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22:16
The New Bible for BlackBerry Curve and 8800 Series Users!
» ‎ CrackBerry.com blogs

Want to unlock the potential of your BlackBerry but don't have the time to surf through a site like CrackBerry.com? Good News. BlackBerry Made Simple has just released their latest E-Book and this one is literally the BIBLE for BlackBerry Curve and 8800 Series users.

At 628 pages in length and featuring over 1,000 carefully annotated screenshots, BlackBerry 8800 and 8300 Curve Made Simple is a comprehensive guidebook for both newbies and advanced users alike and is unique in that it helps both Windows AND Mac users with all aspects of the 88xx and 83xx. It is available for $25.99 - click here to preview or buy it.

This book follows up on BlackBerry Pearl Made Simple, which was released in late November by authors Martin Trautschold and Gary Mazo. So what are they writing next now that they have caught up with tip books for all of RIM's devices?

Well, they're teaming up with yours truly to write a different kind of book... CrackBerry: True Tales of BlackBerry Use and Abuse. We're really excited about this! We've been working on it for a few months now and are well into it. By the time it hits the printing presses it should be an entertaining, enlightening, informative and helpful masterpiece addressing the Addiction that affects us all! We will of course be giving CrackBerry.com readers the chance to have their stories make the printed pages - more details to come next week!!

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21:19
Kelly Rowland Switches BlackBerry
» ‎ Celebrity BlackBerry Sightings

Kelly Rowland was first seen using a BlackBerry 8800 all the way back in August of 2007. But now, she’s using a BlackBerry Curve. She’s also got the Curve with a blue skin just like Jake Gyllenhaal’s and Jessica Simpson’s.
21:19
LC, Why Do You Love Your BlackBerry?
» ‎ Celebrity BlackBerry Sightings
21:19
Reese Witherspoon Cases Up Her BlackBerry
» ‎ Celebrity BlackBerry Sightings

A BlackBerry skin to match the BlackBerry of Jake Gyllenhaal’s?
21:19
Lindsay Lohan Shops, once again…
» ‎ Celebrity BlackBerry Sightings

Lindsay Lohan seems to have her alcohol addiction in control. Her shopping addiction? Not so much. Here she is shopping for jewelry. Diamonds are a girl’s best friend…but in Lindsay’s case, it’s probably Jack Daniels.

19:30
WeekBerry: Voglio essere FANS!
» ‎ BB World

Classico appuntamento del tardo venerdì, quello dove il sottoscritto fa il riassuntone (anzi, il BerrySunto) di tutto quello che di buono e meno buone c’è stato nella settimana lavorativa che va concludendosi oggi. Mi voglio togliere un “sassolino” dalle scarpe: domani si conclude il CeBIT, molti brand hanno proposto nuovi dispositivi e qualche news; a livello [...]

18:55
BBGeekcast: March 7, 2008 - Episode 2
» ‎ BB Geeks

Things are looking up in our second week of production. We have actual music (!!), so it won’t be just a straight read-through on my part. Not a ton of news this week, though we did sit down with Chris from Videos4BlackBerry, who gave us a look into what he does and how he does it.

So click on over here to hear the BBGeekcast (10 min, 30 sec)

And don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast so you won’t miss future episodes!

Highlights include:

RIM has apparently pulled HTML and Rich Text email capabilities from their latest update. It was pushed back to March 11, so we’ll get all of our answers on Tuesday.

RIM remains atop the corporate world, and judging by the numbers, they could be there for quite some time.

Just a couple of notes mentioned: The MLB.com widget, and our discussion of hosted BES for personal users.

And of course our conversation with Chris from Videos4BlackBerry.info.

Hope you enjoy the show. As always, I promise that if you listen, I won’t be boring.

