Archive for the 'News' Category
Monday, February 4th, 2008
I just got this urgent email on my BlackBerry. It turns out that some registered users of Empower, including myself, have been getting error messages in the latest version of Empower Mail Viewer Pro. A bug seems to be causing the program to incorrectly notify you that your registration has expired. By downloading the new update [...]
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Friday, February 1st, 2008
Magmic has run a little late on their usual Thursday releases but I guess Friday is pretty close. Today they just released two new hot games for BlackBerry. NEXT is a familiar puzzle game that I have seen for a few devices but sadly it has no trial.
What really perked my interest is the new [...]
3 Comments » | Posted in Games, Magmic, News
Friday, February 1st, 2008
During CES we mentioned the new FranklinCovey PlanPlus application for BlackBerry. At that time their website was confusing and offer very little in terms of details about the application. They finally got their act together and created a portal just for BlackBerry users. You can check out the info at the following link:
http://www.planplusonline.com/rim/
The service is [...]
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Friday, February 1st, 2008
Nlusso.com has the details about another BlackBerry GPS tracking application simply called BlackBerryTracker. The BlackBerryTracker application is free and it has a pretty simple idea. You install a program on your BlackBerry that automatically sends your location to the BlackBerryTracker.com website every 30–60 seconds. You can then login to the website and see were you are [...]
5 Comments » | Posted in Free Software, GPS, News, Utilities
Friday, February 1st, 2008
The guys at GoogleSystem have posted some great tips on how to improve your Google Mobile search. Many BlackBerry users are familiar with the customized mobile search provided by Google since March last year but Google has never bothered to explain all of the features.
Well GoogleSystem has done us a favor and detailed the top 10 uses [...]
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Thursday, January 31st, 2008
I know many people were waiting for this for quite awhile. Jorge of www.blackberrygtd.com just sent me an email about the release which is currently available for Desktop and OTA installs. From my understanding, Remember The Milk is an implementation of GTD (Getting Things Done) for BlackBerry and is an extension of the much used [...]
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Thursday, January 31st, 2008
Reports have been coming out all around the country about a data outage on AT&T today. It does not seem to have been a problem on RIM’s side since this is also hurting iPhone users. I have not seen any issues on AT&T in New York but InfoWorld and quite a few others have reported [...]
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Thursday, January 31st, 2008
All you budding theme creators now have a new challenge. Steve, the admin of Theme4BB, has put up a $250 bounty for the best theme. There are quite a few rules and restrictions to the contest but I think most are in the spirit of fair competition. This contest seems to be targeted towards the [...]
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Thursday, January 31st, 2008
S4BB has been on a roll releasing small applications for BlackBerry devices. The most recent in their lineup is their RandomPassword Generator. For $9.95 S4BB allows you to generate complex passwords on your BlackBerry.
As a security conscious person I would usually say that this is a good idea. The problem is that there is already [...]
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Thursday, January 31st, 2008
I guess red is February’s color of the month for BlackBerrys and all the carriers are jumping on the bandwagon. I assume the red is intended as a Valentines day gift?
Alltel is the latest carrier offering the same 8130 but now in red. The price is the same as the bluish version they offered until now at $149.99 after a [...]
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