Recent BlackBerry News
Review: OtterBox Commuter Series for BlackBerry Tour
I’m always impressed with OtterBox cases, and how they protect my BlackBerry. For the past week or so I’ve been testing out OtterBox’s new Commuter Series for the BlackBerry Tour. The Commuter Series is the mid-range case from OtterBox, which combines the best of both worlds with its tough silicon skin, and hard shell. The Commuter Series basically just combines two already great products, the Impact Series and Defender Series, which we’ve reviews lots.
Best Buy lists Rogers BlackBerry Curve 8520 $99/$449
It seems the Rogers BlackBerry Curve 8520 is just around the corner. Today Best Buy Canada “accidentally” listed the BlackBerry Curve 8520 for Rogers on their site. It’s currently listed at $99 with three year contract or $449 without. This comes after launch materials and dummy phones have arrived at some Rogers retail stores across Canada. This might mean we will see an official launch sometime soon. Keep checking in…
Check out the Curve 8520 over at BestBuy.ca >>
[via MobileSyrup]
BlackBerry Storm 2 heading to Verizon & Best Buy on October 25th?
It’s no secret that the BlackBerry Storm 2 (9550) will be launching sometime this year. Well it seems that Best Buy has listed the Storm 2 in their internal inventory system as launching on October 25th. If this turns out to be true we would see an official launch from Verizon either late October or early November. My guess is that they may want to wait until November to release the Storm 2, as the original Storm was launch in November. But who knows…
[via Boy Genius Report]
HOT!!! Contest For Our Readers, Tell Us How Your BlackBerry Lights Up Your Life!
We have a great contest for you, and with some thanks and compliments of MMMOOO for the prizes, we know you’ll like it. In light of all the new BlackBerry smartphones coming out soon, and all the promises of things to come, we thought we’d help with the anticipation of the next new app or device (no, it’s not a new Twitter app). What we’d like to know is why you love your BlackBerry, why it lights and rocks your world, or which BlackBerry you’re waiting for and why. The contest begins October 1st and will end Oct 8th. We have ten free copies of Everlight II for the best responses….so c’mon and share, don’t keep us in the dark!
The Official BlackBerry Youtube Channel is Here
Well it’s not like you’re going to see any leaks from them, but RIM has launched the official BlackBerry Youtube Channel. This new channel will feature tons of promo and support videos for BlackBerry. Nothing too exciting, but its something to kill time. Meanwhile keep an eye out for more leaked videos of unreleased BlackBerry devices on Sal’s website. Alternantivly you can find RIM’s official BlackBerry channel here.
BlackBerry Desktop Manager for Mac launches October 2nd!
Exciting news arrived this morning! RIM has officially announced the launch of BlackBerry Desktop Manager for Mac is coming October 2nd. The launch finally comes after being leaked onto the internet, and shown in depth. The new Desktop Manager for Mac will not only backup/restore data, but sync your iTunes, address book, and calender. So all we can say is get ready Mac users it’s almost here!
To download follow this link on October 2nd >>
BlackBerry Bold 9700 & White Bold 9000 Found in AT&T Inventory
Warning the following information might cause slight excitement for AT&T users. Look what was found hiding in AT&T’s Inventory System! It’s the BlackBerry Bold 9700 (formally code-named Onyx) and a white version of the current Bold 9000. Not word on when exactly either of these devices will be hitting AT&T, but you can sure bet it will be soon. Stay tuned while we search for more details…
[via BGR]
Research In Motion And A Freedom Of Information Act
Thanks to Al Sacco, who wrote this great article that brought to light the ongoing saga of RIM, NTP, and the Department of Justice and the legalities RIM is still facing. It’s an intriguing story and great read if you use a BlackBerry. It began in 2002, it was settled in 2006, but it appears that it isn’t enough.
Weekly Sync: BlackBerry News from Week 39, 2009
It’s hard to believe another week has come and gone. It’s time to get you in sync with all the BlackBerry news from the 39th week of 2009. This week was quiet on the hardware side of things, but we did get to check out some new BlackBerry apps, plus the Storm 2 was found in Verizon’s inventory system. Besides that here is all the BlackBerry headlines from last week:
- Review: Fancy Characters v1.2 By Sergey Demyanov
- Nuts, Poker, and Candy: Party With New Games For BlackBerry
- Review: New Transformer Theme, Bumblebee For BlackBerry
- Introducing Crimson, New Theme From Cocky Culture
- Do You Think You’re Safe From Cell Phone Hijackers and Stalkers?
