Archive for the ‘BlackBerry General’ Category

Free app QuickPull offers daily scheduled reboot now

Monday, January 5th, 2009

QuickPull is an application designed to simulate a battery pull reset on the BlackBerry, is being offered free by the developer Zaventh Ventures LLC, on Mobihand.com, and now includes the function to schedule a reboot on a daily basis. I've been using QuickPull on the Storm for a few weeks ...

BlackBerry Storm falls from truck, loses screen and still works

Saturday, January 3rd, 2009

Research in Motion is known for building some quality devices that can take a licking and keep on ticking, with the BlackBerry Storm being no exception. This guy dropped his Storm 9530 out of the driver's side of a truck (what kind of truck we don't know) onto the pavement ...

BlackBerry Pearl 8130 for $19.99 at Verizon Wireless

Saturday, January 3rd, 2009

Break open your piggy banks folks, for Verizon has announced a screaming deal on the BlackBerry Pearl 8130. $19.99 will get you a Pearl in either pink or white after a $100 mail-in rebate under a 2-year contract. So, if you've been toying with the idea of buying a Blackberry, ...

Don’t Text/Email and Drive in 2009

Thursday, January 1st, 2009

As we get ready to kick 2008 out the door and heartily welcome in 2009, it is our responsibility-nay our duty to inform you of brand spankin' new legislation which bans the age-old past time of texting while driving. As of January 1, if you find yourself driving in the Golden ...

Seidio launches extended 2600mAh Storm battery

Wednesday, December 31st, 2008

Seidio is launching their extended battery for the 9500/9530 Storm., with 2600mAh, up to 90% more capacity than the standard OEM battery. Buyers can pre-order now with shipping to commence on January 9th, and comes with the extended battery door! More specs and pictures after the jump...

slotMusic Brings Exclusive Content via microSD

Wednesday, December 31st, 2008

Are you bored of all the music on your new 8GB microSD card? Well, be bored no more because a paltry $14.99 will buy you a new slotMusic card. Universal Music Group, SONY BMG, Warner Music Group, and EMI have teamed up to provide DRM-free music, video and exclusive content conveniently ...

XBox Live Updates on your BlackBerry

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

Ever found yourself wishing you could get your XBox Live fix on your Blackberry? Now you can, thanks to the mobile app from Zumobi. In no time at all you can have Xbox 360 news, Xbox Live Marketplace updates, video & audio clips, community updates, and your gamer friends' status. This app ...

SlingPlayer Public Beta Available

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

Ladies and Gentlemen, start your DVR engines! The SlingPlayer Open Beta has begun. Last week we reported about the public beta starting on December 30 and SlingMedia went live on schedule. Navigate your mobile browser to the SlingMedia Download page and start catching up on those episodes of NCIS you have ...

Whoa! Which Storm caused the AT&T outage this weekend?

Monday, December 29th, 2008

Google News got goofy today, with a headline reading "BlackBerry Storm Causes Major AT&T Outages" linking to an article published on InformationWeek.com. Apparently it was quickly brought to someone's attention at Information Week and Google News for correction, but even as recent as 5:30 PM Central Time, the headline was ...

TeleNav launched for the Storm

Monday, December 29th, 2008

Finally! I have missed my TeleNav! Recently updated for the Storm, TeleNav is probably one of the slickest (and sickest) GPS navigation apps on the market. With TeleNav, the old adage "you get what you pay for" holds true, featuring 3-D full color moving maps, traffic alerts with re-routing, voice and ...