Back in 2007 we kept on hearing about the virtual BlackBerry experience coming to Windows Mobile 6.0. Even as far back as the T-Mobile dash was supposed to support it. Then we heard about an upcoming virtual BlackBerry experience for Symbian and that also has yet to pass. The DLL files have already been in [...]

Thanks to Frank for sending this one in since I had not heard about it from Bplay. Turns out that Bplay’s new game, The Bourne Conspiracy, is now up for sale on their site. Looks like a cool action game. Sadly there is no trial but the recent action/adventure games from Bplay have been quite [...]

Kevin @ CrackBerry has followed up with his review of the KickStart hardware with a video review. If you have not already I recommend checking it out at this link. Personally I am not much of a KickStart/SureType fan myself but its interesting to see RIM thinking outside the box.

Josep let me know about a new Signal location tool that was just released on BBForums. The author describes it as a utility that captures and displays details about your network connection and location. In short this is for the geek inside us all…

Features:
Displays network information such as signal level, services supported, cell [...]

Thanks to quite a few anonymous tipsters who sent this in! OS 4.5.0.69 for the 8310 has been spotted all over the interweb.
For example:
Here & Here
NOTE: Do not install this software if you do not know what you are doing. It may make your BlackBerry FUBAR or just plain angry.

 Telstra Australia has released the first of the v4.5.0.xx firmware for their 8310 devices today. Hopefully this will be the first of many of the new operating system upgrades across all networks in Australia. You can get the upgrade at this link; Download
Source; BlackBerry Forums Australia.

Review: Electric Pocket’s TxtForward
Rating: 6.5
Link: http://electricpocket.com
Cost: $7.95 @ The BerryReview Store
TxtForward is a very simple application with a huge potential. The software takes incoming SMS messages and forwards them to the email address of your choice. Now many people wonder “Why in the heck would I want to do this?” Well, there are many [...]

Michael over at BlackBerryThemes.co.uk has just let me know that he has four new FREE themes posted on his website. Personally I’m a big fan of the “Bottom Dock” themes. With the release of Plazmic 4.5, themes just keep getting better and better. The themes are posted for the 88**,83** and 81** series devices. Keep [...]

Mike from gWhiz reminded me that back to school season is right around the corner. I thought it would be a great time to remind everybody about the 3 free applications that gWhiz released not to long ago. These applications are mostly targeted towards students. The three are:
gFlash+ - A flashcard and trivia application [...]

I was having some issues with my Gmail (BIS) account yesterday and finally figured out what was happening. Google forgot to renew their SSL certificate for Gmail. This caused most of the mail clients that connect to Gmail to throw up red flags. I wonder who is getting the flack about this at Google…
GigaOM managed [...]