Archive for September, 2007
Friday, September 7th, 2007
BlackBerryFAQ.com has released a great new resource for disassembling your BlackBerry 8800. This is useful if you want to change cases, clean out some dust, or just see the guts of your BlackBerry. This is a perfect guide to accompany all the parts sold on the Cellular Nationwide Network aftermarket BlackBerry parts store. The disassembly [...]
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Friday, September 7th, 2007
With all this speculation going on about how a Microsoft-RIM deal would turn out I found an interesting article on the Inquirer that quotes Jim Cramer. Cramer, the famed stock-tipper, is quoted as saying that Microsoft would “ruin� BlackBerry maker Research In Motion if it went for a much-rumored merger. You can check out the [...]
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Friday, September 7th, 2007
One of the biggest challenges for Apple and the iPhone is the fact that they are not supported in corporate environments. MiBlackBerry has pointed out a BlackBerry KnowledgeBase article that states that there is no information on a BlackBerry Connect client for the iPhone as of now. This is just speculation but maybe BlackBerry connect [...]
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Friday, September 7th, 2007
Since I am not much of a fashion aficionado I was quite surprised when I learned from a Wall Street Journal article by Jessica E. Vascellaro that RIM just sponsored a fashion show in NYC for emerging designers. Two nights ago RIM co-sponsored the Gen Art fashion show along with T-Mobile USA. RIM has [...]
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Thursday, September 6th, 2007
Brandon Swift’s creations have found a new home at Brandon.BerryReview.com. His latest creations are 2 new themes for the BlackBerry Pearl running OS 4.2.1. The themes are clean, practical, and keep the same icons that everybody has gotten used to while adding some nice aesthetic touches. As of now the only option for installing is [...]
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Thursday, September 6th, 2007
I found this interesting article on 247wallst.com about Cisco dumping Palm devices for their support staff. The author, Jon Ogg, thought this would be a great opportunity for RIM but it seems like other competitors are getting the business instead. He does not know why BlackBerry’s are missing from the list for Cisco support staff [...]
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Thursday, September 6th, 2007
There is a free copy of PocketExpress waiting for all BlackBerry users at mobile.blackberry.com under the “Whats Hot” section. There is only an OTA install option from that link. It seems that this is a limited version of PocketExpress but I cannot confirm this since I have no experience with the software. It seems that [...]
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Thursday, September 6th, 2007
The well known Yellow Pages company, Superpages, has released a free BlackBerry client that gives you access to quite a bit of information on the road. Personally I found that Beyond411 worked better every time and has GPS support but another free application cannot hurt. The program could use a little bit of polish but [...]
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Thursday, September 6th, 2007
SmartPhoneToday.com got the scoop on the new HTC Tilt from AT&T. The new Windows Mobile device will have BlackBerry Connect support for BIS and BES services. I was under the impression that BlackBerry Connect devices were going out of style especially with RIM working on the Virtual BlackBerry experience for Windows Mobile Devices. It seems [...]
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Wednesday, September 5th, 2007
The main free eBook Reader for BlackBerry, MobiPocket, had issues with their servers for the last week or two. Users could not download the BlackBerry installer files OTA and many readers were asking me for old copies. I just wanted to report that I just checked the links and they are now back up. Just [...]
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