating officer. “Add
    that to our new all-inclusive, true rate BlackBerry Plan that offers 3G
    service at nearly half the cost of other 3G Smartphone plans in the
    market, and Cricket is solidifying its position as the cost-conscious
    provider, respecting the budgets and real-life needs of our customers
    every step of the way.”

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  • Bell to launch BlackBerry Curve 3G August 12th

    You can mark August 12th down on your calendar as the date that Bell will be releasing the BlackBerry Curve 3G (9300). We saw this last week pop up in their promo magazine as “Coming Soon”. No word on price plans yet but most likely it’ll be affordable as it’s targeted to reach the back-to-school [...]

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