Shocker! New RIM CEO targets existing BlackBerry users for upgrades

All of new RIM CEO Thorsten Heins’ fresh ideas will apparently still be revealed to the company’s board in a couple of weeks, but he’s already dropped some gems in interviews with the Wall Street Journal and Reuters (update: and Bloomberg ).

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BlackBerry 7 smartphones dying in sleep, company confirms

There have been reports of BlackBerry Bold 9900 and 9930 devices failing to power on after being left to charge all night. Yesterday evening, RIM confirmed the issue by saying, a “limited number of customers have reported an issue where their device does not power on.” She said the company is “actively working on a software update to resolve this issue.” There’s no word on how many devices are failing, but there seems to be quite a few of them as the company’s support board is filling up with complaints.

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WIND Mobile preparing to release the BlackBerry Bold 9900, 9790 and Torch 9810 soon

If you happen to live in one of the areas covered by WIND Mobile in Canada and are looking for a new BlackBerry — you’ll soon have quite a bit of selection to choose from. The above roadmap lays out plans for the BlackBerry Bold 9900 , BlackBerry Torch 9810 and the yet to be officially announced BlackBerry Bold 9790 .

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Sprint BlackBerry Curve 9350 arrives October 2nd, price remains as planned

For some, the news of the BlackBerry Curve 9350 being held back on Sprint might have been a bit bothersome but no matter — the device is now set to launch on October 2nd and still remaining at the originally planned price of $79.99 after MIR. That’s a pretty sweet deal for a BlackBerry 7 equipped device.

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GetGlue now available for BlackBerry 7 devices

GetGlue has finally updated their app in BlackBerry App World to show support for BlackBerry 7 devices. While it did not actually “update” the app itself (as they have no intention of continuing development for BlackBerry) at least those who use the service can actually download it for their BlackBerry 7 device. Maybe if we complain enough they will bring all the new features and the new look (like in the updated Android and iOS version) to BlackBerry someday.

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Research In Motion details official BIS 4.1 features

We heard back in March that we would soon see an update to BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS). As revealed back then , we will be seeing improvements to email including large email and native attachment support, inbox priming for new account integrations and additional language support. In addition to this, changes to the email flow on SIM swap means you’ll want to be extra careful when switching devices, especially if you plan on selling your old BlackBerry.

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Quick Tip: How to enable and disable Universal Search on OS6 and OS7

How to disable Universal Search from the home screen on BlackBerry OS 6 and OS 7 Whether you recently updgraded to a new device, or are a first time user you may find  Universal Search  to not be for you, and would rather have your application shortcuts back. Universal Search is helpful to some, and a pain to others, but luckily changing from one to the other is quite a simple task, and can be changed in just a matter of seconds

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Quick Tip: How to enable and disable Universal Search on OS6 and OS7