Archive for October, 2007
Monday, October 29th, 2007
cp6169 has just scored and posted some screenshots that confirm the new data plans coming out for Sprint and the BlackBerry 8130 they plan to release this month. The screenshots speak for themselves:
2 Comments » | Posted in BlackBerry Service, News, Sprint / Nextel
Monday, October 29th, 2007
The BlackBerryGuy has gone out and done the unthinkable with his BlackBerry OtterBox. He has pitted the case against everything from elevator doors to turning his Berry into a skipping stone. The YouTube videos are a must see if you are into this kind of device torture. Its lucky for the BBguy that there are [...]
1 Comment » | Posted in 8700, Cases, Free Software, News
Monday, October 29th, 2007
Spencer_CDS has posted an update to his great tutorial on BlackBerryForums.com on how to get the RIM Yahoo client to work on AT&T. For all of you who are privlidged enough to have Yahoo working on your carrier just ignore this post. AT&T has never provided the service books required to get Yahoo messenger working [...]
Leave Comment » | Posted in AT&T / Cingular, BlackBerry FAQ, Free Software, IM Services, RIM
Monday, October 29th, 2007
UPDATE: This theme seems to have been removed by the developer. I could not find it anywhere else online so I removed it from the directory. If you find it let me know…
Steven at Themes4bb.com has released another theme for the BlackBerry 8300 Curve called Hardwood floors. The new theme has a interesting style that [...]
1 Comment » | Posted in 8300 Curve, Free Software, Themes
Friday, October 26th, 2007
I have seen some serious IT Policies over the years but this one took the cake. The Navy and Marines have locked down the BlackBerry’s under their control and turned them into 1 trick horses. The new commandments say:
Thou shalt not PIN people
Thou shalt not use BlackBerry Messenger
Thou shalt not use GPS
Thou slalt NEVER install [...]
Leave Comment » | Posted in News
Friday, October 26th, 2007
I have to say that the BlackBerry OS has less lag than the other smartphone OS’s but in some regards it is underpowered. It seems that RIM has taken this to heart and released a Knowledgebase article on how to optimize your BlackBerry so that it performs at the best of its capablity. Check out [...]
Leave Comment » | Posted in BlackBerry FAQ, News, RIM
Friday, October 26th, 2007
It seems that there is no shortage nowadays of BlackBerry RSS contendders but another free BlackBerry RSS reader called Mobispine has just been released for public consumption. To be honest I have not had a chance to play with the program myself so I cannot make any promises just yet especially since the program is [...]
5 Comments » | Posted in Free Software, Internet, News, RSS
Friday, October 26th, 2007
Over time I have run into a few websites that I found useful for speeding up my mobile web browsing. I thought I would share them with you guys since another reader asked me for them:
Mippin.com - Does a good job of showing mobile webpages quickly but returns mobile pages instead of the desktop versions [...]
2 Comments » | Posted in Internet, News
Friday, October 26th, 2007
NancyDrew on Themes4BB has released a nice Zen attempt at a Fashion theme for the BlackBerry 8300. Personally the hot pink is not to my taste but who am I to judge. As the saying goes “You can’t argue with the customer — they know what they like.” Once again there is no OTA option [...]
4 Comments » | Posted in 8300 Curve, Free Software, News, Themes
Friday, October 26th, 2007
wu-wei on BlackBerryForums released a very minimalistic theme that really proves that less can sometimes be more. He has designed his flat today theme in a way that it tones down the whole BlackBerry in a stylish kind of way. The theme is only available in a today version for both the 8300 and the [...]
Leave Comment » | Posted in 8300 Curve, 8800/8830, Free Software, News, Themes