- New Tweet Genius Update Caught on Cam in BGR’s Bold 9700 Review!
- Review: Premium Crimson Theme by Cocky Culture
- HOT!! Get 20% off Gwabbit – Exclusively for BlackBerrySync.com Readers!
- Exclusive Interview With Todd Miller, President Of Gwabbit
- Review: Ever Light II v2.0 from MMMOOO
- Messaging And Social Networking Apps Updated By RIM!
- New BlackBerry HS-500 Bluetooth Headset Coming Soon!
- REDFLY Mobile Companion Announced: The BlackBerry Laptop
- LaterDude Pro v2.0.49 by Fabian Heuwieser
- New! Puzzle World By MMMOOO, Enter The World Of Puzzles
- BlackBerry, U2, and Palm
- Meet the $240,000 dollar BlackBerry Curve, featuring Yellow Gold and over 4,000 diamonds
- Is RIM working on a native Twitter App for BlackBerry?
- BlackBerry Storm 2 (9550) makes it way into Verizon Inventory System!
- P&T/Wireless & Networks Comm China 2009
- Review: Edocrab By Steelthorn Software
Review: Edocrab By Steelthorn Software
There’s a new software out that is going to make shopping more useful. Especially when it comes to Black Friday and Christmas shopping. And this software is free. The app is edocrab by Steelthorn Software. Edocrab is actually the word barcode spelled backwards, and barcode is what this app works off of besides your BlackBerry.
Steelthorn Software has a few different apps, and you’re probably familiar with them already. They have apps like the extremely useful QuickPull, BerryAnnoying, StormLock, and AutoStandBy to name a few. Some are paid, some are free. Well Edocrab is free. I had to try this app out, free or not, to see what all it could do. I love their moto for this app, “Leave the jungle, hit the beach”, it’s a great concept.
I downloaded and installed it on my BlackBerry Tour 9630. The app downloaded and installed quickly. When you go to find it, the icon sits as a barcode with a little yellow/orange crab in the bottom right. When you click on it, the top ribbon has the crab, the words edocrab by Steelthorn, and then the choices below are Scan, Search, Lists, and History.
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- The first screen of the app
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- The app as you see it
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- First results after scan
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- check out pics, videos, and music
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- check out who’s selling the product for the best prices
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- what do consumers have to say about the product
Scanning may take a few times. It’s best in very well lit area and trying to avoid any side lines, just the bar code. If the barcode doesn’t show clearly to the app, it will show you how your barcode pic compares to an example barcode pic. If at first you don’t succeed, you’ll try again till you get it right. After a successful barcode pic, the app will search online and the next screen you’ll see is the product, the cheapest price it found for online, and when you click on the top product, it will show you pics, you can click on video if there’s any, and music if any. The next line is the prices and you can click on it to see which online sites are offering the cheapest prices for that product. Next is reviews. Click on reviews to see what other consumers have to say about the product. And then there’s add to a list.
There’s also Search, where you can search a product, Lists which is what you create of what you want, and History where you can pull up previous searches.
For free, you can’t beat it. I like the products Steelthorn has. Pros are that it is fast to search once you scan. It’s accurate in pricing. The app is free, you can’t beat that. I can see this app being very handy for birthdays (provided you give yourself ample time to be prepared to order online), weddings, anniversaries, holidays, you get the picture. Here’s another pro….the product I scanned was for the same price from Walmart as the scan said it was on Walmart’s online site. So before ordering you might want to just stop by the store and see if it’s available there at that price.
Cons are that is that it sometimes takes a few or more barcode scans before it will accept it. The only stores that it lists are those online (which most of us shop now anyways). And the app is currently available only on the Steelthorn site and the BlackBerry App World. Hopefully it will be available in the BlackBerry Sync Store as well.
Keep in mind that the app is Beta, which means there may still be some bugs or issues, so kindly report any if you experience such issues so that Steelthorn and the developers can make this app even better.
The most current version will be downloadable from the Steelthorn edocrab site itself.
You can grab edocrab for free from the edocrab Steelthorn site here >
You can also grab edocrab for free from the BlackBerry App World here >
Compatible with all BlackBerry devices 4.5 or higher. If your BlackBerry does not have a camera, you can manually enter the upc in manually and it will work the same.
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