After I mentioned the ‘Smartest Cover’ for the BlackBerry Storm yesterday, I wasn’t too surprised to wake up and notice an email from the team over at Smartest Cover. I had raised concerns directly to them about the lack of quality images of the product… and sure enough, they came through for me. Hopefully these…
BlackBerry 9700 Specs Leak, Sound Exactly Like Every Other New BlackBerry
Well, gawrsh, what comes after a 9500 and 9600 series BlackBerry? 9700? Good guess, and apparently RIM’s got it in the works. The specs are pretty much identical to what we’ve been seeing in the latest smartphones, and we don’t have any codenames yet, but here you go anyway: Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE UMTS/HSDPA 480×360 resolution display…
‘Smartest Cover’ Lets you ‘Feel’ Your BlackBerry Storm
Just received an email from the folks at Smartest Cover. They’ve released a brand-new product that lets you ‘feel’ the keyboard of your device… in their first kick at the can, they’ve released a cover for the BlackBerry Storm! The patented technology places tactile markings over corresponding letters on your Storm’s virtual keyboard. Two versions…
BlackBerry App World Update to Feature microSD Archiving, Web Portal
The next version of BlackBerry’s on-device application store, App World, has been promising most notably a launch across much of Europe, but after digging around some documentation , it turns out that’s not the only thing waiting for us in version 1.1. Flexible storage capabilities: This feature permits BlackBerry App World™ storefront users to remove…
BlackBerry 8530 Aries Coming to Verizon?
Those of you locked into Verizon contracts and eyeballing the recently-announced 8520 Curve on T-Mobile will be happy to hear a CDMA version is in the pipes. The 8530 (code-named Aries) was spotted first a few months ago, and according to the new spec sheet, is markedly similar to its GSM cousin: 320×240 resolution screen…
TextGuard Announces Mobile Device ‘Compliance Solution’
If you work for a larger business or corporation, chances are your internet use, email, and maybe even your text messaging is monitored. Rules, regulations and ‘compliance monitoring’ seem to be the theme of the day, especially in secure industries. In fact, some regulations demand that electronic messages are archived and monitored at all times.…
New ‘Eerie’ BlackBerry Theme from Elecite
Looks like Elecite is at it again. I’m quite a big fan of their BlackBerry Themes, and this new offering lives up to their high standards. ‘Eerie’ brings a certain dark, grungy flavor to your BlackBerry as you can see from the promo image above. Available for the typical $6.99, ‘Eerie’ is available for the…
BlackBerry Onyx 9020 Rocking Leather Battery Door
If you weren’t sure that the BlackBerry Onyx 9020 would be taking the Bold’s place down the line, maybe a similarly-styled leather battery door will convince you. This may still be a prototype that doesn’t make it to production, however, since we’ve also seen models with a trackpad (rather than a trackball, as found on…
RIM Releases New Web Development Tools
New plug-ins for the Eclipse and Visual Studio development environments have been announced that will help application makers get started with web apps for BlackBerry. RIM’s latest push to support web apps was made at the last BlackBerry Developer Conference, so there has been sufficient time to get dev feedback and polish the tools. With…
Cool App of the Day: VQ CarFinder App for BlackBerry
Now here’s an app that would come in handy for a guy like me. Ever find yourself at that big sporting event, or perhaps you were doing some shopping at the mall, and for the life of you, you can’t remember where you parked your vehicle? This has happened to me more than once, and…