Archive for February, 2010
Handango Acquired by PocketGear
Posted on 23. Feb, 2010 by John.
Handango, a once prevalent mobile application store has been acquired by PocketGear. The acquisition creates the largest cross platform app store with over 140,000 apps for the like of BlackBerry, Android, Symbian, WinMo, and Palm combined. I would hope the change in leadership would change the mindset and mentality of the company. They really are [...]
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Google Earth Hits Android Market
Posted on 22. Feb, 2010 by John.
This morning Google posted the Android version of Google Earth in the Android Market. We knew this was coming from the Nexus One press event back in January. Head on over and download it, let us know what you think. [Source]
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Speck 9700 Fitted Case Winner
Posted on 22. Feb, 2010 by John.
Thank you to everyone who entered our Speck Fitted case giveaway. We can pick only one winner unfortunately, and winner is Joe! Check your email inbox Joe. We have more contests planned in the near future.. stay tuned!
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Nexus One Treated To Sense UI and Flash 10.1 Compliments of HTC Desire
Posted on 21. Feb, 2010 by John.
After HTC announced the Desire, which is practically the same exact phone as the Nexus One just substitute a trackball for a trackpad, last week at MWC it was only a matter of time before its ROM was ported over to the Nexus One. The early build is only an alpha so there are some [...]
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iPad Getting Video Chat? 3.2 SDK Seems to Say So
Posted on 21. Feb, 2010 by John.
As is the case when any new SDK is released by Apple for the iPhone, and now the iPad, it is gone through line by line by people looking for a hint of what is to come. The folks over at 9to5Mac have found a gold mine of video chat tease. Pictured above are two [...]
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Weekly Scoop Review
Posted on 21. Feb, 2010 by John.
I have decided it would be a good idea to recap the Scoop’s of the week for you guys. There is a lot of news that happens on a daily basis and sometimes it is hard to keep up with it all. I have a hard time myself. Below are the highlights from the [...]
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Nerd Merit Badges- foursquare Badges You Can Really Wear
Posted on 19. Feb, 2010 by John.
For those of you who use foursquare on a regular basis you are going to love this. Nerd Merit Badges now has foursquare badges! Right now there are four badges available for the true foursquare addicts: Crunked, Local, Super Mayor, and Superstar. They also have some other hilarious nerd badges, as well as a sash [...]
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Boxee Beta Updated- Over 500 Bug Fixes
Posted on 18. Feb, 2010 by John.
Boxee has updated their desktop application to v0.9.20.10708. The update didn’t many new features but focused more on performance issues. All in all over 500 issues/bugs were resolved with the update. They have also incorporated a better way of finding friends on Boxee, linking your Boxee account to your Twitter and Facebook account to see [...]
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Motorola Backflip gets official, coming to AT&T on March 7th
Posted on 18. Feb, 2010 by John.
Motorola and AT&T have officially announced the Motorola BACKFLIP. The Backflip will launch on March 7th becoming AT&T’s first Android device. The Backflip runs the MOTOBLUR variant of Android, has a 5MPcamera, Wi-Fi, 3G, 3.1 Hi-Res touchscreen display, and a very unique design. The phone actually does what its name implies, it flips back onto [...]
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T-Mobile UK releases BlackBerry Strom2 9520
Posted on 18. Feb, 2010 by John.
T-Mobile UK has released the BlackBerry Storm2 9520. It had long been rumored and talked about T-Mobile releasing the phone after Vodafones exclusive deal with RIM had expired. You can pick one up for free depending on your price plan. Head on over to T-Mobile UK website for more info [Source]
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Amazon Kindle App for BlackBerry Released
Posted on 18. Feb, 2010 by John.
Awhile back we told you that Amazon was working on a Kindle application for BlackBerry devices. Today they have released said application for BlackBerry devices. The application allows you to browse your Kindle books even when your Kindle is not with you. The application uses Whispersync to make sure your page numbers, bookmarks, notes, and [...]
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ShopBlackBerry now available in BlackBerry App World Test Center
Posted on 18. Feb, 2010 by John.
RIM has released a new app in the Test Center of their native BlackBerry App World. The app, ShopBlackBerry, allows you to do exactly that. Shop for accessories for your BlackBerry right on your BlackBerry. The app will auto-detect your device and show you the relevant accessories. Shop for your BlackBerry® smartphone, from your BlackBerry® [...]
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YouMail updates BlackBerry application-Improves performance and battery life
Posted on 17. Feb, 2010 by John.
YouMail has updated its BlackBerry application. YouMail Visual Voicemail Plus is a great free alternative to other applications which carriers charge for. YouMail’s new application has a ton of new features, it appears to have a different alert system, no longer polls for new voicemails (battery life), and the UI has been redone. I have [...]
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Speck Fitted cases coming to BlackBerry 9700 and 85×0- 1 9700 case up for grabs
Posted on 16. Feb, 2010 by John.
Speck sent us some cases for Valentines day to announce that they will be releasing their Fitted series for the BlackBerry Curve 85×0 and the BlackBerry Bold 9700 in February. Currently the Fitted series is available on a few devices such as the iPhone, Storm2, and Tour 9630. These cases really look sweet and feel [...]
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In case you missed it- slides and source code from RIM’s design and UI webcast
Posted on 16. Feb, 2010 by John.
In case you missed the webcast that RIM held today to cover UI designing for BlackBerry applications we have you covered. Below are the download links for the slide show and the source code for all of the examples in the slide show. I wasn’t able to get on until the last 2 slides so [...]
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Verizon Wireless announces Skype coming to BlackBerry and Android devices in March
Posted on 16. Feb, 2010 by John.
Last week we told you that Verizon and Skype were going to make an announcement at MWC. Today Verizon and Skype teamed up and announced that in March some BlackBerry and Android users on Verizon Wireless will have access to Skype on their devices. This is huge news seeing that Skype has been in work [...]
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MusicSkins Giveaway Winners!!
Posted on 16. Feb, 2010 by John.
Congratulations to our winners, if you haven’t recieved your code email me john at berryscoop dot com. pereira0517 xfrozencloudx jmhnco51 phishgirl3 ch1c423 feedDunk kyle.e.fowler Ewanjrc jasonvague herself
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T-Mobile USA announces HD2-Barnes & Noble, BLOCKBUSTER, and MobiTV included in features
Posted on 16. Feb, 2010 by John.
Today at MWC T-Mobile USA announced the HTC HD2. This phone has long been rumored when it would be coming to T-Mobile in the states, it is good to see if finally announced. They have packed some big features into this phone. A 4.3″ capacitive screen with Snapdragon 1GHz processor should make a lot of [...]
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BlackBerry Previews the Webkit Browser
Posted on 16. Feb, 2010 by John.
Mike Lazaridis gave a keynote today at Mobile World Congress 2010, one of the most exciting (or disappointing) aspects was the preview of the upcoming WebKit browser for BlackBerry. RIM announced the development of the WebKit browser at the BlackBerry Developer Conference back in November and it’s good to see the preview already. The browser is said [...]
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Yet another new smartphone OS… where is RIM?
Posted on 16. Feb, 2010 by John.
With the Windows Phone 7 series announcement from Microsoft today, I got to thinking about the smartphone landscape and how RIM is falling further and further behind. Now don’t get me wrong, RIM still makes the best smartphone on the market in my opinion and I would not give up my Bold. From a hardware [...]
