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AT&T Spending Billions to Improve Its Wireless Service
PUBLISHED: 12/22/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
With the success of smartphones like the Apple iPhone 3GS, customers sending more data over AT&T's wireless network than ever before. This carrier says it is spending billions to keep up with this growing demand.
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Sprint Now Offering the Inexpensive BlackBerry Curve 8530
PUBLISHED: 12/18/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
Sprint has launched its version of the BlackBerry Curve 8530, the latest model in the venerable Curve series of consumer-oriented smartphones. This device is debuting at just $50 with contract, and offers a QVGA screen, hardware keyboard, 3G, and GPS.
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RIM Had a Stellar Quarter, Stock Price Rising Sharply
PUBLISHED: 12/18/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
During its most recent financial quarter, RIM experienced record sales of BlackBerrys, and better than expected revenue and profits. As a result, its share price is up over 11% since it made this announcement.
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BlackBerry Bold 9000, Curve 8900 Get Unofficial BlackBerry OS 5.0 Upgrades
PUBLISHED: 12/9/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
RIM has promised to release upgrades for the system software on some of its smartphones, but the release of these has been somewhat slow. Many of those who are tired of waiting have the option to install an unofficial version of BlackBerry OS 5.
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BlackBerry Bold 9700 Half Off at AT&T
PUBLISHED: 12/4/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
AT&T has just launched a BlackBerry sale, temporarily cutting the cost of a range of models in half. This includes the new BlackBerry Bold 9700, the original Bold, and several phones in the BlackBerry Curve series.
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Most Popular Smartphones of November 2009
PUBLISHED: 12/2/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
At the beginning of each month, Brighthand publishes a list of the smartphones and other mobile devices that readers have shown the most interest in during the preceding four weeks.
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BlackBerry Media Sync Updated with New Options for Photos
PUBLISHED: 11/24/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
RIM offers a free app that lets BlackBerry smartphone users synchronize their multimedia files between their PC or Mac and their mobile device. There's a new version of this software with a few new features.
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BlackBerry Curve 8520 Coming Soon to AT&T
PUBLISHED: 11/16/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
AT&T has become the latest wireless carrier to commit to offering the newest version of the BlackBerry Curve. This inexpensive smartphone's hardware and software have been updated, and it offers a consumer focus, with mobile access to email, social-networking sites, and music and video.
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BlackBerry Bold 9700 Review
PUBLISHED: 11/16/2009  BY: Shaun Mahal
The BlackBerry Bold 9700 -- sometimes called the Bold2 -- sports an HVGA screen, keyboard, Wi-Fi, 3G and more. Shaun Mahal says this device's enhanced feature set and improved design leaves the original Bold looking out of date.
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BlackBerry Bold 9700 Now Available from T-Mobile
PUBLISHED: 11/16/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
T-Mobile has just released the BlackBerry Bold 9700, making it the first wireless carrier in the U.S. to do so. This device -- sometimes called the Bold2 -- has an HVGA screen, 3G mobile broadband, Wi-Fi, keyboard, and more.
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T-Mobile Will Introduce the BlackBerry Bold 9700 on Monday
PUBLISHED: 11/14/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
The BlackBerry Bold 9700 will have its U.S. debut on Monday. T-Mobile USA will be the first carrier in this country to offer RIM's latest smartphone, which will also be T-Mobile's first BlackBerry to support its 3G network.
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Small System Software Update Released for the BlackBerry Bold 9000
PUBLISHED: 11/13/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
RIM and AT&T have introduced a small update for the system software on the original BlackBerry Bold. This is not the much-anticipated upgrade to BlackBerry OS 5.0, however.
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