Archive for the 'Vendor' Category
Tuesday, January 15th, 2008
Review: Empower InstaSpell - Inline Spellcheck
Rating: 9/10
Editors Choice Award Winner!
Version: 1.31
Link: www.getempower.com
OTA: www.getempower.com/ota/
Cost: $15 Trial Available
Empower InstaSpell has been around for quite awhile now but after RIM came out with a free native spell checker I thought it would be irrelevant. Now that I have had a few months to play with the native [...]
2 Comments » | Posted in Editors' Choice, RIM, Reviews, Utilities
Monday, January 14th, 2008
Recently we posted about a rant by Neil, the developer of BBSmart HTML Email Viewer, on his blog DevBerry.com. It seems that Neil is not alone. Jonathan Fisher, the developer of BlackBerry Web Shortcuts and a few freebie games, has added his thoughts to the mix.
Both of these developers are essentially making some very similar complaints. RIM has not [...]
4 Comments » | Posted in Editorial, RIM
Friday, January 11th, 2008
On Tuesday I met with Nicholas Reichenbach of Magmic Games at CES. Nicholas (avatar on left) is the VP of Publishing at Magmic. He gave me the lowdown on what Magmic and bPlay have planned for us in 2008. The details are skim but it seems like Magmic is posed to take over the entertainment [...]
3 Comments » | Posted in Games, Magmic, News
Tuesday, January 8th, 2008
Not sure exactly which devices are compatible with this theme but I am sure It works on the Curve and Pearl series devices. The theme is actually quite slick and is designed by Scott Campbell the Tattoo artist. Scott is releasing a new line of decal stickers (called tattoos) for BlackBerry but I have not [...]
Leave Comment » | Posted in Free Software, RIM, Themes
Thursday, December 27th, 2007
…and now it looks worse than it did before! Seriously will RIM ever learn? In June we mentioned how RIM had redesigned its mobile.blackberry.com site from the cool flashy homepage to a new static one. They also removed many of the free games they had previously offered and now only rotated them.
I will preface the [...]
Leave Comment » | Posted in News, RIM
Thursday, December 27th, 2007
RIM is giving away copies of Holiday Midnight Pool for the BlackBerry Curve and Pearl series devices. This game seems to be Gameloft’s Holiday Midnight Pool game for the BlackBerry.
The downloads are available from the BlackBerry Owners Lounge and do not have OTA options. I never really understood RIM’s reasoning for separating their mobile site [...]
1 Comment » | Posted in Free Software, Games, News, RIM
Wednesday, December 26th, 2007
I am paranoid about security so I found this Knowledgebase article by RIM very useful. In this article RIM describes the exact steps you need to take to put your BlackBerry device in lockdown. It does not include instructions on how to encrypt the memory card and device memory but that is a straight forward [...]
Leave Comment » | Posted in BlackBerry FAQ, RIM
Wednesday, December 26th, 2007
It seems like T-mobile has decided to push out a link to all of their BlackBerry subscribers for their Facebook application. I have already received two emails about it so I thought I would let everybody else in on the details.
RIM and T-mobile have pushed out a link to many T–mobile BlackBerry users that puts [...]
7 Comments » | Posted in Editorial, RIM, T-mobile
Tuesday, December 25th, 2007
It is not just any device that gets blown up for the whole world to see in Times Square. I was strolling down the block this Christmas Eve and was astonished to see such a large ad for BlackBerry devices. Just thought you would enjoy seeing a BlackBerry 8300 blown up and plastered on a NYC skyscraper. [...]
5 Comments » | Posted in 8300 Curve, AT&T / Cingular, News, RIM
Friday, December 21st, 2007
Call Of Duty returns to the BlackBerry with Magmic newly released sequel to the Call Of Duty 3 Game that we reviewed a few months back. The new Call Of Duty 4 (very original) brings some new gameplay to your BlackBerry and some better graphics from what I can tell. You can read the full blurb below. [...]
Leave Comment » | Posted in Games, Magmic, News