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Google Mobile Blog 2007-12-06 19:33:00 Google
started an official blog to discuss all of their mobile applications and see demos of what they look like. This is great since you use to have to keep on checking on your own to see when they release a new version of one of their mobile applications and typically there wasn't a lot of information of what is new in the build. One good post you can see there already is about the Google Mobile
Updater for BlackBerry which makes it simple to stay informed and up-to-date when there are new versions or products for your BlackBerry.
Tourist Remover 2007-12-06 17:28:00 I am sure this happened to you at some point: You are trying to take a picture of a nice building, the nice view or some object but there are dozens of people walking by and getting in the middle of your shot. So you can wait for everybody to walk by and quickly take a shot, ask some friends to stop the traffic or come up with some other way to clear your shot. The good people at futureLab are trying to address this specific problem. They are offering a free online image editing tool called Tourist Remover that allows you to take a few images of the same object and ignore the fact that you have people going through and then let their application remove the unwanted objects. How does it work? All you need to do is take 3-10 pictures of the subject (you don't even need a tripod for this), upload the images to their application and then Tourist Remover averages the pictures and removes anything that only appears in one of the shots (like walking people or moving cars). The application w
Gmail 1.5.1 for BlackBerry 2007-12-06 09:17:00 Google just released a new version of their mail client for the BlackBerry
. This version now supports notifications on new mail (Gmail
has its own entry in the Profile menu now). It also provides full access to your Gmail contacts and spam folder. From your BlackBerry browser go to http://mobile.google.com and download the new mail client.
Nissan GT-R Inside Look 2007-12-05 21:15:00 I blogged last month about the upcoming GT-R from Nissan
that will hit the USA early 2008. Nissan now gives an inside look into the production line of this great car. Enjoy:
Free Spreadsheet for BlackBerry 2007-12-05 21:06:00 Simprit is offering GridMagic Community Edition which is a spreadsheet editor for your BlackBerry
. The best thing about this is that it is absolutely free for "non-commercial personal and educational use". GridMagic is compatible with Microsoft Excel files, so you can open and edit attached Excel files from your email (the free version is limited to 50kb files...) or synchronize your spreadsheets from your desktop to your BlackBerry SD card.
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The Real eTicket 2007-12-05 20:58:00 After shifting the industry to eTicket and being able to check-in online and printing a boarding pass in your home printer, Continental is taking the next step and this week started a test program that allows the passengers flying through Houston to board flights using just a cellular phone or smart phone (like your BlackBerry). Instead of a printed eTicket, you will be able to just show the TSA agent a code that Continental sent to your cellular or PDA. This is a two dimensional barcode which stores the passenger's name and flight information. The TSA screener will have a handled scanner to confirm the bar code's authenticity and check your photo identification.
Pearls Before Swine 2007-12-21 05:33:00 The comic strip Pearls
Before Swine
posted a nice comic strip about BlackBerry users. Looks familiar?
Walking While Texting 2008-03-06 08:31:00 It seems like the British have nothing better to deal with. According to this report, people that text on their phone or BlackBerry while walking in the street manage to hurt themselves pretty badly by walking into different objects. The solution - Pad the lampposts in the street so people don't bang their head in the metal. These padded lampposts will be tested in London and other cities.