18:33
GrandCentral Giveaway
» ‎ BlackBerry Cool

GrandCentral, a recent Google acquisition, is giving away phone number redirects to Americans, totally free, without needing an invite. Outside of pushing calls to one number out to your other lines (mobile, work, home, etc.), you also get a wealth of other features, like call recording, phone switching, customized greetings, and it even offers a really slick visual voicemail box for BlackBerry. Normally you need to get an invite, so anyone down south should definitely sign up. Sounds like a sweet deal - too bad I’m in Canada…

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18:07
Indian BlackBerry roll-out seeing difficulties
» ‎ BlackBerry Cool

Word has it from the second-most populous country in the world that BlackBerry deployments are coming under close scrutiny from federal officials, and carriers may have their services stopped if things don’t go well. It all started with one carrier, Tata Teleservices, was denied certification by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs because BlackBerry’s don’t allow “lawful interception”. As result, the MHA will be reviewing all Indian carriers supporting BlackBerry.

Obviously RIM has every interest in keeping their product in such a booming area: “RIM supports its carrier partners in India and we will work together with them to seek further clarity,” a RIM spokesperson said. Combined with rumors of setting up manufacturing and software development facilities in the neighbourhood, a state-imposed BlackBerry recall could really hurt Asian development. Russia recently approved BlackBerry services despite similar concerns, and so did China after a lengthy examination, but in the end they both made it through. It seems downright unfair that the government would renege on prior approval, but stranger things have happened…

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17:46
Jessica Simpson gets the BlackBerry Curve
» ‎ CrackBerry.com blogs

TGIF! And since it is Friday, that means it's time for a Celebrity BlackBerry Sighting! Big news this week too -- it looks like everyone's my CrackBerry Sighting favorite Jessica Simpson has traded in her BlackBerry 8700 in favor of a new BlackBerry Curve (with skin). Jessica wins the CrackBerry.com BlackBerry 8700 Celeb Loyalty Award though as I'm pretty sure she has to be one of the last Hollywood celebs to have upgraded. I wonder how she's found the transition from the 8700 to the Curve?

I remember my transition to the Curve from the 8700 (I never used the Pearl or 8800 in between), and the first few days weren't without hiccup. I missed my trackwheel and I missed the bricky weight/density of the 8700. Wow - I just dug up the forum post I made with my BlackBerry Curve Initial Impressions. Crazy - it feels like I have had it FOREVER, but in reality I have only had it since June 6, 2007 - 9 months and a day! It feels like a decade ago.

Just to pay final respects to Jessica's trusty old 8700, I'll post my two favorite Jessica 8700 sightings after the jump. Have a great weekend everyone!

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16:47
Logiciel de MindMap gratuit pour les bloggers
» ‎ BlackRabbit

Merci à Philippe B pour l’info, comme vous le savez je suis un convaincu et promoteur des cartes heuristiques, et MindJet a la bonne idée d’offrir une licence gratuite de son logiciel MindManager aux bloggers francophones. Toutes les infos sur ce blog : http://lewebpedagogique.com/litterae/a-ne-pas-rater-mindmanager-pro-7-gratuit-pour-les-bloggueurs/

16:40
Weekly Contest: Second Coming of the JesusPhone
» ‎ BlackBerry Cool

The iPhone 2.0 roadmap has been laid out, and a big stop on it is enterprise support. That’s counting push e-mail, contacts, and calendar over Exchange servers, as well as Cisco VPN functions. It was easier to brush off the iPhone and BlackBerry as mutually exclusive up to this point, but push e-mail is seriously stepping on BlackBerry turf, and enterprise customers will now have another viable option to consider when shopping around. BlackBerrys won’t be shoved out of the office any time soon, but increased enterprise support from Apple will no doubt win over more than a few pairs of thumbs. So here’s the question of the week: What will it take to get suits to switch from BlackBerry to the iPhone? Apple’s still in the testing phase, so there’s still plenty of features and additions to take into consideration.

The one who nails the challenges that need to be met will get a copy of FlipSide, in the vain hope that swooshy album covers on your music player will get you to stick with BlackBerry.

Beruhmte casino.

