You can already manage your Comcast DVR from your iPhone, but soon you’ll be able to do the same with BlackBerry and Android as well. No date announced, but it’s coming. [Comcast] More »
RIM and ATT have scheduled an event for next Tuesday and the world is expecting the launch of OS 6, and the Slider. If you can’t wait until Tuesday you can grab some OS 6 goodness from this video review of the BlackBerry 9780. Driphter has put together a nice five minute review of the 9780 showing off the WebKit browser and app switcher among oth…
This isn’t an official video from Research in Motion, however, this video reveiw of the BlackBerry 9780 does show BlackBerry 6 and the WebKit BlackBerry Browser running on a device with a QWERTY keyboard and no touchscreen. I will say that, since this is the BlackBerry 9870, I am a bit concerned about how BlackBerry 6 will run on The Bold 9700 which only has half the memory, 256 Mb, compared to the 9870′s 512, however, the operating system and the WebKit browser, from what we can tell, appears to be the same experience as what we’ve seen on the 9800… Just less screen real estate…
[Via Dripther]
Video: BlackBerry 9870 Running BlackBerry 6 And WebKit Browser is a post from: RIMarkable
I always love when small online retailers offer unreleased/unannounced devices for preorder. The latest to join the fray is MobileCityOnline which is listing the BlackBerry 9800 for $599.99 on their website for preorder. The funny part is that they are using leaked pictures for the product description… 
There is no ETA for delivery at this time though they do state “Status: Rumored. Exp. release 2010, 2Q.” Hopefully we will hear more about it at the August 3rd event next week… I am excited. It has been awhile since RIM has managed to build some serious hype for a device launch.
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Posted by the BerryReview Team for ©BerryReview, July 29, 2010, 12:53 pm. |
MobileCity Taking Preorders for BlackBerry 9800 ($599) |
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I guess nobody ever schooled RIM in anticipating demand. They just opened up the beta program for App World 2.0 for all users in the BlackBerry Beta Zone. The problem is that the bum rush of users trying to download the app has crashed RIM’s servers or at least overloaded them. Somebody from Akamai needs to give RIM a few lessons on using their CDN to handle load bursts like they do for App World.
In case you still want to try when things are back up you can pick up the beta in the beta zone at www.blackberry.com/beta. Currently you will just get a “Proxy Error” but try back in a few minutes or hours.
As a reminder App World 2.0 adds:
- Split Top 25 Themes and Top 25 Apps
- BlackBerry App World Barcode Scanning for easily grabbing apps by just taking a picture
- More Billing Options
- Credit cards – varies by region
- Carrier billing – just pay for an app on your wireless bill
- BlackBerry ID – a new device independent user identification for downloading apps and easily switching devices
Let us know what you think!
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Posted by Luis Merlos for ©BerryReview, July 29, 2010, 12:44 pm. |
BlackBerry App World 2.0 Beta Released – Users Crash RIM Servers… |
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UPDATE: A spokesperson for RIM confirmed that this is not a RIM run store but rather it was opened by Digital China. That makes more sense because RIM is not in the habit of entering the retail space.
RIM has really had a slow rollout heading into China. It was only last month that they released the absolutely cutting EDGE BlackBerry Curve 8910 equipped with their latest technology. I kid but the device does at least have Evolved-EDGE but no Wi-Fi and a trackball instead of a trackpad.
RIM thinks that this BlackBerry Curve 8910 is such an amazing value proposition for the mainland Chinese market that they have opened up a Beijing store that they call an “experience center” for them to play with BlackBerry devices. I can imagine potential BlackBerry users lining out the door to try the latest 8910… Or even better yet they are also carrying the BlackBerry Curve 8310.
Here is to hoping they at least get some update love when BlackBerry 6 comes out…
PS: I am still trying to figure out if the store was actually opened by RIM or by Digital China. I will let you know if I find out.
via CIO
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Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, July 29, 2010, 12:03 pm. |
RIM Opens First BlackBerry Retail Store in China |
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Not only did we get a glimpse of a new device this week, but we saw it in many different forms. You know it’s not a major device when we get initial pictures, video, and more sets of pictures in the same week. Still, it’s something up RIM’s sleeve. We have that, plus what should amount to some big news about the 9800.
