There is a rumor that the BlackBerry Bold 9650, which we originally thought was going to be the Tour2 9650, will launch in May of this year . There is a lot of speculation about why RIM chose to go with the Bold 9650 versus the Tour brand, and most likely it’s because owners of the Tour 9630 would harbor some resentment that an update to their device came out so soon after they purchased their BlackBerry. To mitigate this possible PR disaster, RIM marketing have decided to go with the Bold label.

Recent data from comScore suggests that RIM controls 43% of the smartphone market in the US . The data has been collected from November 2009 to January 2010, and suggests that there are 42.7 million smartphones users in the US. According to these numbers, you would expect over 18 million people to be using a BlackBerry in the US during the period recorded

What a great start to the day. We’ve known for some time this OS was floating around out there, even heard that this one had hit “Gold Candidate” for release to carriers. Now, thanks to a CrackBerry forums member who wished to remain anonymous you can now check out the release yourself.

Everyone is looking for an easy way to synchronize BlackBerry data, be it to keep as a backup or “just to have it”. CyberSynchs  is the latest wireless synchronization tool for your BlackBerry to get in on the action. After registering online and download their client, you are ready for setup

  WhatsApp has been available for the iPhone for quite some time, but it is just now making its way to BlackBerry as well. The app is still in the (very) early stages, so the UI and features leave a bit to be desired, but WhatsApp is delivering free smarthphone-to-smartphone messaging. What this means is that you will be able to send messages to all of your iPhone toting buddies for free.

Since the introduction of Wi-Fi on the BlackBerry, and the Bold 9000, RIM’s first 3G BlackBerry, surfing the web on our handsets has been faster than ever. Still, BlackBerry users will be getting an extra kick in speed according to a recent patent application by RIM entitled, ” SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING NETWORK BROWSING SPEED BY SETTING A PROXY SERVER ON A HANDHELD DEVICE .” Who doesn’t want faster browsing speeds? The patent sheds a little light on how data is transferred now, and the solution RIM plans to offer to make that process more efficient

*UPDATE* - Things seem to have been restored back to working order * Reports are rolling in, the forums are filling up and yes, we appear to have another data outage on our hands. While all confirmations have been vocal from customer care reps Rogers and T-Mobile have stated that RIM is having an issue at the moment with no current ETA for a fix. Last outage was attributed to BBM and all users were advised to upgrade to the newest BlackBerry messenger

  According to Venture Beat , this coming April Clickfree will release a micro-SD card that will allow for PC and Mac backups through your BlackBerry Smartphone.

Alright, the year started off with a leak for the BlackBerry Tour 9630. But I just got an email from an anonymous CrackBerry forum member leading the way to OS 5.0.0.436 for the BlackBerry Storm 9520.

Yesterday, Google began distributing QR code window stickers to the top searched 190,000 local businesses throughout the US . This is big news for making QR codes more popular in North America, as our friends in Japan are already benefiting from them, having implemented the technology on a massive scale