Press Release! AppStore is Official!
New online distribution channels to benefit consumers, carriers and developers as market for BlackBerry applications continues to grow Again Straight from the People at RIM: Santa Clara, CA – BlackBerry Developer Conference – Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today announced two major distribution initiatives for BlackBerry® smartphone applications at the BlackBerry Developer…
Vlingo Opens Up Version 2.0 for Public Beta
We may have been known by others in the BlackBerry community for giving a little bit of slack to Vlingo. We just were not happy with the product that they submitted for the general public, it was a release nightmare. I can say that if I was the developer, I might have scratched it after…
Telus & Bell Announce GSM Plan
Put this one in the “Win” column for GSM fans. It looks like within a couple of years, Canada will be a fully GSM country. Bell and Telus have announced, independently, that they will be striving to “achieve HSPA GSM service by 2010 with the intention of an eventual 4G LTE network”. This is a…
Verizon’s Storm Workbook Leaked!
While I am sure that this was not an accidental leak, and I am doing exactly what the advertising executives want me to do, I can’t help but be excited for this leak! It looks like “someone” has gotten their hands on the official training manual for the BlackBerry Storm. It actually has some pretty…
A Tool Living in a Fashion World
Review: OtterBox Defender Case 88XX [rating:9] Link: www.OtterBox.com Cost: $49.95 @ The BerryReview Store I would like to start off by saying, this is not my favorite case, it is not on my device today for several reasons that I will get into later. However, I would not be without this case, and I think…
Review: Beyza Adds Style and Class to BlackBerry Devices
Review: Beyza SlimLINE Leather Case [rating:9] 9/10 Link: www.BeyzaCases.com Cost: $33.50 @ BeyzaCases.com Before reviewing this case, I had never heard of Beyza Cases. Honestly, I’m not really sure how I could have missed them, if their entire product line matches up with this case, they should certainly be getting more attention. The Review Unit…
Themes Hit New Levels With Plazmic 4.6
Michael Small, of BlackBerryThemes.co.uk, just sent me his latest batch of themes and there is some cool stuff happening in the world of themes. Since Plazmic 4.6 is unofficially floating around the Internet, we have had the opportunity to check out some of the new stuff before the official release. This upgrade adds the ability…
Elicite Releases Impressive Premium Themes
So it has been a few weeks since we talked about Elecite, but they have just released some really neat looking themes. While these themes do cost $6.99 and require OS 4.5 to work correctly, I can personally attest to the fact that they are worth every penny. When you purchase a theme from Elecite,…