Archive for March, 2010
Have Some Fun With “March Smart Phone Madness”
Posted on 26. Mar, 2010 by John.
The great folks over at laptopmag.com are having a “March Smart Phone Madness” contest in honor of the real March Madness. In their version various smartphones face off against each other and their readers get to vote on which phone they think is better. Yesterday the BlackBerry Tour took a page of the Northern Idaho [...]
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BlackBerry Desktop Manager 6.0 Caught In The Wild?
Posted on 26. Mar, 2010 by John.
With all the talk of the leaked screens of rumored BlackBerry OS 6.0 there hasn’t been any talk of Desktop Manager and newer versions, until now. The guys over at BBnews.pl have posted a screenshot of Desktop Manager 6.0. I have to say this looks a lot better than the current PC version, in fact [...]
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BlackBerry Desktop Manager 5.0.1.37 Released
Posted on 25. Mar, 2010 by John.
RIM released BlackBerry Desktop Manager 5.0.1.37 yesterday, but didn’t alert anyone to the fact that they did. I originally saw a tweet come across from BlackBerrySync about the release yesterday, but it slipped my mind until I saw more tweets and stories this morning. Not sure what changes or improvements have been made, if you [...]
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Skype Mobile Released For Verizon Wireless BlackBerry And Android Smartphones
Posted on 25. Mar, 2010 by John.
Just as advertised Verizon Wireless has released Skype Mobile for BlackBerry and Android smartphones. The app will only work on Verizon devices at the current time. Exclusives are a great way for carriers to drive customers to them, but we don’t really see anyone jumping ship with their current carrier just for a Skype Mobile [...]
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Motorola Devour In Verizon Stores Starting Today
Posted on 25. Mar, 2010 by John.
For awhile now those Android fans who wanted the Motorola Devour were able to pick one up online or in Best Buy locations. Starting today, according to a tweet sent out on the VZWSoCal account, they Motorola Devour is available in Verizon retail stores. We have been putting a Devour to the test over the [...]
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Leaked OS: BlackBerry Storm2 9520 Gets 5.0.0.553
Posted on 24. Mar, 2010 by John.
I was just going throw stories over the last two days making sure I hadn’t missed anything while I’ve been in meetings and sick and I noticed this leak posted on BBLeaks yesterday. So here it is Storm2 9520 users, OS 5.0.0.553. Download 5.0.0.553 for Storm 9520 REMEMBER: Install at your own risk. Always make [...]
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Leaked OS: BlackBerry Tour 9630 Gets 5.0.0.591
Posted on 24. Mar, 2010 by John.
I am going to do us all a favor here and avoid the standard cliches I have grown accustom to using on these types of posts. When it rains it pours Just a day after a 5.0 leak for the BlackBerry Tour 9630 CrackBerry has posted a leak for OS 5.0.0.591. Rumor has it that [...]
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Get your OFFICIAL Beta On with BlackBerry Beta Zone
Posted on 24. Mar, 2010 by John.
We all know how much BlackBerry super users love a good software or OS leak but until know they have come from individual parties getting their hands on them and leaking them to the general public. We all remember the BlackBerry Messenger 5.0 leak from last year. The problem with this is that sometimes it [...]
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New Orbit Social Phone Book App Available Now
Posted on 24. Mar, 2010 by John.
Basically Orbit is a phone book that does much more than just handle contacts. Orbit groups your friends into orbits so you can decide how often and how much you hear from them…giving you the power to keep things quiet or receive real-time notifications about your contacts. And now users can search for local business [...]
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Wal-Mart sells HTC HD2 despite T-Mobile’s Memo
Posted on 23. Mar, 2010 by David Malka.
That’s right! I was able to get a T-Mobile HTC HD2 at Wal-Mart one day prior to launch date even though they were told not to sell them until March 24th, 2010. Wasn’t easy…but I did it! So here’s how all this happened. I called a few Wal-Mart stores inquiring about the phone. Most of [...]