In addition to last week’s entrants, we got one more from Kyle, which was aiming to match up with Bplay’s Democrat theme. Awesome idea Kyle, and you might be seeing a skin/theme combo sooner than you think…

Although Flower was pretty slick, we’re going to give the win to Urban Grunge. The screen background fits really nicely with the skin, the battered look suits the style better than Retro Flower and it appeals nicely to the guitarist demographic. Our first place prize pack starts off with $50 cash, with 10 skins from DecalGirl thrown in, along with 3 themes from Bplay, as well as a copy of FlipSide, appropriate for Urban Grunge’s musical flavour. Best of all, you’ll be seeing Urban Grunge up on DecalGirl very soon, so keep your eyes out! Thanks a lot for the entries, everyone! Our two runner-ups will be getting a game from Bplay and a skin from DecalGirl for their artistic endeavors. This was a great first run, and we hope to do something like this again soon!

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16:23
BlackBerry Blackout by Indian Government?
» ‎ BlackBerryInsight

There are some reports …

that Tata Teleservices’ application to offer BlackBerry Services in India has been rejected after the Department of Telecom (DoT) forwarded the request to the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).

Via Tech2

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16:20
10 Giorni a Milano Mobile Business
» ‎ BB World

Il Countdown che da qualche giorno ho installato qui su BBWORLD parla chiaro, mancano 10 giorni al Milano Mobile Business, l’annuale incontro organizzato da Soiel International, e che vede protagonisti i più interessanti brand internazionali, presenti con delle piccole aree espositive, ma anche con interventi durante la convention. L’evento si sviluppa su due giornate (18 e [...]

16:12
YouTube On Your BlackBerry With BlueApple.mobi
» ‎ BerryReview.com

I just came across a thread on CrackBerry Australia (www.crackberry.com.au) about a link to YouTube videos from your BlackBerry browser. The link is [www.blueapple.mobi] . Hit it from your browser and search for your favorite video. I just triedIl http://www.gratuito-poker.com ? un gioco di carte. it with the ‘Star Wars Kid’ video and it worked perfectly. The best part is when you hit the link to the video, you can choose to watch or save to your memory card to watch later.

Thanks for the tip ‘CybaCowboy’. Enjoy…and don’t fill up your memory card too quick…
16:06
FindMe - Share Your Location On Facebook Without GPS
» ‎ BerryReview.com

Kevin, on CrackBerry, pointed out a new free innovative application from Electric Pocket called FindMe. The application reports your location to the Facebook application counterpart and lets you tag certain locations. For example you would tag “Work” at work and so on.

The coolest part is that the application does not use GPS! It uses the cell tower triangulation we have learned to love in Google Maps. The developers were smart enough to add a few features that I think are necessary. You can go off the grid. (I have always wanted to say that) Also the application does not broadcast your location unless it is a location that you have tagged previously. Your location is also not stored (I hope) so they are at least trying to deal with “big brother” and privacy concerns.

If your interested you can pick up a copy of the beta and the Facebook application by going to this link: [electricpocket.com]. I have to say that I like the direction Electric Pocket has taken with BlackBerry development. With applications such as Flipside and Ringo they are really pushing the envelope of what you can do with your BlackBerry!
15:51
BerryTunes 2.2 Now Supports Custom Radio Stations
» ‎ BerryReview.com

I just got an email from Josep about a new release of BerryTunes. Personally I have not had a chance to try it myself but it looks pretty cool. They have spiced things up by adding support to custom online radio stations. No word that I can find on exactly what format of custom radio station they are talking about but this may get one step closer to Podcasts on your BlackBerry.

The software now also supports streaming over WiFi and using Bluetooth. There also seems to be some confusion about what devices the streaming will work well on. Personally I do not think EDGE has the consistent bandwidth necessary for streaming audio but I have been wrong before. The software also works with the new OS 4.2 8130 which is refreshing.

You can pick up a free trial (limited to 3 days or 30 plays) or a full copy from the BerryReview store for $19.99. If you do end up trying it out let me know.
15:41
BES 4.1 Service Pack 5 Released To RIM Alliance Partners
» ‎ BerryReview.com

I just got a tip from one of our readers who, wishes to remain nameless, that the new Service Pack we have been mentioning is now available for BlackBerry Alliance Partners. This is a good sign since the official May 11th release date (shown below) seems to be on track.

The reader also mentioned that he has tried following the instructions Jibi mentioned on BoyGenius with some luck. He cant share screenshots but I thought it would be interesting to mention. He did not recommend trying it outside of a lab.

