Yfrog, a popular service from the guys who made Imageshack for sharing pictures over Twitter, now has a standalone application for Android and BlackBerry. The app allows you to view tweets from followers and people you’re following, check messages and mentions, and, of course, upload pictures and videos. The Android version is a tad more…
How to Access BlackBerry Engineering Screens
Those who are curious and brave enough to dive deep into the BlackBerry operating system’s guts will be interested in hearing about this tool for accessing hidden engineering screens. It’s a pretty simple process. From the homescreen, hit Alt + Shift + H (or Alt + EACE on SureType devices like the Pearl, or Escape…
BlackBerry and iPhone Apps Plugging into Chevy Volt
You car nuts out there might be familiar with Chevy’s upcoming electric car called the Volt. It will be able to do some neat stuff, like begin charging on a programmable clock and have OnStar built in, but at the LA Auto Show last week, they showed a slide of the good old BlackBerry…
Vlingo Everywhere Recognizes Voice in Every BlackBerry Text Field
Vlingo has released a new feature for their BlackBerry voice control app called Vlingo Everywhere, that basically lets you input text into anything on BlackBerry (NSDQ: RIMM) using voice alone. This video demos it working with the native calendar, SMS, and Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Maps, just as a taste of what it can do. All…
Seesmic for BlackBerry Updated
While busy at Le Web conference in Paris, Seesmic squeezed an update to their BlackBerry Twitter client, bringing it to 1.1.10. The first release for Android and BlackBerry came out last month, and I wasn’t too impressed with the Bold version, but it has since improved dramatically. The user interface has been cleaned up (like…
BlackBerry Enterprise Server SP1 Maintenance Release 1 Intros Exchange 2010 Support
There’s a little upgrade to BES service pack 1 that was released earlier this month – this maintenance release is fully certified to work with Microsoft Exchange Server 2010. Here’s the short version of the full release notes: BlackBerry® device dashboard Changes to the BlackBerry Configuration Database schema Changes to the BlackBerry MDS Connection Service…
RIM Updates BlackBerry App World to 1.1.0.24
The boys and girls at RIM have no doubt been busy working on the latest upgrades to App World, and recently an official release was pushed out. Now you can get App World version 1.1.0.24. If you haven’t received notification already, you should see one real soon. As per usual, no changelog was made available…
BlackBerry Curve 8530 bringing WiFi to Sprint on Jan 10?
The BlackBerry Curve 8530 has already launched on Verizon as the WiFi-toting update to the already capable BlackBerry Curve 8520, but it has yet to land on Sprint’s network. Last we heard, the Sprint BlackBerry Curve 8530 was rumored to launch on December 18th, but new information has landed in our inbox indicating that the…
OS 5.0.0.411 Leaked for the Bold 9000, Curve 8900 and 8520
Over the past 24 hours or so, there’s been a whole whack-load of OS leaks for various BlackBerry devices. Perhaps none are more notable than the updates that have leaked OS 5.0 for the Bold 9000, Curve 8900 and 8520. If you’re on one of these devices and have been waiting for 5.0, now’s your…
Loopt Updated with BlackBerry Bold 9700, Curve 8530 and 8520 Support
Loopt, the BlackBerry app that lets you ‘Discover the world around you’ has recently been updated with new device support. Now you can get Loopt on the BlackBerry Bold 9700, and Curves 8530/8520. Awesome. The update also features some new, very key enhancements including: Official support for OS v5 Enhanced location accuracy, especially for Tour…