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Sprint And HTC Announce World’s First 4G Android Smartphone
Posted on 23. Mar, 2010 by John.
Sprint is not messing around at CTIA, with a second huge announcement today. Sprint and HTC have teamed up and announced the HTC EVO 4G. That isn’t a typo, it is supposed to say 4G. The EVO 4G will be a Sprint exclusive, boasts a 4.3″ dispaly, hotspot sharing with 8 devices, 2 cameras (1.3 [...]
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Google Voice for Android Gets Near-Instant Notifications
Posted on 23. Mar, 2010 by John.
I’ve been using the Verizon Droid now for about two months and have come to rely heavily on it because of the near perfect Google integration. Our friend Obi [Oh-bahy] tipped us off to this announcement from the Google Voice Blog and today Android takes another step towards perfection. The Google Voice Blog announced earlier [...]
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Skype Mobile Coming to Verizon March 25th
Posted on 23. Mar, 2010 by John.
Verizon customers you are in luck, starting on March 25th Skype Mobile will be available to any customer with a smartphone and a data plan (provided it is a supported device). The features of the Skype mobile service for Verizon are as follows: make and receive unlimited Skype-to-Skype voice calls to anyone else on Skype [...]
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T-Mobile to Rollout HSPA+ for over 100 Cities in 2010
Posted on 23. Mar, 2010 by John.
T-Mobile announced today it will be rolling out it’s HSPA+ to over 100 metropolitan areas by the end of the year. They have already launched the service in Philadelphia last fall as well as New York, New Jersey and Washington, D.C. T-Mobile also announced today, the upcoming availability of its first netbook – the Dell [...]
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Leaked OS: BlackBerry Tour 9630 Gets 5.0.0.571
Posted on 23. Mar, 2010 by John.
Well it seems like it has been a long time coming for Tour owners but ahead of the speculated official OS update from Verizon CrackBerry has brought us yet another leak. Today’s flavor comes in the form of OS version 5.0.0.571 which is, at least by number, the newest build I have seen yet for [...]
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Case-Mate Announces New Prodcuts For BlackBerry And iPad Users
Posted on 23. Mar, 2010 by John.
Case-mate has announced the launch of the I Make My Case service for the BlackBerry 85xx series as well as the 9700. Similar to the service that is already available to iPhone users allows the user to create a case based off of different artists designs. As you can see above the designs can get [...]
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Leaked OS: BlackBerry Bold 9000 And Curve 8900 Get 5.0.0.554
Posted on 22. Mar, 2010 by John.
It always seems that when an OS leaks for either one of these phones it leaks for the other at the same time. CrackBerry has brought us yet another leak, or two. This time it was OS 5.0.0.554 for both the BlackBerry Curve 8900 and Bold 9000. You know the drill, if I have said [...]
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Official OS: Verizon BlackBerry 8530 5.0.0.508
Posted on 22. Mar, 2010 by John.
Right on time Verizon has released BlackBerry OS 5.0.0.508 for the Curve 8530. The upgrade is available via OTA, Desktop Manager, or download on Verizon’s site. If you need a refresher of the changes you can see it below. Battery life improvement Video operation improvements Messaging improvements Bluetooth improvements Report back if you see the [...]
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Sprint And Motorola Announce The i1-First Nextel Direct Connect Android Smartphone
Posted on 22. Mar, 2010 by John.
CTIA is getting off to a fast start this year, and Sprint is not wasting any time. They have just announced, along with Motorola, the Motorola i1. This is the first Android powered handset to have the Nextel Direct Connect push-to-talk feature incorporated into it. Some of the key features of the i9 include: Popular [...]
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Winners: 25 Copies Of Tether
Posted on 22. Mar, 2010 by John.
Thank you to everyone who entered our Tether contest. We have selected 25 random winners listed below. Expect and email with your instructions from me sometime today or tomorrow. Thanks to everyone who entered, the entries were a lot of fun to read through. The number one place listed of course had to do with [...]