Hopefully we will be seeing the full public release soon.
15:33
GPSed Now Allows You To Attach Photos To Your Trip
» ‎ BerryReview.com

GPSed has finally added the feature that completes the circle of their offering. Until now you could use GPSed to keep track of where you went and your waylog. Now you can automatically connect your GPSed account to Picasa and have your pictures automatically added to the place they were taken based on their timestamp. Pretty hot stuff. I wish I had this when I was going cross country with friends! So far they have only added Picasa support but Flickr is coming next.

You can see a demo of it in action here or read their announcement about it at this link.

GPSed is still free and comes to us from SHAPE services. They really have been busy recently with their free offerings.
15:28
Apple iPhone SDK here at last; Should we be worried ?
» ‎ BerryReview.com

Well I’m on the other side of the world and we don’t even ‘Officially’ have the iPhone here yet, so I will do my best…

The ‘Software Developers Kit’ or SDK was released today, or was it yesterday, as it’s already tomorrow here, but if it’s tomorrow, why haven’t we got the phone of today that’s so ‘yesterday’ yet…Damn, I think I just confused myself…

I got hold of a couple of unlocked iPhones about 6 months ago via eBay (more for review and comparison purposes). The 3rd party software that is available to the moment is absolutely dreadful…Seriously, I have seen better material written by 2 year olds !

As Ronen stated in a previous article, Apple have also announced that the new version 2.0 iPhone firmware with enterprise support is supposed to be coming in June. That’s just a little over 3 months away. So, should Rim be worried ? My guess is ‘Very’. The iPhone has swept the world. The ‘wow’ factor should have warn off, but with a Worldwide advertising campaign and clever product placement (ie: Academy Awards and ‘Mythbusters’ just to name a few) it is continuing to be the ‘Must Have’ item. When you add something like enterprise support to such a popular item it will catch on like wildfire.

Don’t get me wrong here. Yes, I am a ‘huge’ fan of Apple.(Anyone who has read my articles over the last 6 months or so would know that ). But I’m an ever bigger BlackBerry fan. Sure, the iPhone might be good at playing music and YouTube video clips but at the end of the day, I still consider it nothing more that a ‘Toy’. (Mine has been relegated to the task of iPod since I’ve done the side by side. And while I’m on the subject, Sorry for not having written it up yet, but I’m still….Oh hell, I’m just lazy ).

So what will Rim do about it ? What will they do to secure up there existing customer base and get back the inevitable converts ? Your guess is as good as mine…I think this is only something Rim, and time can answer.

15:22
RIM taps Will.i.am to target consumer market
» ‎ BB Geeks

We’re seeing a real convergence here. The Apple iPhone was invented to be a neato-o device for the consumer market. But now it’s trying to enter the business realm with Exchange compatibility and push email. RIM’s BlackBerry was invented to be a useful device for the business market. But not only are we seeing more and more people adopting the BlackBerry for personal use, we’re seeing RIM try to develop that market. Some of this relates to the rumored 9000 series, but for right now, it relates mostly to social networking. And that’s where Will.i.am’s Dipdive comes in.

RIM plans to make the Dipdive community — which is heavily focused on politics in general and presidential candidate Barack Obama specifically — available wireless via BlackBerry.

“Probably the two hottest trends in wireless are social networking … and the other one is the multimedia, which is principally portable music,” Balsillie said.
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Dipdive, he said, is an example of this — where politics-heavy blogging meets music video content.

“It brings the artist into a direct relationship with the fan,” Balsillie said.

This isn’t RIM’s first foray into social networks. I don’t think you’ll have difficulty remembering the BlackBerry Facebook app. I know Rae hasn’t…

[Reuters]

14:55
Why Won’t You Dump Your BlackBerry For An Iphone?
» ‎ RIMarkable

I am sure that everyone is going to be talking about the iPhone SDK for some time to come and and certainly the doom and gloomers that think that the BlackBerry is about to go the way of the Palm Pilot. I know, for a fact, however, that many a BlackBerry user is just as hooked on their BlackBerry as much as iPod users or hooked on their iPods and they simply won’t switch because they love the things so much.

