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Archive for October 24th, 2008

Bold Battery Covers Now Available – Unimpressed

With all the news recently I have not really been keeping a sharp eye on the Bold accessories but Ronald just pointed out to me that the Bold battery covers are now available. These are the same different color faux leather battery covers we heard about from Kevin at WES earlier this year.
BBerry has the [...]

RIM Has An Open Source Management Team? Also More Info From The Developer Conference

I wish RIM would not schedule conferences during Jewish Holidays or else I would have gone… On the other hand Rick Merritt of EE Times provided some very interesting facts in his recap of the BlackBerry Developers Conference. Most of it was more detailed then what I have been hearing elsewhere but not surprising. Like [...]

UPDATED: BES 4.1.6 Maintenance Release 2 Coming Soon – Exchange & Lotus

One of our secret agents just let me know that Maintenance Release 2 for BES 4.1 Service Pack 6 is coming out soon. It started making a show in the RIM Partner website which usually means they are planning for a release soon.
Anybody play with it yet? I wonder what it was released to address…
And [...]

Daughter in the Box Classic Chinese Puzzle Game

I am not Chinese so I cannot vouch for the “classic” description of the game but I do love puzzles on my Berry. Robert just let me know about a new game his company, Exosyphen, has released for BlackBerry called Daughter in a Box. The name is kind of creepy but it seems to have [...]

HOT! First Web Signals Push Services Released – NYTimes, Accuweather, Reuters, Fox News, CBC, & Thumbplay

While browsing the mobile.blackberry.com website I came across the first released Web Signals we told you about before. These Web Signals are essentially push alerts pushed by certain websites to your BlackBerry when you subscribe.
So far we have:

NYTimes.com Bits Blog Notifier – Learn about news & analysis as it happens with NYTimes.com Bits Blog [...]

Official 8220 OS 4.6.0.155 & Alltel 8130 OS 4.5.0.89

SLVR6 let us know about two new OS releases that are floating around the web. It looks like Alltel released OS 4.5.0.89 for the 8130 and then yanked it. Coffeedaze over at PinStack found it on Rapidshare for all to enjoy. (Sorry coffeedaze but I could not find your thread)
8130 4.5.0.89Or the official page (Seems [...]

Funny/Sad Statistics About Mobile Email Usage!

I got a great laugh out of a report that Neverfail published about 24×7 availability pressure causing Email addiction and worse. I always wanted to know if I was the only one using my BlackBerry in the bathroom… Thank you Neverfail for a humorous and enlightening read!
In a nutshell:
The executive report, “Mobile [...]

SameCell Location Based Search Without GPS

SameCell let me know about a new free application that they just released. It essentially lets you do location based search based on the location of your cell tower ID. That way you can search near your location without GPS. It lets you search for places, services, weather and events near you.
Pretty interesting if [...]

Free ‘True Blood’ Customizable L Theme for the Pearl

Popular theme designer, JCalandra, just let us know that she’s recently updated her theme website chock full of free and premium Blackberry themes. There are so many themes on this site, I don’t know where to begin. Actually, I do. Since Halloween is right around the corner and the new HBO series True Blood has [...]

GadgetTrak – Yet Another Anti-Theft Solution For BlackBerry

I guess people are losing their BlackBerrys left and right… At least if you measure the problem by the amount of software out there to help stem it. GadgetTrak just let me know that they have released their GadgetTrak Mobile Security application for BlackBerry. It is even an AT&T certified solution though I have [...]

Pageonce Personal Productivity Assistant – Login To Your Accounts

Pageonce sent me a press release about a cool new application they just released for BlackBerry. They dub Pageonce a personal productivity assistant but I see it as more of a collector of information or a portal that mobilizes information.
Pageonce essentially gives you access to accounts and information that you could not easily [...]

Google Maps Now Finds "My Location" With WiFi

Just to let all of you know Google pointed out that they have update their My Location to take advantage of WiFi. It will now use their beta technology of WiFi access point locations to assist in finding your location. According to Google this will work hand in hand with devices that are already [...]

Zhiing – Mobile Social Networking With Location

Zhiing just let me know about their new application. Essentially Zhiing helps you locate people while on the go. It also is a great way to send addresses to each other. The nice part is that it has a BlackBerry, iPhone, Dash Express GPS, & Browser client so you can send zhiings between them. A [...]

Case-Mate Releases Smart Skin Cases – 20% Off Now

The sharp eyed Hayden @ PinStack spotted some slick new skins coming from Case-Mate that I thought were worthy of mention. The 8300 curve skin looks the best since it has each key laser cut so that it covers the keypad without blocking keys. They even have a 20% off discount right now that brings [...]

MyDJ – Cool New MP3 Player For BlackBerry – Bold Beta Available

Summer let me know about this cool application that Kevin raved about on CrackBerry.com. MusicIP, the company behind MyDJ, is working on a slick new MP3 player with two major differentiating factors. First it will scan your songs and create a playlist based on your mood and it will also allow you to discover [...]

AP Releases Mobile News App Powered By FreeRange

FreeRange has been on a roll recently releasing modified versions for different new sources. The latest is a very slick AP News version that has a different interface. Personally I was a bigger fan of their mobile friendly version of their website.
You can pick it up by pointing your BlackBerry’s browser to bb.apnews.com or [...]