I know quite a few of you have been wondering how the browser in OS 4.5 stacks up. While I did see some improvements RIM has quite a way to go before I will truly be happy.
The first thing you will notice about the browser is the new start screen. Don’t worry you can still [...]

The next stop in the OS 4.5 review is the address book and calendar improvements. Nothing drastic here but the options and look of the applications has changed quite alot. Once of the changes has actually been for the worse. Read on to see…
As I mentioned the address book now has a new look. Unlike [...]

I have been trying to resist posting about the BlackBerry 9000 pictures and videos that Chris Ziegler of Engadget Mobile scored. I usually try to stay away from the rumor and speculation because it doesn’t do a body good to get all hyped up with no release in sight.
If you are into checking out some [...]

The Jott application that was yanked offline earlier this month is back! Supposedly it is now better than ever… So you have to be asking yourself what exactly does the client do. I will let Jott speak for itself:

We have a lot of happy Blackberry customers at Jott, and Jott for BlackBerry is the ultimate [...]

I always love when carriers just shoot themselves in the foot. Verizon announced today that they will release the 8330 in… wait for it… May. Talk about seriously dangling the proverbial carrot. All the other carriers have had the Curve for months! Oh an by the way WES is in… May.
The only two features that look [...]

My 14 year old daughter’s iPhone had to go in for repair (and a software upgrade) today. For a replacement, I lent her one of my old BlackBerries.(8300 Curve). She greeted me when I got home from work today with, “I LOVE BlackBerries”. I was lost for words. I thought the iPhone would win out [...]

The next area I wanted to cover were the options. Not many of the categories changed but many new options were introduced. I thought you might like to see that…
This is a screenshot of the new advanced options. Notice the wireless upgrade and maps options that were added and the vague Maps option.

Some of these [...]

The counterpart of Word To Go which we covered earlier is the Slideshow To Go application. This allows you to view and marginally edit slideshows. Once again for any serious control you will need to pony up for the premium version. Here you can see the powerpoint sample file I tried.

Opened like a charm and [...]

This has been a longtime feature that many people have been waiting for. Documents To Go for BlackBerry in OS 4.5. It allows you to open Word and Powerpoint files. The problem is that you need to upgrade to a “premium” version to be able to create and I think edit files. Pain in the [...]

The eyecandy continues  Now comes the media player. Notice the new inclusion of the dedicated Voice Notes application. It took long enough!

Notice the nice new interface

And the ability to send the voice note as an email.

Sadly as you can see the voice notes are sent in .AMR format which sucks!!! There is a weird option [...]