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Introducing AT&T Call International for Android, BlackBerry, and iPhone

The newly released AT&T Call International for Android, BlackBerry, and iPhone might be an awesome VoIP app for making calls overseas. Note the word "might."

According to AT&T, the Call International app lets you use a Wi-Fi connection to place international phone calls from their supported AT&T phones, to anywhere and from anywhere in the world--for a fee, of course. Just sign up for a Call International account, download the app from the provided link, and make your calls. Your credit card will be billed on a monthly basis, and you'll … Read more

T-Mobile goes BlackBerry Torch 9810 picking

It may be a few months late to the BlackBerry Torch party, but T-Mobile announced today that it's finally getting its own BlackBerry Torch 9810.

We first saw this updated vertical slider model this past summer for AT&T. The BlackBerry smartphone runs BlackBerry OS 7, and hooks into T-Mobile's "4G" HSPA+ network.… Read more

AT&T expands BlackBerry lineup

After making the rounds to other carriers, the BlackBerry Bold 9900, BlackBerry Torch 9860, and BlackBerry Curve 9360 will finally make their way to AT&T in the coming days.

AT&T announced today that the Bold 9900 and Torch 9860 will be available starting November 6, and the good news is that the smartphones are priced more reasonably than their counterparts on competing providers. The Bold is priced at $199.99 with a two-year contract, and the Torch 9860 is set to go at $99.99 on contract. Meanwhile, the Curve 9360 goes on sale November 20 … Read more

RIM BlackBerry Curve 9360 review: BlackBerry for beginners

While the RIM BlackBerry Curve 9360 is a decidedly lower-end phone than RIM's Bolds and Torches, we think it's a great option for those still loyal to the BlackBerry brand.

It comes with the company's latest mobile operating system, BlackBerry 7 OS; it has a decent physical keyboard; and it's definitely an improvement over the previous Curves with its faster processor and better feature set. It even has support for NFC and for T-Mobile's UMA-based Wi-Fi calling service. For only $79.99 after a new two-year service agreement, the Curve 9360 is good entry-level smartphone for those wanting to give BlackBerry 7 OS a shot.… Read more

For car lovers, a Porsche-designed BlackBerry

If you can't quite afford a supercar, you might want to try the Porsche Design P'9981 BlackBerry smartphone instead.

Featuring materials as premium as those found in a Porsche sports car, the phone has a hand-wrapped leather back cover and forged stainless steel finishing. Love it or loathe it, the angular QWERTY keyboard design will definitely turn a few heads.

Under the hood, the P'9981 runs the BB 7 OS on a 1.2GHz processor and has NFC capabilities--most of its specs are similar to the Bold 9900. However, the Porsche Design handset has a bespoke UI with specially designed icons and a custom Wikitude augmented reality (AR) experience. Wikitude is an app that incorporates AR and location-based search using the phone's built-in compass.

The Porsche Design BlackBerry handset also has an exclusive PIN that starts with 2AA to help identify it to other P'9981 users on BBM. On paper, it seems a lot better than Porsche Design's previous phone. … Read more

Leaked BlackBerry videos promise big changes

Some very interesting videos from BlackBerry have appeared online that show a new kind of device with an edge-to-edge display.

The videos, which were first posted by N4BB and later picked up by Pocketnow, look like they're made for an upcoming press conference, shows everyday business folks putting their phones to everyday use.

The handset itself is just a rectangle with a large screen (there's no sight of a "crackberry" keyboard). Outside of the sleek and polished user interface that we've never seen before, the overall design looks a little too basic to be real. Perhaps it's just to get the development wheels turning. … Read more

Great QWERTY smartphones you can have right now (roundup)

Editors' note: This post was originally published October 26, 2011, and was updated December 18, 2012, with five new phones.

Touch screens may be all the rage, but for many of you, there's no substitute for a phone with a physical keyboard attached.

Though there weren't any stellar candy bar phones with onboard keyboards recently released, all the devices listed here include spacious QWERTYs that slide out from behind the screen. Here's a roundup of some of the most interesting and most useful smartphones with keyboards that you can get now.… Read more

RIM: We have 'an unprecedented track record of reliability'

Research In Motion's BlackBerry services outage earlier this month was undoubtedly a black eye for the company, but the firm's managing director for the U.K. and Ireland says it was an anomaly.

"We have an unprecedented track record of reliability," RIM's U.K. and Ireland managing director Stephen Bates told Mobile News Online in an interview published yesterday. "Our focus is on providing the best communications experience and the feedback we get from our customers is we normally deliver on that."

Bates went on to tell the publication that he estimated U.… Read more

RIM's latest misstep: Its new BBX name is already taken

Research in Motion's new BBX operating system isn't even out yet, and it's already facing a bit of legal heat. A small Albuquerque, N.M.-based software provider, Basis International, claims "BBx" is the name of a software platform that it has already trademarked.

RIM unveiled the BBX platform--which combines elements of its older BlackBerry operating system with its next-generation QNX software--at the company's developer conference on Tuesday. The company is hoping that BBX and its advanced capabilities can vault it back into the smartphone game, putting it on a more equal footing … Read more