Archive for May, 2009
Beyond160 v 1.0, Brings CDMA devices more than 160 letters per text!
GSM carriers never have an issue allowing a BlackBerry to send long texts. If it’s long, it will automatically break it into 160 character chunks. The term for this is Extended/Multipart SMS. It might break it into six messages, but you only pay for one. This is not supported on CDMA BlackBerry models such as [...]
WES2009 Moments And Highlights From Tuesday On Twitter
WES2009 has now been going on for two days. I’ve been watching my Twitter, reading it and enjoying the pictures and updates. While it was somewhat quiet today, there were a few tweets from our fellow Tweets. So here’s what you have missed this Tuesday if you’re not following Al Sacco, Bla1ze, CrackBerry Adam, CrackBerry [...]
Software Review: So Ingenius, It Must Be TweetGenius
Today was a very exciting day, with the official release of a new Twitter client named TweetGenius. I know there’s Tiny Twitter, TwitterBerry, SocialScope, SocialScope Lite, and ÜberTwitter, so what makes TweetGenius so unique? It’s not like SocialScope or ÜberTwitter, it doesn’t integrate Facebook or Google, or any other program with Twitter. It’s not like TwitterBerry or any [...]
BeeJive IM releases BlackBerry Storm Beta!!
Finally! The folks at BeeJive have just released their early stage beta for the BlackBerry Storm. Unfortunantly the beta version is lacking a few features such as chat logs and file transfering but its great to see their working on it. So if there is any Beejive IM users out there who have been patiently [...]
RIM CEO confirms BlackBerry Storm 2 in the works!
Research In Motion co-CEO Jim Balsillie has confirmed with Reuters that they are in fact working on a next generation Storm. RIM saw strong sales of their heavily criticized BlackBerry Storm and that means that they will continue working on next generation versions for the consumer market. The RIM CEO would not confirm anymore details [...]
OS Alert: BlackBerry Curve 8900 OS 4.6.1.231 Leaked!
Just because WES is going on doesn’t mean the OS leaks stop! OS 4.6.1.231 has been leaked for the BlackBerry Curve 8900. Keep mind this is a beta OS and has not been officially released by RIM at this point. If you would instructions on how to upgrade your BlackBerry OS check out our new [...]
BlackBerry Curve 8520 “Gemini” First Impressions Review
Kevin doesn’t seem to be too shy with all these un-released BlackBerry devices. He recently got his hands on the new low end Curve (code-named Gemini) and now it’s time for his first impressions hands on review. This will be the BlackBerry Curve 8520 which will sport Quad-band GSM with EDGE (Unfortuantly no 3G), Wi-Fi, [...]
WES2009 Moments and Highlights From Monday On Twitter
Many of us weren’t able to attend WES2009, but there those who are there who are generous enough to go and share the adventure and information with us as they explore the event. These great BlackBerry Gurus have brought the WES2009 to us through video and Twitter. In case you have missed Monday, I’m going [...]
BlackBerry Floats Higher Than Apple, As RIM’s BlackBerry Curve Beats Out Apple’s iPhone
The NPD Group, a leader in wireless industry market research, released their “Smartphone Market Update” report which is based on US Consumer sales of smartphones. And once again, RIM proves to be the leader. The NPD Group attributed the rise to a “buy-one-get-one” sale by Verizon Wireless, which helped RIM’s numbers increase by fifteen percent [...]
Hot!! Elecite’s new Urban Theme for BlackBerry Bold, Curve 8900 and Storm
Meet Elecite’s latest premium BlackBerry theme designed for the BlackBerry Bold, Curve 8900 and Storm. It features 10 high definition rotating wallpapers but yet still provides maximum speed and performance on your BlackBerry so you don’t have to worry. It’s quite an amazing piece of work and is now available for all three devices. You [...]
Software Upgrade Alert: LiveTracker v0.2.0 Now Supports Twitter!
The Skylab Tracking Team has just informed us that their LiveTracker for BlackBerry app now supports Twitter. The program is still in beta but it’s also free for noncommercial use. With this program you now have the ability to share your GPS location through Twitter. That’s pretty sweet, free and to tweet it too! For [...]
BlackBerry Extends Push API to Developers @ WES 2009
When I woke up this morning I had tons of email and 5 of which was RIM letting us know about their new announcements before WES ’09. One of them caught my attention right away (BES 5.0) then followed by this one titled “RIM Further Extends Push Technology to BlackBerry Developers” which is great news! [...]
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