There is no way that RIMarkable could have survived for 4 years if the BlackBerry didn’t have an awfully strong following and I just don’t see tens of millions of BlackBerry users dumping there devices simply because you will be able to get email from Exchange pushed to the iPhone 4-6 months or so from now.

Initially this post was going to be a top 10 list why most BlackBerry users won’t be switching any time soon, however, I couldn’t narrow the list down. So many RIMarkable readers send me emails every day about why the BlackBerry is for them that even if I could narrow the list down, it just wouldn’t seem right to do so.

That being said, I’ve decided to pose the question to the BlackBerry faithful.

Why won’t you dump your BlackBerry for an iPhone?

I know that some BlackBerry users will switch. Some BlackBerry users already have. To quote from a Heath Ledger movie, however, many BlackBerry users feel that the iPhone has “been weighed, the iPhone been measured, and the iPhone has been found wanting.”

14:53
Exhibitor Spotlight: Digby
» ‎ BlackBerry Cool

Digby is a completely free mobile commerce service. Using the software, you get access to products from stores like Best Buy, Office Max, Godiva, Z Gallerie, Wine.com, and a lot more. They even recently announced that they’ll be selling books from Barnes & Noble, all without having to browse sites not designed for mobile phones. Plus, features like robust search options, descriptions and images of everything in the catalog, the ability to browse and place orders while offline, and more are all included free of charge. Maybe we can look forward to some new partnership announcements at WES…?

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14:51
Hostopia email service available on BlackBerry
» ‎ BlackBerry Cool

Hostopia has just announced that BlackBerry users can now receive emails sent to an address on Hostopia’s servers. Like GoDaddy’s email service, BIS users simply enter the email address and password and they should be good to go. Users of their SyncSuite applications can also sync their calenders, contacts, and tasks wirelessly. It’s a good day to be a Hostopia customer, apparently.

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14:50
Handango reports on BlackBerry numbers in 2007
» ‎ BlackBerry Cool

Handango has released their annual Yardstick report, which reports on global smartphone trends. Just like last year, BlackBerry has shown incredible growth. Over 11,000 new applications for BlackBerry were added, a staggering 135% increase over 2006. In downloads, entertainment apps overtook business-oriented content as the most downloaded, getting 17 and 16 percent of sales respectively. The increase in entertainment content might explain why the more consumer-oriented Pearl was one of the most-used devices for content downloads. The top 10 most downloaded apps list follows after the jump…

1. Ringtone Megaplex (ringtone library)
2. Sudoku (puzzle game)
3. Colour Your Trackball (trackball customizer)
4. IM+ (instant messenger)
5. Ascendo DataVault (password manager)
6. WorldMate Live Gold Membership (travel assistant)
7. Aces Texas Hold’Em - No Limit (poker game)
8. IM+ for Skype (instant messenger)
9. SplashID for BlackBerry (information security)
10. Crackberry Ringtones Deluxe (ringtone library)

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14:08
Videos4BB on BBGeeks Podcast
» ‎ Videos4Blackberry

Hey folks, just wanted to pop on and let ya know about the BBGeeks Podcast (http://www.bbgeeks.com/podcasts/bbgeekcast-march-7-2008-episode-2-88245/) that Videos4BlackBerry was on today, I had the opportunity to sit down with Joe and discuss a few things regarding the site.. be sure...

13:46
Wie Sie mit Ihrem BlackBerry per DNS-Lookup einen passenden Hostnamen zu einer IP-Adresse finden
» ‎ BlackBerryInsight - Deutsch
Vor allem wenn Sie ein BlackBerry-Gerät mit Wi-Fi-Unterstützung haben ist dies sehr nützlich. Manchmal möchte man einfach nur wissen, welcher Hostname hinter einer IP-Adresse steckt.

Die Standardmethode, das Durchführen eines “DNS-Abgleiches” eines Hostnamens, wäre der erste Schritt, den Sie wohl auf Ihrem Desktop-Computer tun würden. Alle BlackBerry-Geräte mit Wi-Fi-Unterstützung, wie das 8320 Curve, 8820 und 8120 Pearl, haben solch ein Feature in Ihrem BlackBerry-Betriebssystem gleich mit eingebaut! Das ist wirklich angenehm!