Now here is a real head scratcher. AT&T has been shipping a large monolith display box to many of their stores. Gizmodo got a picture of the display but managers and store workers have no idea what is inside the big black box. They have dubbed it the “Hero” display and Gizmodo is guessing that it is either for the BlackBerry 9800 launch or the Dell Streak.
Out of the two my money is on the BlackBerry 9800 Slider since the Streak is not much of a secret. On the other hand RIM has been trying to channel Steve Jobs with the 9800 launch and all the secrecy. The people in the stores are being threatened with termination if they even joke about looking inside the box.
Anybody want to guess what is inside it?
Hopefully we will find out next week Tuesday at the joint AT&T & RIM event.
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Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, July 29, 2010, 10:21 am. |
Mystery Store Display Showing Up in AT&T Stores for BlackBerry 9800 Launch? |
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ParkVu’s Music WithMe is an awesome app/service that lets you sync your iTunes collection with your BlackBerry wirelessly. We told you when the app launched in June and since then they have processed over a million iTunes songs. The cool part about the service is that it is not a subscription but rather a one time $14.99 cost after a free 30 day trial.
The new features added to Music WithMe today add some refinement that the app was missing before. They include:
- Support for iTunes playlist folders – sync your playlist folder on your BlackBerry and any subsequently added playlists to the folder are automatically synced to the device
- New playlist info – In playlist screen, select ‘playlist info’ to view the number of tracks in the playlist that can be played, the number of unsupported tracks due to format or DRM protection as well as the number of tracks in the cloud, tracks needed from iTunes and tracks that can’t be found
- Support for network attached storage/media servers
- Support for playlists with duplicate names – user added "audiobooks" or "recently added" playlist
- Playlist selection preserved across devices and if app is reinstalled
From the app you select which iTunes playlist you want synchronized with your BlackBerry and it does it for you wirelessly. The new version of Music WithMe is available at BlackBerry App World now. Let us know what you think of the update!
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Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, July 29, 2010, 10:08 am. |
Music WithMe Wireless iTunes Sync Application Updated |
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I guess RIM is trying to simplify the BlackBerry’s value proposition in their latest video spotted by BBNews.pl. In this video RIM describes why businesses need to buy into the BlackBerry “Platform” instead of just a smartphone. It actually makes some good points but has some fun along the way.
Its good to see that the marketing teams at RIM get to have some fun every once in awhile. What do you think of the video? Do you think they should do one for consumer users?
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Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, July 29, 2010, 9:30 am. |
RIM Creates Cute Paper Cutout Promotional Video for Enterprise Use |
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I just installed face2face, a cross platform, location aware, social networking client from Promimate Global that combines Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter networks into a single client as well as ads consolidated chat between face2face users, on my BlackBerry, and, although I’ve only played around with it for about 5 minutes, it seems to be a pretty slick app thus far.
face2face is a location-aware smartphone app that solves the problems of privacy and safety that have become synonymous with social networking – so that more people can benefit from the advantages that come from knowing which friends are nearby.
I probably won’t enable any of the location aware aspects of face2face, and I will probably keep using a dedicated Twitter client on my device, however, face2face could be a candidate to replace Facebook for BlackBerry and LinkedIn for BlackBerry. I can’t say for sure just yet, however, I am impressed with speed and the interface of the app and if it allows me to effectively git rid of Facebook which is slow, and replace LinkedIn which is large, face2face, my find a permanent home on my BlackBerry Storm 9530 which is memory starved.
face2face is a free BlackBerry application as well as free for the iPhone and Android devices. You can download face2face for BlackBerry by visiting http://face2face.ws/downloads/bb/. Find more information about face2face out here, and, if you check it out for yourself, come back and tell us what you think…
Free BB App: face2face Combines LinkedIn, Facebook, And MySpace Into A Single BlackBerry App is a post from: RIMarkable
Driphter.com’s back with another leaked BlackBerry video, this time the Bold 9780 that we’ve been hearing so much about. It’ll be one of the first to ship with OS 6.0, and could be why RIM’s holding an event next week. More »
The guys over at Driphter.com released a few screenshots of the BB 9780 just a few days ago and now they have a video for us. The Is running BlackBerry 6. On this video we see them demo the new Webkit browser something we have seen before on the touch screen slider but not on a non touch screen device. From the looks of it this device will replace the BB bold 9700. In the first set of images we saw I notice that this device runs on the same 3G bands that the T-Mobile 9700 runs on so most likely this will release through T-mobile later this year. I am still hoping that the current 9700 still gets some BB 6 love. If the device just gets some more memory am not likely to buy it just because of that I would much rather have the slider.
