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I’ve got a couple of OS leaks for some lucky BlackBerry users out there. That is, BlackBerry Bold 9700 and Storm 9500 users. Over the past 24 hours or so, 5.0.0.862 has leaked for the 9700, and 5.0.0.841 has leaked for the Storm. Operating system leaks have been few and far between these days, so…
Despite all the super cool video-streaming capabilities of things like Hulu Plus, a new survey from Nielsen indicates that e-mail is the most common mobile Internet activity. As you can see from the chart above, mobile e-mail is the most common activity, followed by portals, social networks and search. I expect a few of these…
The iPhone and Android operating systems are taking the US by storm, and it seems Google’s mobile OS has just surpassed Apple’s little darling of a smartphone in sales this past quarter – Android comprised 27% of last quarter’s smartphone sales, while the iPhone accounted for 23%. Meanwhile, it seems that most BlackBerry owners aren’t…
AT&T is betting big on QR codes as the second-largest U.S. carrier has released a suite of barcode apps and tools for multiple devices including Android and BlackBerry. The main barcode app is called AT&T Code Scanner and it reads 2D codes, including QR, datamatrix and 1D (UPC and EAN). This app can be downloaded…
I’m not sure whether to chalk this up to a false alarm, or if this is the real deal… but the TELUS BlackBerry Curve 3G (aka the BlackBerry 9300, aka ‘Kepler‘) has shown up on the TELUS website for all to see. The funny thing is, TELUS appears to be listing the device as the…
McAfee, the brand Windows geeks know and mostly loathe, has acquired Singapore based tenCube with the intent to enter the mobile services spaces. Now unlike McAfee’s desktop antivirus software, the company doesn’t intend to scare the bejesus out of you into buying their bloatware. Instead they’d like to clone Apple’s MobileMe or RIM’s BlackBerry Protect…
Coastal Angler Magazine is out with its smartphone app, initially available for Android and BlackBerry with the iPhone version set to hit the Apple AppStore in the near future. Called FishOn, the application allows users to access up-to-the minute local weather, marine conditions, tides, catch photos, fishing reports, information on conservation, towing, and fishing licenses,…
Two “people familiar with the company’s plans” say RIM’s planning to launch their BlackBerry tablet, recently outed as the BlackPad, in November 2010. Previous estimates put a release in that ballpark, so it seems likely enough. The source also confirms the initial speculation that the device would connect to a BlackBerry smartphone via Bluetooth for…
Well looky here. It’s been awhile since I’ve posted any official BlackBerry OS releases, but I’ve got one for you right now. Looks as though Hutchinson has officially released OS 5.0.0.822 for the BlackBerry Curve 8900 and Bold 9000. Both builds are very official, so they should run just fine and dandy if you have…
Listen up, BlackBerry fans. If you use Music WithMe, the app that lets you sync your BlackBerry device with iTunes, there are some updates on the way. For those of you unfamiliar with the app, it lets you download tracks over your network or Wi-Fi and your songs are stored right on your memory card.…