Archive for April, 2008
Thursday, April 17th, 2008
Michael Small the admin of www.blackberrythemes.co.uk just released a hot new theme called Blue Today that I really like. I wont really elaborate much but this theme just looks like you should be paying money for it. The icons are stock but the top bar is just very nice and subtle.
Sadly the theme is only [...]
1 Comment » | Posted in 8300 Curve, 8800/8830, Free Software, Themes
Thursday, April 17th, 2008
We told you before that this was going to drop this week. Magmic ran a little behind schedule but this is sure going to be worth it. Even better is the fact that the game has a free trial! The bad side is that the game costs significantly more than the previous versions at $14.99. [...]
3 Comments » | Posted in Games, Magmic, News
Thursday, April 17th, 2008
All hail RIM for coming through on their deadline. One of our readers FingerPick Nick just let me know that BES 4.1.5 is now out and available. Guess RIM pulled through since we mentioned it this morning.
You can pick it up from this link:
http://na.blackberry.com/eng/services/server/new_v4-1_sp5.jsp
Enjoy guys!
Just as a reminder the main features listed by RIM in [...]
1 Comment » | Posted in BES, News, RIM
Thursday, April 17th, 2008
I tend to do my best thinking on the porcelain throne and came up with a great brainstorm idea (in my opinion) for an application. I know Geotagging and friend finding applications have been all the craze recently but I have a simpler and more effective use of GPS or cellphone tower triangulation. Let me know what you [...]
4 Comments » | Posted in Editorial
Thursday, April 17th, 2008
Ignoring all the big brother security fears for now this does seem like a pretty cool application. Josep just let me know about this application that lets you share your GPS location with friends. You can then meet friends that are near you or let trusted people know where you are.
Personally I always thought RIM [...]
Leave Comment » | Posted in Free Software, GPS, News, Utilities
Thursday, April 17th, 2008
First RIM removed HTML email from BES 4.1.5. Then In March RIM pushed off the release until the 15th of April. On the 14th they pushed it off again until the 17th of April. Guess what its the 17th of April and still no BES 4.1.5.
We still get to stare at the cute little promotion logo [...]
3 Comments » | Posted in BES, News, RIM
Thursday, April 17th, 2008
I found this little tip on CrackBerry Australia. I’ve tried it and it works well…Thanks CybaCowboy…
On the Home screen, hold “Alt” and press “N”, “M”, “L”, “L”…
For those wanting a signal meter that is a little more specific, this will show the decibels (”dBm”) of the current signal!
Repeat the above process to switch back to [...]
12 Comments » | Posted in News, Wireless Carrier
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
There has been a heap of news all over BlackBerry base sites in the last 24 hours regarding the possibility of a forward facing camera on the upcoming BlackBerry 9000. Why all the big shock?? Just about every ‘3G’ device has a forward facing camera. (It was a big thing in Australia on the first [...]
4 Comments » | Posted in News, Rumors
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
If you are planning to visit WES this year then be sure to drop into the OtterBox booth and say Hi to the ever friendly staff manning the booth. Their booth number is 658.WES 2008 starts on May 13 in Orlando, Florida. For further information check out their site at; http://www.attendwes.com/event/ . Unfortunately I won’t be attending [...]
Leave Comment » | Posted in Cases, News
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
Sorry guys for issues with the site this morning. One of our scripts decided to go haywire on us. In short their was a break in the time space continuum…
Things seem to be fixed with some help from Christopher Lloyd. We appreciate your patience.
Leave Comment » | Posted in Editorial