Hier ist die Schritt-für-Schritt-Anleitung:
- Gehen Sie in den Startbildschirm mit den BlackBerry-Programmen.
- Wählen Sie Einstellungen.
- Gehen Sie auf Wi-Fi-Verbindungen.
- Öffnen Sie das Menü.
- Wählen Sie Wi-Fi-Diagnose-Werkzeuge.
- Öffnen Sie das Menü.
- Wählen Sie DNS Lookup.
- Scrollen Sie runter.
- Geben Sie eine IP-Adresse ein.
- Öffnen Sie das Menü.
- Wählen Sie Lookup Host.
Sie werden die Ergebnisse darunter sehen können. Viel Spaß!

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12:55
USAF, NAVY, ARMY - Temi BlackBerry 83xx, 87xx, 88xx
» ‎ BB World

In mattinata ho voluto toccare (marginalmente si intende) l’argomento che vorrebbe Apple e RIM in “guerra” sul mercato Business; non credo che sia stato questo il motivo che ha spinto la creazione di questi temi, ma se è guerra, allora meglio essere preparati no? E’ direttamente Steven (CEO di Themes4BB) che ha prodotto i tre temi [...]
12:24
BES 4.1 SP5 già scaricabile, ma solo dalla Partner Zone
» ‎ BB World

Con qualche giorno d’anticipo sulla relese pubblica (prevista per l’11 Marzo), è disponibile in Partner Zone il download del nuovo aggiornamento del BES, il tanto famigerato Service Pack5. Essendo in Partner Zone è evidente che ad oggi solo i partner dell’ISV possono scaricare il nuovo aggiornamento, per tutti i “comuni mortali” si deve attendere la [...]
12:01
SingTel e RIM lanciano BB 8110 a Singapore
» ‎ BB World

Con l’usuale comunicato stampa congiunto, SingTel e RIM annunciano il lancio di BlackBerry 8110 PEARL a Singapore. Singapore- Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel) and Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today announced the availability of the BlackBerry® Pearl 8110™ smartphone in Singapore. The BlackBerry Pearl 8110 smartphone is packed with powerful communications and multimedia capabilities [...]
11:14
SDK per iPhone: Apple lancia la sfida … a tutti
» ‎ BB World

Ormai ne leggiamo da diversi giorni, un po’ tutti i grandi portali che si occupano della categoria “schermo e tastiera” hanno annunciato l’evento di ieri, ovvero l’evento del lancio dell’SDK per iPhone (e iPod Touch). Lanciata la sfida a RIM? Leggendo in giro quelle che sono le risposte date da Jobs e collaboratori vari pare di [...]

8:01
Courteney Cox Shields Paparazzi With BlackBerry
» ‎ Celebrity BlackBerry Sightings

How can one afford to dangle their BlackBerry like that? It’s bound to fall. It’s such a trend for celebrities to be carrying their BlackBerrys along with 65 other items in one hand. Remember our post with Kate Hudson?–Girl has big hands.
8:00
Mario Is A BlackBerry User
» ‎ Celebrity BlackBerry Sightings

Mario has been booked to join the sixth season of Dancing With The Stars. Here he is showing off the versatile 3.5mm stereo headset jack of the BlackBerry Curve. He’s probably jamming out to some dance tunes to practice that fox trot of his.
7:59
Don’t Cough Up A Fur Ball, Jessica
» ‎ Celebrity BlackBerry Sightings

7:35
BlackBerry Software Roundup for March 7th, 2008!
» ‎ CrackBerry.com blogs

As always, it's been another busy week here at CrackBerry.com. Lots of new apps and themes to talk about today... Some available in our software store, others out and about on the web! Lets get right down to it!

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7:25
GrandCentral - FREE!!! (for a bit anyway)
» ‎ CrackBerry.com blogs

For those of you that have been scouring the planet for a Grandcentral invite, look no further. For now (and who knows how much longer) you can sign up for your very own Grandcentral account with no strings attached - and no invite required. Head over to [www.grandcentral.com] before it's too late.

