The Speaker of the House, Ken Kowalski, scolded Alberta MLAs (member of the legislative assembly) for using their BlackBerrys too much and not paying attention. “C’mon now,” said Kowalski. “We agreed on certain things, certain decorum, and I even noted prior to this time toda...

Awhile back, my buddy Al did a roundup of some of the most extreme pimping of BlackBerrys you can find - diamonds, gold, leather you name it. A cool novelty, no doubt, but what about Joe Everymanpimp? Is there not something for the common BlackBerry (NSDQ: RIMM) Mack Daddy in a cubic zirconia, pleat...

Filed under: Motorsports, Etc., Videos, Mercedes-Benz, Humor Lewis Hamilton controls F1 car via Blackberry Storm - Click above to watch video Vodaphone is a huge mobile communications company, and it's also the primary sponsor of the McLaren Mercedes F1 team. The video after the jump shows just what...

Pledge your smartphone loyalty to whatever brand you wish, but the fact of the matter remains that more and more people are leaving the Finnish juggernaut Nokia in favor of devices from RIM and Apple. During Q4 2008, Nokia’s overall market share fell from 50.9 percent to 40.8 percent and smart...

Late this afternoon, Canada’s TELUS Mobility formally announced that it too has launched the BlackBerry 8230 Pearl Flip. Starting at $49.99 on a three-year contract and going all the way up to $449.99 contract-free, TELUS is hoping the youth market in Canada will receive the clam shell smartph...

The no-contract world of wireless service is a rough and tumble place. With low-cost carriers jockeying to offer the most economical wireless services to consumers looking for ever better value in their wireless plans, it can be hard to get your name out there. That is, unless you do something truly...

MetroPCS is one of a few small carriers in the US currently surging on the back of ridiculously attractive unlimited plans. Despite the fact that its “hello, hello, helloooo” jingle haunts our dreams at night, it’s hard to argue that unlimited plans starting at $30 per month don...

It seems that members of Congress and their staff are having a hard time with the new BlackBerry Storm. After using the device and finding it difficult to do simple tasks like sending email, most users on Capitol Hill are ditching the touch screen for older BlackBerrys with an actual qwerty keyboard...

We’re pretty big fans of music here at BGR, so we can become a little scrutinizing when it comes to the headsets we use on a daily basis. What we’re looking for is a headset that can deliver clear, clean and crisp sound at all volumes (there is nothing worse than getting garbled noise wh...

If you’re going to buy a BlackBerry, it’s important to get the right one. A recent article on Politico is ranting about American politicians complaining about the Storm’s touchscreen being difficult to type with. The article goes on to describe how certain politicians are finding t...