Apple Responds to BlackBerry’s Advertisement?
A couple of weeks ago, we wrote about BlackBerry’s anti-Apple advertisement. It received quite the response from both BlackBerry and Apple enthusiasts.
One Apple enthusiast posted their response on YouTube, which can be viewed here:
It is good to see things heating up, as that means the BlackBerry Storm and RIM in general at least gotten the attention of Apple fans.
New BlackBerry Niagara Video
Thanks to the CrackBerry forums, a new video of the BlackBerry Niagara 9630 smartphone has been discovered on YouTube.
Here is the video:
Note: The quality isn’t the best (camera phone maybe?), but right now I guess we’ll take what we can get!
Crackberry Gets Photos of the Niagara 9630
If you are a BlackBerry junkie, you may be excited to learn that photos have surfaced of the new BlackBerry Niagara 9630 over at Crackberry.com.
Here is what we know about the BlackBerry Niagara:
- The Operating system will likely be 4.7.1 (could be OS 5.0 if launch gets pushed back far enough)
- No WI-FI
- Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE support along with WCDMA support (bands not specified, but most likely 2100MHz)
- CDMA 1x/EV-DO Rev. A device
- Release date unknown, but we’d say May/June if we had to bet
- 3.2 megapixel camera (unconfirmed)
- The web browser supports JavaScript 1.6
Anyone excited about the BlackBerry Niagara?
BlackBerry App World Prices Now Available
Barely a day after the announcement of BlackBerry App World, it looks like the new pricing structure is already available! The new prices will range from a minimum price of $2.99 to a maximum price of $999.99 (USD).
Here is the pricing table:
It is interesting to see a pricing structure so different from what Apple uses for their iPhone/iTouch applications. What do you think? How much are you willing to pay for a BlackBerry application?
RIM Names App Store “BlackBerry App World”
This is an exciting time for BlackBerry users, as the BlackBerry application store is quickly approaching! It looks like as of today, RIM has settled on the new name……BlackBerry App World.
If you own a BlackBerry and want App World updates, you’ll want to click here and sign up for automatic updates.
To all you developers out there, will you be building BlackBerry applications to sell in App World?