I'm not sure where this popped up from (it looks like our bud Ronen at BerryReview was first to post it!), but I do know that if you don't have a Grandcentral account you really need to get one. For those of you that don't know anything about GC - essentially it gives you a phone number of your choosing (from a list in your area that GC offers) and it's yours for life. Any calls to that number will forward wherever you'd like - cell, work, home etc. You can setup spam filters for those evil telemarketers, address groups that will forward to a specified location, switch phones mid call, listen to voicemail online and even save your messages for eternity (so they say). The options are immense. Long story short - sign up first so you don't miss your chance, and read about it later. This is one freebie you don't want to miss.

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7:18
Making "Cents" of Unlimited BlackBerry Plans
» ‎ CrackBerry.com blogs

First off, let me say trying to find exact pricing for these "Unlimited" plans on each carrier's website was like trying to find a Wii on Christmas eve. If only each carrier had an easy to find simple page that laid out every calling/data plan - life for the consumer would be so much easier. Instead, I was forced to choose a phone, enter my zip code, pick my data package and minutes allowed and on and on. All I wanted to do was find a flat price for unlimited use of a Blackberry with data and voice, seems easy right? Countless clicks led me in the right path and a few hours later I (think) I have it figured out. From what I found, Verizon, AT&T and Sprint offer truly "unlimited" packages for BlackBerrys, while T-Mobile left waiting to jump on the bandwagon. So here I have compiled the straight up for the four major carriers in the USA.

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6:59
BlackBerry Enterprise server 4.1.5 disponibile per il download !::..
» ‎ BlackberryItalia.it

Con qualche giorno di anticipo ecco disponibile la SP5 per il BES !

4:30
MobiTV takes on HowardForums
» ‎ BlackBerry Sync

The folks over at HowardForums have got themselves into a little battle with MobiTV and need our support! A member of the forums posted a private URL which allows virtually anyone with a computer to access MobiTV files. Now because of this information being posted on HowardForums they want to have it removed and shut down. You can read the full details over here and please DIGG IT so everyone knows. HowardForums has been around for many years and has provided tons of valuable information, we can’t let one little company stop them.

Update: Looks like everything has been fixed up between Howard and MobiTV. MobiTV claims they never had intentions to try and shut down HowardForums, they simply just wanted to protect their product.
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3:59
Get GrandCentral Free Without An Invite! (For Now)
» ‎ BerryReview.com

Yes you are not seeing things. I said free without an invite. I don’t know how long this solution will last because GrandCentral is getting prepped for a full release soon. I just checked and the method does work without a hitch on three different machines.

The best part is that you don’t need some benevolent stranger to send you and invite. You also don’t have to sell your first born.

All you have to do is go to this link and sign up:

[www.grandcentral.com]

So you have to be asking yourself could it really be that easy. I guess you will just have to believe me. So what are you waiting for?

BTW: I can’t promise how long this will work but PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT IF IT WORKED FOR YOU!

2:34
Ali Lohan Is A BlackBerry User
» ‎ Celebrity BlackBerry Sightings

We’ve all heard of how much Ali Lohan craves to be as famous as big sister, Lindsay Lohan. Ali’s working so hard to get noticed that she is even following in Lindsay’s footsteps.
Leather apparel? Check! Chanel handbag? Check! BlackBerry? Check!

…bottle of vodka in the handbag? Definitely check!
2:34
Dwayne Johnson Is A BlackBerry User
» ‎ Celebrity BlackBerry Sightings

Do you smell what The Rock is cooking? Dwayne Johnson A.K.A. The Rock steps out of the gym in Hollywood while carrying a BlackBerry on his hip.
2:33
Hilary Duff Demands Fish Eggs
» ‎ Celebrity BlackBerry Sightings

Alright, that’s a fake title and fake caption we added on this picture. But, who knows what our little starlets eat these days with their gigantic paychecks.

edit//Speaking of gigantic paychecks, we just noticed that Hilary Duff is using two BlackBerrys! One BlackBerry is the one she’s using and the other is in her other hand. Baller! How did we miss that?

