RIM has just announced that the BlackBerry OS 7.1 update is now available to BlackBerry Bold 9900 users in the Philippines which just started yesterday.
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Cherry Mobile is set to launch a new mid-range Android smartphone next week they aptly called “The Dragon Phone” because of the 1.2GHz Qualcomm SnapDragon chip that came with it.
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It’s been a pretty hectic week and my post-travel sickness has knocked me down pretty much the rest of the week. In any case, I waded thru hundreds of entries and had to pick our winner of the new BlackBerry Bold 9900. Check out who our BOLD winner is after the jump.
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Last time we gave away a BlackBerry handset from RIM was back in December. This time RIM is giving away a brand new BlackBerry Bold 9900. Check out the mechanics below to learn how you can score a new Bold 9900.
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We did the YugaTech-BenQ Gaming MOnitor giveaway a couple of weeks ago and we’re picking the winners today. Check out if you are one of the two lucky winners of the new LED monitors from BenQ after the break.
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RIM has released a set of handset last year for their 9800 series line-up. Apart from the all-screen Torch 9860 that we’ve seen last month, another handset from that roster is the BlackBerry Torch 9810. Read our full review after the break.
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Smart today announced a new data plan for postpaid subscribers, the Smart Limited-Edition Data Plan 1000. Although it’s just a limited-edition plan and is only offered until May 15, 2012, the new data plan compliments the existing Plan 2000 which comes with free choice of a flagship handset.
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The BlackBerry Torch is has finally gone all touchscreen. It started out as an iconic qwerty slider phone and slowly evolved into a touchscreen smartphone. Check out our full review of the BlackBerry Torch 9860 after the jump.
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Update: June 2011
Here are the retail prices of BlackBerry phones in the Philippines:
Blackberry Curve 8520 price: Php9,950
Blackberry Curve 3G 9300 price: Php14,200
Blackberry Bold 9780 price: Php20,000
Blackberry Torch 9800 price: Php24,000
Prices subject to change without prior notice. Prices may vary from store to store.
Update: January 2010
Blackberry Storm 9500: Php31,850 on Globe G-Flex Plan 250
Blackberry Curve 8520: Php15,800 (Php14,100 on Globe G-Flex Plan 250)
Blackberry Bold 9000: Php29,100 on Globe G-Flex Plan 250
Blackberry Bold 9700: TBA
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Research in Motion today launched 5 new BlackBerry handsets in the Philippines — the BlackBerry Curve 9380, Bold 9790, Torch 9810, Torch 9860, and a white Bold 9900.
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The BlackBerry Bold 9790 was first released in Asia (Indonesia to be precise) to send the message that Research in Motion is serious about the region. The device will be officially launched in the Philippines this Tuesday. Check out our full review of the Bold 9790 touch and type after the break.
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This is part of my year-ender series for 2011. We’ve done a ton of gadget reviews for 2011 and one of the key indicators that a gadget is hot or very interesting is by the number of pageviews it gets thru the years. Check out which devices got the most hits in 2011 after the jump.
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I did three TV guestings/interviews today (all about Top Tech Trends of 2011) and while I’m waiting for the 4th one this afternoon, I thought I’d ask our readers here about the best gadgets that came out in 2011.
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Thanks to all those who joined our Otterbox Giveaway which is sponsored by TenkieBox. We’ve got three winners to take home the Otterbox and another two from Crumpler to take home. Check the link below to see the lucky ones.
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Met with the folks from TenkieBox, the official distributor of OtterBox, last week when they gave me a couple of their really tough cases for my new iPhone 4S.
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The crew from ANC came by this afternoon to do another shoot about Christmas Gadget Gift Ideas. Was at the studio of Future Perfect last week to tape this same segment so this is more like a continuation.
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The BlackBerry Curve is back and is now slimmer and sexier — the thinnest Curve there is. I’ve been using the Curve 9360 for a couple of week now since we went to Jakarta for the BlackBerry launch event last week. Check out our full review of the BlackBerry Curve 9360 after the jump.
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RIM keeps on stressing that this is a first for them — to have a global product launch in Asia. And they picked Indonesia for the obvious reason that this is a BlackBerry country (with around 38% market share). And so we saw the BlackBerry Bold 9790 unveiled to the media this evening, along with the Curve 9380.
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Research in Motion (RIM) officially announced the BlackBerry Curve 9380, the first Curve to shed the qwerty keyboard in favor or a full touchscreen. We’ve covered the global launch here in Jakarta, Indonesia earlier today.
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RIM has partnered with Porsche to produce the limited-edition BlackBerry Porsche Design P’9981, a stainless-steel Porsche-inspired handset running on the Bold 9900 specs.
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