Archive for the '8800/8830' Category
Thursday, December 13th, 2007
I have been asked countless times about how to encode video to play correctly on a BlackBerry. So I decided to write up a post with a short description of the 2 free pieces of software I use to re-encode video to play on my BlackBerry 8310 Curve. There are other commercial video encoders but personally [...]
8 Comments » | Posted in 8100 Pearl, 8700, 8800/8830, BlackBerry FAQ, Free Software, Multimedia, Video
Wednesday, December 12th, 2007
Cradlepoint has released a new version of their wireless EVDO router that now sports a battery for wireless freedom. They have improved upon the router we mentioned previously by adding a battery!
The new Cradlepoint PHS300 takes everything in the CTR350 and adds a built-in lithium-ion rechargeable battery to allow a kind of wireless freedom [...]
1 Comment » | Posted in 8800/8830, News, Sprint / Nextel, Wifi
Tuesday, December 11th, 2007
Brandon has whipped up a great BerryReview theme for the holidays which we can all enjoy. The theme incorporates the orange and blue styling of BerryReview.com (which we know you have come to love) into a slick design. I personally just installed it and I am loving it. The today screen has got a nice [...]
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Monday, December 10th, 2007
Dirkdigital has just released a very nice South Park theme for the BlackBerry 8800 series devices. Usually these themes are useless because the icons do not make sense for the application but Dirk has found a cool solution. On the side of each icon is pretty good representation of what the icon does. For example, [...]
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Monday, December 10th, 2007
Peter from Eveek.com has just released a great new theme for BlackBerry 8300 and 8800 series devices. The new theme is called Candy and is just a plain style (Not Zen or Today) theme that has some cool button designs. This is for the fun loving BlackBerry user who likes the colors of the iPhone [...]
2 Comments » | Posted in 8300 Curve, 8800/8830, Free Software, News, Themes
Wednesday, December 5th, 2007
Its been awhile since we mentioned an 8800 theme but Moorken just released a nice Metallica today theme on BlackBerryforums. For all you Heavy Metal fans this is a nice throwback and has a very nice interface. I cant imagine installing this on my work BlackBerry but I know a couple of users who will [...]
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Monday, November 26th, 2007
Peter at BBextras.com has been busy developing one of the coolest themes I have see so far for BlackBerry devices. His latest creation is called Aero and is compatible with BlackBerry 8100, 8300, & 8800 devices. The new theme is obviously styled around the Windows Vista Aero look and even has a start menu. This [...]
2 Comments » | Posted in 8100 Pearl, 8300 Curve, 8800/8830, News, Themes
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007
It seems that after all the hubbub about GPS being locked down on the Verizon 8830 there is finally a way to use Verizon’s Navigator service on your 8830. A new patch that Simon at BBCool caught opens up the door for Verizon 8830’s to work with the Verizon Navigator GPS application. If you remember [...]
7 Comments » | Posted in 8800/8830, GPS, News, RIM, Verizon
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007
That has to be one of the longest theme names I have ever seen. NancyDrew at Themes4BB has released this new theme that is just a big mashup of styles. It incorporates icons from the iPhone and backgrounds from Louis Vuitton with butterflies added for effect. I am not sure what else I can say [...]
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Tuesday, November 20th, 2007
UPDATE: The Flash is actually part of DC Comics not Marvel. Thanks Mark I stand corrected
Michael has posted a great comic theme on Themes4BB. The new Marvel3 theme he released is based on a background image of the Flash (If you remember your comics). The theme is a bit hard on the eyes [...]
2 Comments » | Posted in 8800/8830, Free Software, News, Themes