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Blackberry Media Player
» ‎ Blackberry Freeware

xPlayer Is a free media player which I wanted to post for a long time, but waited until it was out of beta. Now I've been using xPlayer for a few months and I think its a great media player everyone should have in their Blackberry. Not only does it play the usual audio files but plays video files in full screen. I've converted some videos to my blackberry's screen size and it looks great.

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RIM SDK: A Pre-Teen Schoolgirl
» ‎ DevBerry
Just yesterday I sent a fairly scathing bug report to devsupport@rim.com after working with what I believe to be one of the worst APIs I’ve ever used in my entire life. Choice comments from my email include:
- “[Author] may have dropped several Quaalude’s while writing.“
- “Could write something more useful after downing a bottle of Jack Daniel’s and being simultaneously hit over the head with a two-by-four.“
Because I was using this API to develop a pretty cool feature for the next version of BBSmart Email Viewer, I won’t go and identify exactly what API it was until after we’ve released that (always keep competitors guessing!). Man, even after sleeping on it the anger of yesterday is still burning inside me. What sort of person would write such a horrid monstrosity? I can only surmise that if a competent RIM developer did write this API, they surely hate BlackBerry developers which such fury I have never seen.

On a related note, recently I was looking over on Jonathan Fisher’s blog and I noticed he’s not blogging about the BlackBerry anymore and in his links section now has a link to the main BlackBerry site with a comment: “My job, for my sins“. Developers blogging about the BlackBerry I’ve noticed tend to not last very long. In fact, I think I’m pretty much the only one still going? I think most just stop caring somewhere along the way, a situation I’ve found myself in many times. I talk to a lot of BlackBerry developers and I don’t know a single one that likes RIM. Not one. Developers feel ignored. They feel like RIM spent less than five minutes hacking together the APIs that we are supposed to use everyday. Most developers I know can’t satisfy maybe 40% of the feature requests they get from customers because of API limitations and most I know go out of their way to tell this to customers too. The end result is that customers look poorly upon RIM’s technical skills. Even with this new feature I’m building in I’ve had to make some sizable compromises because of bugs, limitations, and flaws in the design of the APIs I’m trying to use. Customers will email us and say “Why couldn’t you do X?” (where X was likely something we initially wanted to do!). What should I say?

And so today it was with interest I read about the iPhone SDK being released over on engadget. Another platform SDK (along with Google Android, Windows Mobile, Symbian, etc.) that just makes the BlackBerry SDK look like a pre-teen schoolgirl. If 2008 is the year of change, why have I so far only heard about a half-hearted Eclipse plugin that everyone at EclipseCon will hate because it still only runs on Windows? For the record, RIM, if you’re listening, I still seriously advise you to pull out of EclipseCon. Seriously. You’re not doing yourself any favors showing up with that.

Lastly, one of the funny things about running this blog for me is that, despite it being a blog about BlackBerry development, I’ve received far more attention from Google and Microsoft than I have RIM. I talk semi-regularly with some engineers at Google and I’ve had some interesting offers come down the pipe to me and Microsoft has sent me a whole cache of Windows Mobile things to play with. In my next post actually I’ll put up a picture of me wearing a funny T-shirt MS sent which references the BlackBerry. I guess some companies understand developers while others don’t.

Look, I’m not saying that I want free stuff from RIM. The point is that Google, Microsoft and Apple are companies that are mobilized and ready to let developers know they’re worth ten million bucks. RIM seems mobilized and ready to let developers know they’re worth a buck fifty and a couple of tin cans.

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BB 8110 launched in Singapore
» ‎ MyBlackberryWorld

SingTel and RIM announced the availability of the 8110 in the island republic on 4th March.

Designed for people who want to make the most of their work and personal lives, the BlackBerry Pearl 8110 smartphone comes complete with built-in GPS (Global Positioning System) allowing mobile users to pinpoint their location, a 2-megapixel digital camera with video capture capability*, a powerful multimedia player, robust email and messaging features and premium voice and data capabilities including phone, web browser, organizer functions and access to a wide variety of business and leisure applications. The BlackBerry Pearl 8110 smartphone is now available from SingTel at a suggested retail price of SGD538 with a 2-year contract.

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