This post originated on Simple Mobile Review I know that every BlackBerry user isn’t an iPod Touch owner and visa versa, however, the combination of the two devices often seems to be as common as peanut butter and jelly. Today I sat in a meeting where every user at the table had a BlackBerry and 4 of the 6 BlackBerry users also owned an iPod Touch.  As we got to talking about it we all came to the same conclusion…  The BlackBerry is the king when it comes to anything related to communication (messaging and phone).  The iPod Touch is great at the multi-media and application stuff.  Yeah, I know…  Ground breaking details.  The thing is, we ALL wanted an iPod Touch with a 3G data option like the iPad and a camera.  No one wanted the iPhone (as a phone) as we all want to avoid paying again for a voice plan we did not plan to use

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The BlackBerry And iPod Touch Are Like Peanut Butter And Jelly

If this image is not Photoshopped, and, there is no reason to believe that it is, it may be the first picture of the BlackBerry Bold 9800 Slider in the wild. See what CrackBerry forums member GoBlue has to say about this photo… A few weeks ago I was at my kids event and saw some person sporting a slider….no big deal I thought until I saw him slide it and saw the BB Logo….I asked him it that was the new BB Slider and he yep. Played with it a few, it was running 6.0

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BlackBerry 9800 Slider Spotted In The Wild?

BePhone may not be the first BlackBerry theme to make your device look like an iPhone, however, it definitely is one of the nicer ones. BePhon e features include: Today screen High quality icons Text under your icons even on the home screen High quality SVG that is hand-coded for best performance *Touch Screen* To slide panels left/right tap edge of screen next to the dots Check out the BePhone Video and how to win one of 20 free copies after the jump… BePhone is currently on sale in the RIMarkable Store just $0.99… That’s 80% off the regular price

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Contest: BePhone Theme For BlackBerry Only $0.99 Through June 20th… 20 Copies To Be Won

Back due to popular demand, we are running another BlackBerry Unlock Code Giveaway .  CellUnlock.net has once again been gracious enough to offer up 100 Free Unlock Codes and all you have to do for a chance to win one is follow @RIMarkable and Retweet this tweet . We are trying to make this contest as easy as possible.  You can enter to win in two easy steps. Follow @RIMarkable –  You have to follow us so that we can send you a direct message if you win… ReTweet this tweet — Just click on the link and hit the Retweet button on the Twitter page that opens up… Thats it…  Just follow @RIMarkable and Retweet this tweet .  We are going to run the contest through Monday, May 17th at 12:00 p.m

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Twitter Contest: Win A Free BlackBerry Unlock Code From CellUnlock.Net

Two months ago today Microsoft announced Windows Phone 7 , the all new Windows mobile operating system that will be a lot more like the Zune than it is the current version of Windows Mobile.  Windows Phone 7 isn’t an upgrade, but, a completely new direction in mobile operating systems for Microsoft.  Even though Windows Phone 7 isn’t due out until the latter part of this year, I know all this because, to put it mildly, Microsoft has been hyping Windows Phone 7 up beyond all belief… I’m not sure if RIM has noticed, but, a lot of BlackBerry users are dissatisfied with the BlackBerry, particularly the BlackBerry OS and its lack of general “coolness” when compared to… well… pretty much everything else.  A real problem this year for RIM will be customer churn, as long-time, die-hard, BlackBerry fanatics that automatically update to the latest and greatest BlackBerry every couple of years, are increasingly looking at alternatives like the iPhone, Android, and even Windows Phone 7.

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Why Isn’t RIM Hyping Up The Next BlackBerry OS?

The title of this post pretty much says it all. Jeff Glueck, CEO of Skyfire basically had this to say about why they’ve halted development of Skyfire for BlackBerry on the Skyfire blog earlier today. I paraphrase, of course…  Head after the jump to see his actual words.

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Skyfire Halts BlackBerry Development Until The BB OS No Longer Sucks

This is just a quick little poll that I probably should have included with my Note to RIM post that I wrote earlier today. Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll. Poll: Should Research In Motion Buy Palm

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Poll: Should Research In Motion Buy Palm?

Word on the street is that OS 5.0.0.508 is officially coming to Verizon BlackBerry Curve 8530 .  The general consensus is that 5.0.0.508 will be out in the next couple of weeks. OS 5.0.0.508 features include: Simplified lock-key function Overall improvements to battery life Improved video streaming Improved Voice Activated Dialing function Message enhancements Bluetooth improvements When available, the download link for OS 5.0.0.508 should be http://verizonwireless.com/curve8530support . We will update this post once the link goes live… Official OS 5 Update Coming To The Verizon BlackBerry Curve 8530 is a post from: RIMarkable

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Official OS 5 Update Coming To The Verizon BlackBerry Curve 8530

I know that there are a lot of BlackBerry users that are huge Apple fans.  The iPad is now available for pre-order …  Will you get one? Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll. Poll: You Can Now Pre-Order The Apple iPad — Will You Get One

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Poll: You Can Now Pre-Order The Apple iPad — Will You Get One?

As many of you have noticed, and, even a few have mentioned, RIMarkable has a new look.  It’s something that we’ve been wanting to update for quite a while, but, to make a long story short, as bad as old theme looked on the outside, it didn’t compare at all to the mess that we had going on underneath the hood. I won’t go into all the things that were wrong, but, before we could slap on a new coat of paint, we needed to move to a new host with legs that could support all the traffic that RIMarkable has been getting lately.  That new host is VPS.net , and, I can honestly tell you that they are the best web host I’ve ever had

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RIMarkable Has A New Look And A Great Host