My favorite note taking tool, Evernote, is going BlackBerry by a popular demand. What this means is that RIM device owners can extend their addiction to their QWERTY smartphones with yet another useful app, which allows them to manage existing and add new notes while on the go. Like with the iPhone version, Evernote for…
Thomson Reuters Launches BlackBerry App
Media giant Thomson Reuters is getting a little more mobile, now with a dedicated BlackBerry application so you can catch up on the latest news from around the world while on the move. Handmark is helping out in the operation, and has already powered Forbes, Associated Press and Wall Street Journal apps with their publishing…
Web-Based BlackBerry Widgets En Route
The most eye-catching of the many sessions at RIM’s Wireless Enterprise Symposium was the introduction of BlackBerry widgets, which are built entirely on web-based languages. This is the horn Palm is busy tooting for WebOS, but RIM’s take will be a little different. They’re essentially working on a hybrid system which will allow developers to…
RealPlayer Working on Mobile Video Conversion Software
RealPlayer had a booth at WES showing off a very handy utility that’s still in the works (and so no pics), but certainly worth a mention. Their desktop application chews through videos and compresses them to a mobile-friendly format for a variety of different platforms. Of course support for all the latest BlackBerrys was shown…
Virgin Mobile Canada Launches BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230
Virgin Mobile Canada has launched a new device… The BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8320. Virgin Mobile (which was recently acquired by Bell for $142 million) will push the device at the following price-points: 3-year: Free 2-year: $299.99 1-year: $349.99 30-day: $399.99 Free is always good, as long as you don’t mind being tied into a 3-year…
Hands-On with Lenovo Constant Connect for BlackBerry
Lenovo’s Constant Connect card was launched shortly before WES 2009, and while at the show, I got a chance to take a looksee for myself. The acessory basically plugs into a ThinkPad and lets your e-mails recieved by BlackBerry get shunted right through to Outlook on your computer. The real genius here is that this…
Premium WM6.5 Zen Theme for BlackBerry
Kissberry Designs has put together a real nice premium theme for the BlackBerry recently. Called the Premium WM6.5 Zen Theme, it features a scrolling icon bar with 10 customizable icons. The animations are smooth, and the overall feel of the theme is colorful and crisp. A real nice job done on this one! Perhaps what…
Verizon Wireless Dumps BlackBerry Storm OS 4.7.0.141… For Now.
Verizon Storm users… Have you been waiting patiently, wondering when the OS .141 update was going to come down the tube? I know a lot of you were. Apparently, the OS has failed Verizon Wireless’ testing, so it may be awhile yet before you can get your hands on the new build. I wouldn’t be…
Leaked: T-Mobile Walmart Roadmap… BlackBerry 8520 Coming in July!
BGR has managed to get their hands on a T-Mobile roadmap for Walmart stores. The info we can glean from it is very interesting. First off, according to the leaked roadmap the BlackBerry 8520 will hit us as early as this July from $78! Only a few months later in October the price of the…
BlackBerry Onyx Spotted in the Wild, New Details Emerge
So here I am, relaxing and trying to watch some of the ‘DaVinci Code‘ in preparation for the big premiere of ‘Angels & Demons‘ later in the week… When I come across some awesome BlackBerry goodness to share with you all. It seems as though my bud Kevin has scored some first pics of the…