Archive for the 'Vendor' Category
Tuesday, September 4th, 2007
Magmic has quietly released another two great looking games for BlackBerry devices. They have released both IQ Academy and NFL Gridiron. Sadly both of the games do not have trial versions. Below are the descriptions from Magmic.com:
NFL Gridiron: NFL GRIDIRON is a simulation-style football game featuring 8-on-8 gameplay. All 32 NFL teams are [...]
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Monday, September 3rd, 2007
ESPN has teamed up with RIM to provide you a free shortcut to ESPN mobile on your BlackBerry homescreen. There are no frills when it comes to the link since it is really only just a shortcut link to the mobile ESPN website shown on the left. You can get the shortcut at this link [...]
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Friday, August 31st, 2007
Seidio has been hinting at a release of an OEM-sized extended battery for the BlackBerry curve for awhile. The new Battery packs in 1300MAH which means around 15% more battery life. The cool part is that unlike previous extended batteries this battery is the same size as the original battery so you don’t need a [...]
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Wednesday, August 29th, 2007
Hayden James, the guru behind PinStack.com, has managed to get some excellent screenshots of the upcoming BlackBerry 8120 AKA Pearl 2. My favorite is the new loudspeaker opening on top and on the back of the Pearl so that you can place it on a table. Also nice is the new side loading memory card [...]
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Monday, August 27th, 2007
Every week or so there comes out a new article discussing the new and improved “BlackBerry Killers.” This article at The Register is no different. The author Andrew Orlowski even starts off the article professing his hate for BlackBerry devices and the BlackBerry formfactor before even beginning his review:
For me, the BlackBerry form factor seems [...]
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Monday, August 27th, 2007
Josep at MiBlackBerry has tipped us off on some screenshots of the new 4.3 OS posted by FroZen on BlackBerryForums. The new screenshots show a few new features in the 4.3 OS. These upgrades include a new wireless OS update, email interface, contacts interface, and a voice recorder. Check out the screenshots below courtesy of [...]
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Friday, August 24th, 2007
A new Globe and Mail article talks about a new RIM technology that will allow you to organize your BlackBerry media files from your desktop called BlackBerry Home Server. This is really targeted towards the consumer market which is a big step forward for RIM. The software would reside on your Desktop or Laptop and [...]
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Thursday, August 23rd, 2007
Jo Swift has written one of the most thought provoking articles I have read about the “BlackBerry Addiction.” He is obviously against our much loved device but his writing shows how many excuses we have for the constant communication do not hold up to scrutiny. He has just announced that he is going on vacation [...]
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Thursday, August 23rd, 2007
While there are no hard details on when carriers will be launching the new BIS 2.4 there are two new knowledge base articles on BlackBerry.com that explain a few of the new features in BIS 2.4.
The first one: New features in BlackBerry Internet Service 2.4
Automatic login (new BlackBerry Internet Service subscribers only)
New subscribers can create [...]
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Monday, August 20th, 2007
BoyGenius does a wonderful job of drumming up these juicy little tidbits about BlackBerry release dates. According to him the new 8820 devices have started shipping to AT&T warehouses around the country. It seems that AT&T is hushing this up since they don’t want to be stuck with a large stock of 8800’s [...]
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