2009 BlackBerry Lineup & $50 Pearl Flip!

Lots of tidbits here if you're a Rogers BlackBerry junkie....

BlackBerry Pearl 8220 for $50 - Remember that $50 Pearl Flip rumor? Looks like it's going to pan out, though instead of on T-Mobile it's $50 on Rogers on a 3 yr contract. You can check it out at FutureShop.ca (in-store special only)! The Pearl Flip isn't available on Rogers' website yet nor in Rogers stores, so whether this is Future Shop jumping the gun or there's something else at play here I'm not quite sure. And they have it in Black and Pink. Thanks to MobileSyrup for sending this in. Check it out here >>

Rogers BlackBerry 2009 lineup - BGR got wind of what BlackBerry smartphones are coming to Rogers for 2009, and it's lining up nicely with my logical predictions:

Rogers is coming back into the mix in 2009 with a pretty impressive lineup of BlackBerry handsets. This isn't by all means a definitive list, (read: possibly more devices, etc.) but it should whet your appetite a little bit. Without further ado, as told to us by one of those world-famous RIM ninjas, we have:

• BlackBerry Curve 8900 in Q1
• BlackBerry Storm variant in Q2
• BlackBerry 9220 (Magnum, think BlackBerry Curve 8900 with 3G) in Q3
• BlackBerry 9900 (Pluto, think Bold with touchscreen) in Q4

Good stuff all around for Rogers, minus the delay on the BlackBerry Curve 8900. The other day I made my prediction it would be pushed back in North America until early 2009 (vs. coming in November as has been expected) and this information confirms that. This also helps clarify the 9220 vs. 9900 confusion. Looks like Stop-N-Go's mid-August predictions of the 9220 that we broke here on CrackBerry.com were SPOT ON.

But at least more reasonable data plans and a $50 flip from Rogers has them looking less and less like Robbers by the minute (if only they would scrap this 3-yr contract stuff). Now that Telus & Bell are making way for supporting GSM, hopefully Rogers will give us less reasons to SMASH in 2009.

BlackBerry Magnum to appear at WES

Jinkies, it looks like we weren’t totally sniffing the wrong tree when we pointed to 2009 as a possibility for a touchscreen BlackBerry on Rogers. Both BGR and BlackBerry News have posted today about a previously unseen BlackBerry that is reported to make an appearance at WES 2009: the BlackBerry Magnum.

So what exactly is the BlackBerry Magnum? Apparently only a U.S. HSDPA, BlackBerry Curve 8900 form factor with a BlackBerry Storm-like touchscreen. Which, although exciting, kind of sounds like a souped-up Palm Treo. Anyways, the amount of BlackBerrys RIM is looking to release is making my head spin. We’ll tell you more as we learn it.

Blackberry Screenshooter

up untill now there was no single way to take a screenshot of your blackberry screen unless you took a digital camera and took a picture of your blackberry… and then there was blackberry screenshooter… just install the desktop software, connect your blackberry over USB and you're ready to go. Requires blackberry OS 4.02 or greater

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Nobex free blackberry software

Nobex is a cool tool which recognizes songs which you don't recognize, just put your blackberry in front of your radio and let the nobex freeware software tool listen to it. The next thing what will happen is that you will receive an email with detailed information about the song playing at the moment…. Requires Blackberry OS 4.2 Download the selected item from this location

Blackberry Communication : Implus blackberry messenger

IM+ is a mobile chat client for blackberry which gathers the most important instant messenger programs in one program which can be installed on your blackberry. it gives you the possibility tokKeep in touch with all your MSN®/ Windows Live Messenger™, Yahoo!®, ICQ®, AIM®/iChat, Jabber®, Google Talk™ and MySpaceIM® friends all around the world. You can contact all messengers simultaniously, have real time communications between blackberries, or a blackberry and a PC without any communication cost (excluding data transfer costs offcourse). And maybe the best of all: this program has full emoticon support! So what else are you looking for in a Mobile Chat client? Download the selected item from this location

Blackberry freeware Software : Blackberry Screenstreamer

Blackberry Screenstreamer is freeware blackberry software which allows you to stream your blackberry screen on your desktop, just install the software on your desktop, connect your blackberry and you're ready to go… Requires blackberry OS 4.02 or greater

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BlackBerry Desktop Software

Get the most out of your BlackBerry® smartphone with BlackBerry® Desktop Software—an integrated suite of applications that manages the link between your BlackBerry smartphone and your email account, organizer and more.

BlackBerry Desktop Software Features

BlackBerry Desktop Software runs on your desktop PC, allowing you to:

Keep Your Desktop and Smartphone Data Organized

• Synchronize your email and organizer information (calendar, contacts, memos and tasks) between your BlackBerry smartphone and your PC
• Back up information from your smartphone to your PC or restore previously saved files

Easily Transfer Files, Music and Data

• Transfer files between your computer and your BlackBerry smartphone’s internal memory or optional media card¹
• Use Roxio® Media Manager²; for easy management of your video and music files
• Use BlackBerry® Media Sync to sync your desktop iTunes® or Windows Media Player³ music files with your BlackBerry smartphone^4,5.6,7
• Migrate data from a BlackBerry smartphone, Palm® Treo or Windows Mobile® based device to a new BlackBerry smartphone²

Add New Software and Updates

• Load new applications and updates from your PC to your BlackBerry smartphone

Manage Your Enterprise Email

• Create an auto signature to be included in the body of your outgoing email messages⁸
• Filter the email messages you receive on your BlackBerry smartphone by key words and message fields