Follow Ontarians Unify4Life have officially launched two of their products – one, a software-based home entertainment controller for your BlackBerry that communicates via Bluetooth to a hub called AV|Shadow, had been seen a couple of months ago, but their separate garage door controller dubbed Garage|Shadow is brand-spanking new. I remember when I first saw these…
Hunted and Captured: OS 4.7.0.86 for the BlackBerry Storm 9530
That’s right, it’s BlackBerry Storm 9530 OS upgrade time! This time around OS 4.7.0.86 has been leaked. This is another ‘unofficial’ update folks… So be careful. No word on what is new in this OS, no doubt that my bud Kevin over at CrackBerry and his tipster haven’t had a chance to try it out…
Slacker Announces Music App for BlackBerry
Over CES, online music service provider Slacker announced their application for BlackBerry, first spotted at CTIA and highlighted during the BBDC keynote in the fall. I had tried out nuTsie, and although it was completely wireless, there were some reliability issues. I wonder if sideloading through Slacker would be any better… Time to give it…
Bluetooth Car Visor from BlackBerry Spotted
Although there wasn’t much in the way of earthshattering BlackBerry news for CES 2009, we did get a chance to see another couple of accessories surface: a handsfree car system and some new earbuds. The new “executive” headphones are pretty ho-hum – extra volume controls and swappable colour plates, but the car visor attachment actually…
BlackBerry booth- CES Las Vegas 2009
We’re going to ignore the fact that this booth could more correctly have been called the “RIM booth.” Afterall, RIM makes the BlackBerry. The BlackBerry booth at CES Las Vegas 2009 was in the same exact spot that it was in last year. The new BlackBerry 8900 Curve was on hand to usher in a…
ColorWare Now Offering BlackBerry Storm Customization
ColorWare has added a new device to their lineup of awesome case customizations. You can now send in, or buy a brand new BlackBerry Storm from ColorWare! The customization options are many. Choose from many metallic and solid colors… and select any combination of colors you’d like on the back, top, bottom, frame and sides…
XBerry Live! Shows XBox Gamertags on BlackBerry
We’ve got a bit of a lull at CES until the Samsung press conference, so here’s a little something from outside the bubble – XBerry Live! is a sweet, free little app that lets you brows your friends’ gamertags, achievements, in-game status, as well as your own. Yeah, it sounds a little reminiscent of the…
TapOMania Hits the BlackBerry Storm 9500/9530
BlackBerry Storm users have another new puzzle/strategy game to add to their collection. The new offering, from Toysoft Development makes full use of the unique touchscreen interface offered on the Storm. The object of the game is to remove all of the blocks from the screen. Tap blocks of the same pattern as long as…
Total Control: Video Camera Edition for the BlackBerry
Intelligent Designs Group has introduced the launch of their ‘Total Control’ suites of software. The suite I found to be particularly interesting was the BlackBerry video surveillance software. With it, you can view and control live video streams from supported IP cameras and video encoders. The cool thing about it is no 3rd party servers…
T-Mobile Announces BlackBerry 8900 for U.S.
Those rumours about a February launch for T-Mobile U.S.A’s BlackBerry 8900 have checked out! GPS, Wi-Fi, 360 x 480 resolution screen, e-mail, web browsing, 3.2 megapixel camera with flash and autofocus, music and video players, as well as a microSD slot under the hood supporting up to 16 GB memory cards. I’ve been playing around…