Archive for the '8100 Pearl' Category
Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
One of our readers, Sasha, just let me know about a new piece of software for the BlackBerry 8130. Since I do not have a 8130 I cannot test it out but I am hoping one of you kind readers will give it a whirl and get back to me.
MapWith.Us seems to have the mapping [...]
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Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
I was checking out the BlackBerry help page during the last few days and ran across two new themes. One is called Aqua and the second is called Tickled Pink. I can confirm that they are available for the 8100, 8300, & 8800 series devices but I am not sure which other series devices are [...]
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Monday, March 10th, 2008
Over the weekend AAA announced the released of the AAA Mobile application for the BlackBerry 8830 & 8130 devices. Sadly missing from the mix is the 8300 and non CDMA devices. All AAA Mobile subscribers can now use the application including directions. I am not sure if this is targeted as a Telenav competitor but [...]
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Wednesday, March 5th, 2008
Some readers have been complaining that we have not been covering the BlackBerry Pearl theme front so I decided to showcase some Pearl only themes that I like. The most recent one I ran into was created by Constabl and released on Themes4BB.
The theme is called Plain BLACK Berry for a reason. The theme is [...]
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Tuesday, March 4th, 2008
Corey at VistoThemes.com has released a slick new Google Android based replica theme for the BlackBerry. As you can see in the title the theme supports practically all modern flavors of the BlackBerry device. The theme is commercial so it will run you $6 but as you can see in the pictures below this is [...]
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Monday, March 3rd, 2008
Rollin just let me know about slick new theme he released this month on eVeek.com. The theme is called Luminescense Zen for a very simple reason. Every button is understated and when you select a button it lights up all neon and nice. Pretty nice idea. I like that fact that it gives the BlackBerry [...]
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Monday, March 3rd, 2008
ViSi has released a hot free Xbox 360 theme on PinStack after a user requested it. He pointed the theme out to me and I have to say it looks really nice. That is if you like the Xbox 360. I would definitely check this theme out if you are an Xbox/Microsoft fan. The icons [...]
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Friday, February 29th, 2008
UPDATE: The developer let us know that this theme is now a commercial theme. Check out the comments for more details.
BetteDavis has released a hot new theme on Themes4BB that I wanted to share with you. This Light Show theme brings a cool header bar that is translucent and looks very Vista-like. I love the [...]
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Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
The good guys over at CrackBerry.com celebrated their 1 year birthday yesterday by releasing two variations of a hot Zen bottom dock theme. The theme is designed by the cutting edge JC Designs/GadgetBean owner John.
The icons are very nice but did not come out as clean cut as I would expect when I installed the [...]
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Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
One of our readers, Carl, just sent us a tip that OtterBox has released their new case for the BlackBerry Pearl 8120 and 8130 for $49.95.
Below is an extract from their news email:
“OtterBox introduces the slim-fit OtterBox 1936 to protect the BlackBerry® Pearl™ 8120™ and BlackBerry® Pearl™ 8130™ series smartphones from Research In Motion (RIM). [...]
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