In two tasteful shades

V3.co.uk staff, V3.co.uk , Friday 20 August 2010 at 15:31:00 V3.co.uk readers' most popular stories this week The big hit with V3.co.uk readers this week was our look at the most embarrassing executive mistakes in IT history. This was followed by the discovery of a covert GPS spying app plaguing Android users, Oracle's dumping of OpenSolaris, and our review of the BlackBerry Curve 3G. Orange ...

Good ol’ reliable Kevin got a hold of a Verizon BlackBerry Curve 8530 to review and it looks pretty impressive. He goes into the intricacies of if it will be called the “new Curve” or “Curve2” but the real rundown is pretty interesting: OS 5.0 3G EVDO data Wi-Fi GPS!!! 256mb Storage In short it looks much better than the 8520 since it includes GPS, OS 5.0, and 3G in the same smaller cheaper form factor. Still I have yet to understand why somebody would not pony up the extra $50 it

Surprisingly the name on the box was the first thing that seemed strange, as the box clearly labelled as the Curve 2 and not the Curve 8530. Although some assume that this is not going to be the name that the device is launched under though. The Curve 2 now has Wi-Fi which the first pre production ‘aries’ units did not have. We were all aware that all future Verizon Blackberry devices were mandated to have Wi-Fi and that seems to be holding up. The BlackBerry Curve 8530 stacks up quite wel

RIM has just officially announced its newest flagship “traditional” BlackBerry (meaning it has the BlackBerry keyboard crackberry addicts know and love): the BlackBerry Bold 9700 . The 3G, Wi-FI capable GSM phone will be heading to carriers around the world in the next few weeks, making stops at both AT&T and T-Mobile in the United States. The BlackBerry Bold basically combines all the features of the BlackBerry Curve, but adds 3G and a new touch sensitive trackpad. The new BlackB