Parrot is reporting that Bluetooth headset sales are hitting new highs in California and Washington due to their new cellphone laws. Its interesting to note that California gave out 7,182 tickets in July for breaking the law. In Washington a little more than 100 drivers were given tickets in July since they can only be [...]

Stefano just let me know that GPSed released a new version of their GPS tracklog application. They definitely seem to be on their last beta release of GPSed unless they have plans for version .9999.

The new version lets you share tracks on Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and Blogger. They also added a new auto-zooming [...]

I have been keeping an eye out on this promising Bluetooth GPS receiver for awhile now on shopblackberry.com. It is scheduled to finally be released this week on August 16th.
From the product description:
Now you can enhance the BlackBerry® Maps functionality on your BlackBerry® smartphone with the USGlobalSat GPS Receiver. Pinpoint your current location, then [...]

Thomas let me know that Tiggit is out of beta. It is essentially a IMAP. POP3, & SMTP client for your BlackBerry. The cool part is that it supports IMAP idle which gives you almost push email for many email accounts. Tiggit is a separate email client from the native BlackBerry client. Its a great [...]

Review: Jabra SP5050 Speakerphone
Rating: 7/10
Link: www.jabra.com
Cost: $58.99 from NewEgg.com
I picked up the Jabra SP5050 from Costco a couple of weekends ago, because I have been driving across state quite a lot lately, and my Jabra Earpiece is not the most comfortable thing to wear on 5 hour trips. I picked it up for about [...]

In an interesting twist from their PictureID application Toysoft has released Picture Dial. It is essentially a customizable speed-dial application based on pictures. It lets you dial a contact, send an SMS/email, or browse a website just by clicking pictures. There does seem to be a trial available and you can pick it up for [...]

Now this service is clearly targeted towards English speaking users heading to the Olympics in China. Turns out that Jajah launched a new service today that translates between English and Chinese Mandarin in quasi-realtime.
You just call their US, UK, or Australian access code from any phone and talk into it. It will then confirm what [...]

A reader just sent us this little tidbit of news. We told you about EZ Reregister before but it required a yearly subscription fee. They have now decided to remove the subscription fee for Basic accounts. I listed the difference between the basic and premium accounts below:

The basic account lets you store your application registration [...]

Kathy asked me where she could find Bejeweled for her BlackBerry so I did a bit of research. Turns out that EA/Handmark has licensed the Bejeweled game and is selling it for the BlackBerry for $14.99. A bit pricey in my opinion but a fun & addictive game nonetheless.

With a little bit more [...]

Review: Pop Cap Game’s Chuzzle
Rating: 10/10
Link: www.bplay.com
Cost: $9.99 from bplay
By far the greatest game ever released for your BlackBerry! In my humble opinion of course! - Nathan

I recently had the chance to play around with Pop Cap Game’s Chuzzle, from bplay. This game is made by the same people that brought you Bejewled and [...]