Check out the video below.
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BlackBerry Bold 9780 Gets A Video Review |
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A system for organizing and prioritizing a to-do list is only effective if executed as planned. I’m sure everyone has implemented a system at some point or other that just hasn’t worked. For me, it was always because the list was out of sight, out of mind. In other words, if I didn’t have the list in front of me at all times I’d let the asks lapse, and the system would be broken. A while back I came across a BlackBerry app that takes care of this issue. It’s called StickyNote, and, well, it does just what you might imagine. You’ll never forget the important items on your to-do list again.
The latest news that has everybody talking is that MobileCrunch noticed that RIM picked up the domain BlackPad.com. They are speculating that it is for RIM’s upcoming tablet. PocketBerry noticed that RIM also owns BlackBerryTorch.com which they think might point to the 9800 launching as the BlackBerry Torch 9800.
It is some interesting speculation but RIM is always picking up domain names that they never use. For example, we mentioned previously how RIM picked up InsideBlackBerry.com along with AlwaysBetOnBlackBerry.com and my absolute favorite:
onceyougoblackberryyouwillnevergobackberry.com
One of our writers, Todd, joked that maybe RIM should develop blackberrypwnsapple.com
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Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, July 29, 2010, 7:40 am. |
RIM Picks Up BlackPad.com & BlackBerryTorch.com Domains |
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Research in Motion may have just dropped a big hint about their upcoming tablet plans. As the screencap clearly shows, the company registered the domain blackpad.com on July 8, 2010. This doesn’t tell us much that we didn’t already know, except the name of course. It looks like RIM is following Apple’s lead in referring to their tablet as a “pa…
Evernote for BlackBerry has been updated and now includes native file viewing as compared to making you view notes via the BlackBerry Browser. Improved networking which address many of the networking issues users have reported in the version currently in BlackBerry App World.
Depending on your BlackBerry device, you can download Evernote for BlackBerry from the links below:
- BlackBerry v. 4.5 (older Curve models) >>
- BlackBerry v. 4.6 (Bold, Tour) >>
- BlackBerry v. 4.7 (Storm/Storm2) >>
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Evernote For BlackBerry Updated: Now Supports Native File Viewing is a post from: RIMarkable
For years I have had one big issue when I try to sell, buy, donate, or give away a used BlackBerry when I switch carriers. If a person has not updated the BlackBerry associated with their BIS account to a new PIN then your BlackBerry will remain associated to that account and you will have to jump through 100 hoops to get it un-associated. Until then you will keep on getting an error along the lines of “This device registered with another service provider…” My friend just ran into this issue and he couldn’t believe it when I told him why it was happening.
Let me give you a scenario where this happens:
You purchased a BlackBerry 9000 from AT&T a few years back and then decide to switch to T-Mobile. If you don’t call up AT&T and sit on the phone with them for over an hour to delete your BIS account then your BlackBerry will remain tied to AT&T’s BIS. This will make it impossible to now associate the BlackBerry with T-Mobile’s BIS. Or better yet say you buy a used BlackBerry 9100 from someone in Australia you would be in a world of pain trying to get that BlackBerry disassociated.
Way back when it used to be that you could just login to your old BIS account and just enter in zeros for the PIN and IMEI and it would disassociate the device but that no longer works. As far as I know RIM customer support are currently the only ones that can disassociate a device from a carriers BIS. You would have to call that carrier and drive them nuts until they decide to escalate the issue to RIM to have your device disassociated. I have done this 3 times already and every time it took over an hour.
RIM even admits that you will have to call you carrier to get the device disassociated in the instructions of what to do when you want to sell a BlackBerry. In their words:
If the BlackBerry smartphone was previously associated with a BlackBerry Internet Service account, contact the wireless service provider to remove the association between the BlackBerry Internet Service account and the BlackBerry smartphone.
Would it kill RIM to just add a “Clear association” or better yet a “Delete my BIS account” button?
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Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, July 28, 2010, 8:55 pm. |
RANT! Why Can’t RIM Let Us Delete Our BIS Account? |
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