Archive for the 'News' Category
Friday, August 22nd, 2008
Gareth pointed out this funny post on IntoMobile that I had to mention. Turns out that some team at North Carolina State University is working on printing solar panels onto jackets & ties. These will supposedly allow you to charge your cellphone just by standing in the sun… I can’t say that I would be [...]
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Friday, August 22nd, 2008
Eric pointed out this application by Concrete Software that we had not mentioned before. Turns out that Concrete has released yet another Golf scorecard application for BlackBerry. Talk about a crowded market. Links Scorecard joins GreenFinder, IntelliGolf Eagle, mScorecard Golf, and the free Wireless18. I guess quite a few people are playing golf and tracking [...]
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Friday, August 22nd, 2008
When I read about this site on WapReview I had to mention it. Mike created a free site using MobileSiteGalore which lists the FBI Most Wanted Fugitives. This is the same list they have published around the country. The developer also added the most wanted terrorist, missing children, murders, and quite a few others. Very [...]
2 Comments » | Posted in Mobile Websites, News
Friday, August 22nd, 2008
Sally sent in this interesting link on Google’s Mobile portal. It looks like they are compiling the scores and information about each Summer Games category. They even have a cool mobilized version of the news if you click the link on the bottom of the page…
Check it out by heading to this [...]
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Friday, August 22nd, 2008
A friend of mine pointed out the mobile version of MSN’s website to me and I was pleasantly surprised to see that it actually looked quite good on my BlackBerry. Obviously I have some gripes like the video not working but that is to be expected since the site is targeted at Windows Mobile users. [...]
7 Comments » | Posted in Mobile Websites, News, User Submitted
Friday, August 22nd, 2008
Frank just let me know that the Jawbone II has dropped a bit more on some major retailers. I know quite a few people who have been waiting for the price to go down so this is a welcome turn. The two places I have found with it at this new price are Newegg [...]
2 Comments » | Posted in Coupons, News
Friday, August 22nd, 2008
After T-Mobile added their extremely cheap ($2 for the whole family) Family Allowance feature it was only a matter of time before other carriers jumped in. Verizon is next with a much more expensive offering of $4.99 per line for the ability to set limitations on voice minutes, messaging, schedules, content filters and whitelists/blacklists. Personally [...]
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Friday, August 22nd, 2008
RIM sent out a reminder yesterday that the BlackBerry Developer Conference early bird registration discount is over at the end of August. In short that means $799 instead of $999. The conference is on October 21 and 22 in Santa Clara, California. The deadline for papers is today. I wonder if they got anything interesting…
Check [...]
2 Comments » | Posted in News, RIM
Friday, August 22nd, 2008
“Say ‘ello to my little friend!” - Sorry I can’t help myself with Scarface quotes. Bplay just let me know that they released Scarface MPR for BlackBerry today. The game looks very slick but sadly does not have a trial version. Its available now for $9.99 at the link below.
Scarface MPR - $9.99
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Friday, August 22nd, 2008
Our good friend Simon at BBCool just posted some unboxing shots of the Rogers branded BlackBerry Bold. Lucky B@$….
On a side note our Canadian friends can now order their own Bolds from the Rogers website at this link for a hefty $399 with contract.
Come on AT&T… Its what the cool carriers are doing! RIM [...]
1 Comment » | Posted in 9000 Bold, News