Since I am on a BES I usually do not notice the BIS outages but users have been emailing me for the last hour non stop. It seems like deja vu but RIM has experienced another BIS outage. I really wish RIM would provide us a little more transparency on what the issue is and [...]

OtterBox 1933 Rugged Case For the BlackBerry 8800/8820/8830
Rating: 9/10
Editors Choice Award Winner!
Link: www.OtterBox.com
Cost: $49.95
If you use your BlackBerry in a active environment or you are just plain clumsy the OtterBox is the best solution for you. The case is very well designed and the only fault I could find with it [...]

Now this is a problem I have been faced with a few times. It is not that simple to change an email address from a BES account to a BIS account especially in regards to the desktop manager installation. RIM has just posted a great tutorial in the Knowledgebase on exactly how to switch between [...]

David Boyd of CrackBerry.com has done a wonderful in depth review of the new T-Mobile BlackBerry 8320. The review gives you all of the down and dirty details on the new device. My favorite is his find that the new BlackBerry 8320 does away with the OZ IM clients and brings the native ICQ, MSN, [...]

Google has created and released an application pack for BlackBerry devices. This application pack includes 4 Google applications in one. It includes: Google Search, Google News, Gmail, and Google Maps in one install file with 4 different application icons on your home screen. It is easy to switch each application on and off by just [...]

Jon Fortt at Business 2.0 posted an interesting article on the best designed Bluetooth gear to date. About half of the gear is not relevant to us BlackBerry fans but I did find his mention of  5 different Bluetooth headsets to be of interest. Keep in mind his picks are based on design and style [...]

xPlayer is one of my favorite new applications for the BlackBerry. The media player reminds me of Winamp and just gets the job done with a very user friendly interface that now also has theme options. As I mentioned before it also helps that the software is completely free when compared to the competition and [...]

One of our readers, David, asked me how he can view stock quotes and updates on his BlackBerry. As of now I have found 3 solutions for this, 2 of them are well known commercial solutions and the last is one I became aware of recently. The first is PocketDay Personal or Pro which is [...]

BoyGenius has let us in on a tip that I think will make all of our MySpace users happy. MySpace has released a new Beta mobile site to access your MySpace information. This may not be as good as the dedicated application for the Helio Ocean but it is a step in the right direction. [...]

Mark Baard of the Boston Globe has confirmed one of the questions I had about the BlackBerry 8820. I know it is not a much touted feature but with the coming of WiFi I was hoping to see BlackBerry service available without a data plan. I know this would drasticly hurt RIM’s monetary plans but [...]