Archive for October, 2007
Wednesday, October 17th, 2007
I have been asked numerous times about which frequency(s) each BlackBerry device supports. RIM has now made this easy by publishing a knowledgebase article that specifies every Berry since the DataTAC 850 combined with the frequencies and technology that it supports. As a side note it also mentions the current BlackBerry OS’s available for each [...]
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Wednesday, October 17th, 2007
Sorry guys Ron Franks brought to my attention that my directions for getting the 15% discount were incorrect. Below you will find the correct directions. Sorry for the mix up and thanks again to BBSmart for making this discount possible. Hopefully I got it right this time
Directions for getting the discount for BBSmart:
Install [...]
2 Comments » | Posted in Coupons, Editors' Choice, Email, News, Utilities
Wednesday, October 17th, 2007
Well AT&T has finally issued a Press Release for the new BlackBerry 8310 Curve that we mentioned in the wee hours of the morning. Read the release below:
New GPS-Enabled Blackberry Curve Helps AT&T Customers Navigate with Style
First U.S. Introduction of BlackBerry Curve 8310 Brings Built-In GPS and New Colors to Popular Handset
San Antonio, Texas, October [...]
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Wednesday, October 17th, 2007
Well today we got one step further towards a full featured Google Docs application for BlackBerry devices. Google has released a mobile version of Google Docs that you can use to read documents that are in your account from your Browser. So far you can only read the documents and this does not always work [...]
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Wednesday, October 17th, 2007
Matthew Rogers, the developer of the iPhone theme for BlackBerry called bPhone, has released a new version of his iPhone theme that now supports all of the recent BlackBerry family. This includes Today, Zen, and Dimension styles for the 8100, 8300, 8700, and 8800 series devices. This is the same theme that we mentioned previously [...]
4 Comments » | Posted in 8100 Pearl, 8300 Curve, 8700, 8800/8830, Free Software, News, Themes
Tuesday, October 16th, 2007
Well the time has come. The much awaited BlackBerry 8310 Curve is available for purchase on AT&T’s website.
Link to BlackBerry’s at AT&T Wireless
Both the Crimson and Titanium colors are available and you can get them for $199.99 after rebate with a new service plan. Can’t wait to play with one of these.
1 Comment » | Posted in 8300 Curve, AT&T / Cingular, GPS, News, RIM
Tuesday, October 16th, 2007
Well this is one of those situations where I hear about an application that I don’t even know what it does. The developer of PockerClock, Thomas, has kindly contacted me about a free new application that he has updated that keeps track of Blinds when you are running a poker tournament. Since I have never [...]
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Tuesday, October 16th, 2007
First of all I have to remark on the precident of Microsoft specifically targeting BlackBerry users for an application. On top of that Microsoft has directly posted about BlackBerry software on a BlackBerry forum. They have announced Live Search on both Pinstack and BlackBerryforums.
Microsoft has released a new free application for BlackBerry devices. Personally I [...]
5 Comments » | Posted in Free Software, GPS, Internet, News, Utilities
Tuesday, October 16th, 2007
After AirCanada allowed airport check-in by BlackBerry it seems that other airlines are going to follow suit. The IATA standard that was just announced specifies requirements and standards for airlines to follow to allow them to provide check-in by cellphone. This hopefully marks the start of many other airlines joining the standard. Check out the [...]
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Tuesday, October 16th, 2007
It seems that the BlackBerry 8310 Curve has been released today. We have gotten multiple emails from readers about seeing and purchasing the device at AT&T stores around the country. The device is not yet on AT&T’s website but I am sure we will see it there shortly. It is already showing as In Stock [...]
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