Alltel has shipping its version of the BlackBerry Pearl 8130, the first CDMA-capable Pearl. The candybar design has all the features of the full version including true GPS, which can be used either through Resarch in Motion’s own BlackBerry Maps feature or through a subscription to a service like TeleNav. Unlike Sprint or Verizon models, [...]
Research in Motion at the CTIA mobile expo today introduced Facebook for BlackBerry (registration required), a new app that gives users of most any recent version of the smartphone faster access to the social networking tools without using a browser. The platform takes advantage of the BlackBerry’s network to “push” updates to and from the [...]