Archive for the '8800/8830' Category
Tuesday, July 31st, 2007
Yahoo! Go version 2
OTA Link: m.yahoo.com
Desktop Link: mobile.yahoo.com/go
Cost: Free!
If you remember Yahoo Go that we reviewed a bit back you may be happy to know that they now support the BlackBerry 8830. Personally I am not sure why it was not supported in the first place but who knows. If you do have a BlackBerry [...]
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Friday, July 27th, 2007
Benny Chow has been nice enough to release two free new games for all BlackBerry devices with trackballs. He has both PacMan and Chinese Chess which is also called Xiang Qi. You can download both at this link. The OTA links are listed below thanks to Rivvie:
PacMan: OTA link
Xiang Qi: OTA [...]
6 Comments » | Posted in 8100 Pearl, 8300 Curve, 8800/8830, Free Software, Games
Friday, July 27th, 2007
Fortte BlackBerry 8800 / 8830 Lateral Pouch
Rating: 8.5/10
Link: www.fortte.com
Cost: $29.99 + Customization options
After our last review we move on to the another 8800 case in Fortte’s line of cases. This one is actually one of my favorites since I am a big fan of lateral cases. I wont go to far into the [...]
3 Comments » | Posted in 8800/8830, Cases, Reviews
Wednesday, July 25th, 2007
Seidio has announced an innovative new Case / Holster combo for the BlackBerry 8300. They call it the 8300 RUBBERIZED COMBO (CASE/HOLSTER) for the BlackBerry curve. The funny part is that there is no combo for the BlackBerry 8800. You have to [...]
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Monday, July 23rd, 2007
For all those T-mobile users who were hoping to get some WiFi and Tmobile@home support for their BlackBerry devices you may be waiting again for AT&T’s exclusivity period. BoyGenius is reporting some clear signs that the 8820 WiFi-Berry will be launching on AT&T sometime next week. Head on over to BoyGenius to check it out [...]
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Wednesday, July 18th, 2007
Well the BlackBerry 8820 WiFi Phone that EngadgetMobile showed us before now has some interesting hard specifications. Thanks to MiBlackBerry for reporting the new specs. The specifications are also confirmed by Marketwire press release.
Main Features:
+ Wireless 802.11 a/b/g: WEP , WPA/WPA2 including VPN support
+ UMA support for switching calls from Cellular to WiFi
+ A2DP for [...]
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Monday, July 16th, 2007
The good guys over at Tichnut.de have released a free Hebrew / Jewish Calendar for BlackBerry devices. This update allows you to use the program on 8800 and 8300 BlackBerry devices. There is no OTA install but you can get the desktop manager install at this link. This is really a fringe program but for [...]
6 Comments » | Posted in 8300 Curve, 8800/8830, Calendar/Tasks, Free Software, News, Utilities
Friday, July 13th, 2007
Free Chronograph / Timer for BlackBerry - Created by Michael Hong
Rating: 8.5/10
OTA: michaelportfolio.com/chrono/chrono.jad
Version: 0.92
Cost: Free!
Compatibility: OS 4.1 and higher
Well Michael Hong has done us all a service and released a very useful Stopwatch / Timer for free. This is really something I feel RIM should have built into every BlackBerry. There are one or [...]
8 Comments » | Posted in 8100 Pearl, 8300 Curve, 8700, 8800/8830, Free Software, Reviews, Utilities
Thursday, July 12th, 2007
Fortte BlackBerry 8800 / 8830 STiL Vertical Pouch
Rating: 8/10
Link: www.fortte.com
Cost: $29.99 + Customization options
Fortte is known for quality mobile device cases and the Fortte BlackBerry 8800 vertical pouch is no exception. It includes all of the normal trimmings you can expect from a BlackBerry case including high grain leather and a magnet for [...]
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Wednesday, July 11th, 2007
Jtreitel has posted a website with directions and a download to install Hebrew support for your BlackBerry 4.2.2 OS. I have found that this also works with 4.2.1 devices like the 8800. You can follow the directions on his site here: http://jtreitel.addr.com/berry/ Keep in mind that you must follow the directions to the letter [...]
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