Archive for the 'Hardware' Category
Thursday, September 11th, 2008
BlackBerry Thunder was caught on video. Bla1ze just let me know that Kevin @ CrackBerry spotted the video on YouTube. So far the device looks nice but I am still a Bold man. I am still trying to understand the idea behind a touchscreen that is also a button that also vibrates when you push [...]
5 Comments » | Posted in 9500 Storm, News, User Submitted
Thursday, September 11th, 2008
Thanks to a secret agent for letting us know about the latest OS for the Bold. Hopefully this is an improvement over the previous .134 version.
BlackBerry Bold 9000 OS4.6.0 release 268Platform: 4.0.0.144Applications: 4.6.0.147
The link sent in is:http://www.mediafire.com/?6woahampydf
If you install it let us know how it works in the comments.
NOTE: Do not install this software if [...]
7 Comments » | Posted in 9000 Bold, News, User Submitted
Wednesday, September 10th, 2008
Both RIM and T-Mobile sent us press releases announcing the new device last night. Seems like Doug was on the money. I just still can’t believe that RIM stuck with “Pearl Flip 8220″ as the name of the phone. Talk about a mouthful. I can already hear it now “look at that hot Pearl [...]
2 Comments » | Posted in 8220 Flip, News, RIM, T-mobile
Wednesday, September 10th, 2008
You may remember Ronen posted a little while back about eVeeks new premium theme site launch, Elecite.com. I had the opportunity to test the ‘Distinct’ theme which is available for 81xx, 83xx, 87xx & 88xx Blackberry devices running OS 4.5.
I would say this theme has a ‘futuristic/abstract’ sort of style. The overall color scheme [...]
Leave Comment » | Posted in 8100 Pearl, 8300 Curve, 8700, 8800/8830, News, Themes
Tuesday, September 9th, 2008
Douglas, with BBCool.com, leaked info that RIM plans to “officially” announce the existence of the BlackBerry Pearl 8220 at the CTIA convention in San Francisco tomorrow. As most of you know this is RIM’s first venture into the land of flip phones. This news is not all that surprising considering Rogers, Canada’s largest wireless provider, [...]
3 Comments » | Posted in 8100 Pearl, Hardware, News, Rumors
Tuesday, September 9th, 2008
When Mark sent in this tip I had to read it twice. It turns out that RIM is planning on taking homescreen application installation icons and rebranding them as widgets. They even have a knowledge base article describing the 3 that will be released. The three are: weather push service, stocks powered by Reuters, and [...]
4 Comments » | Posted in 9000 Bold, News, User Submitted
Tuesday, September 9th, 2008
Here we go again folks. It seems that when it rains it pours, themes that is. Akakios, from BlackLightThemes.com sent me a few screen shots from his latest creations. I really like this latest batch of themes!
This round brings us some cool stuff. The first theme you see below is a Dragon Theme, I really [...]
Leave Comment » | Posted in 8100 Pearl, News
Tuesday, September 9th, 2008
Everyone pretty much knows that Themes4BB.com has one of the largest archives of FREE Blackberry themes. What you may not have known is that they also have a ‘Premium’ Theme section where, for a small fee, you can pick up some really cool themes.
Chad, from Themes4BB, was kind enough to send me some of the [...]
3 Comments » | Posted in 8300 Curve, 8800/8830, Themes
Monday, September 8th, 2008
Review: RexRegina’s Morgan Case
Rating: 8.5/10
Link: www.RexRegina.com
Cost: $44.95 @ The BerryReview Store
This has to be one of the nicest BlackBerry cases that I have ever had the opportunity to review. Note that when I say nice, I am speaking only about the quality of the case itself. The case is made from the nicest Italian [...]
Leave Comment » | Posted in 8300 Curve, 8700, 8800/8830, Cases, News, Reviews
Monday, September 8th, 2008
Mothy at www.blueroomsolution.com sent me this theme to test it out and it turned out to be my new favorite theme. I definitely need a calendar on my home screen at all times so this is just what I needed. The theme comes with bold style icons which light up in a white neon style [...]
6 Comments » | Posted in 8300 Curve, News, Themes