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CO Moving ERJs to Terminal A 2008-03-05 20:54:00 Continental is rearranging their operations in Newark Liberty. As part of this process they are relocating all the Continental Express flights (all the little planes...) to Terminal A and consolidating all the rest of the domestic flights in Terminal C. Until now they have been using Terminal A for the Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Los Cabos, Grand Cayman and Puerto Vallarta. This means that if you connect in Newark you might need to transfer between terminals. One way to do this is using the AirTrain, but this will require you to go through security again. If you are still in the secured area, you can change terminal by using the bus shuttle either in gate C-71 or A-28 to avoid standing in line again. This transition period will complete June 2008 and until then Continental Express flights Read more:Moving
Always Read the Fine Print 2008-03-05 20:42:00 There are a lot of ways to earn miles and points and many tricks to try to maximize the amounts you can get. It can be through a credit card, a special promotion or simply by signing to one of the programs that let your "double-dip" - meaning you get points in the company your purchase the service from and also in another plan you are a member of. Did you know that some car rental companies charge you a "Frequent Flyer Tax Recovery Surcharge"? The rental company is charging you a daily fee for the privilege of earning airline miles or hotel points through their partnership promotions! Budget will charge you $0.50 per day (up to $2 per rental). Avis will charge you $0.50 per day also. Thrifty will charge your $0.06 to $0.50 depending on the partner. Dollar Read more:Print
Airborne Doesn't Work? 2008-03-05 20:31:00 Airborne is a herbal health product that is supposed to boost your immune system and help your body fight all the germs in the recycled airplane air. Basically it is a tablet with a concentrated amount of vitamins and nothing more... After pulling a double red-eye a couple of years ago (#1 Seattle-Raleigh & #2 Raleigh-London) I got very sick and I decided to start using this product. Obviously it won't cure existing colds but I thought it couldn't hurt and would probably help prevent the next one. I've been using it mostly before long flights and I must say that I never had another cold since then after flights. Could be just luck or maybe it actually helps. Yesterday, the company settled a class action lawsuit for $23.3 million for false advertising. If you kept your proof of purcha Read more:Airborne
Free iPhone Theme for BlackBerry 2008-03-03 20:44:00 If you want your BlackBerry
to look like the iPhone
(minus the touch screen), you can use this nice and clean iPhone theme. The bPhone theme was created by Matthew Rogers and available for free for the following BlackBerry versions: 8700 series: BlackBerry OS 4.2.1 or later. WARNING: You MUST have OS 4.2.1 or later or you may render your BlackBerry 8700 unusable! Go to Options -> About to check your OS version. Pearl (all versions): BlackBerry OS 4.2.1 or later Curve (all versions) and 8830: BlackBerry OS 4.2.2 or later 8800: BlackBerry OS 4.2.1 or later Download to your desktop or OTA. Note: You must reset your BlackBerry after downloading the theme in order for it to appear in your theme list!
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Review: Brother HL-2170W 2008-03-01 10:48:00 About 9 years ago while I was in college I decided to invest in a laser printer. The amount of printing I had to do for class presentations, homework and all the exams with "open material" was huge and spending the crazy amount of money back then (I think it was like $600) on a printer paid back on the amount I saved on ink. I think that in the 3 years I used it in school I had to replace the toner only once (!) while before that I had to replace the ink in my other printer almost every month! Last month I decided to do this again and add a laser printer to my HP all-in-one Inkjet printer for any bulk printing I need to do. I did some research on the Internet and decided that I want to buy something basic and good without spending too much money. Another thing I tried to figure Read more:Brother
LinkedIn Goes Mobile 2008-02-25 13:45:00 LinkedIn, the leading business oriented social networking site launched a mobile interface that can be accessed from your BlackBerry browser or any other smartphone browser. Just point your browser to You can see here video of one of the engineers demonstrating the functionality:
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, Mobile
4 Free Games for your BlackBerry 2008-02-21 13:44:00 Here is a nice collection of free games for your BlackBerry
: Pipes Rotate the pipe segments to connect all the pieces. Features a resizable board, randomly generated puzzles, and auto save and resume. Easy to learn... and yes, every puzzle can be solved. To install, browse from your BlackBerry to mobile.kornhornio.net Xiang Qi (Chinese Chess) Xiang Qi is one of the oldest chess games. This is the Chinese version and was also specially written for the Pearl and other 8xxx series to take advantage of the trackball. To install, browse from your BlackBerry to Snake Remember the snake game on your old Nokia cellular? Here it is! To install, browse from your BlackBer Read more:Games
Virtual BlackBerry 2008-02-21 12:51:00 Bayalink has an interesting product that allows you to use your BlackBerry
right from your laptop. Their product is called Bayalink Liberty and is pretty much a USB dongle that you plug to your laptop. After plugging the dongle, you'll be able to manage your BlackBerry mail right from your laptop keyboard without any connectivity (send, delete, read etc) open mail attachments with a normal viewer on your laptop and more. This is a pretty nice solution for situations where you don't have Internet connectivity and can be used instead of using the BlackBerry for tethering, which is extremely slow and consumes a lot of data just to access Outlook Web Mail. The product retails for $99.99 and is available to order from their web site. You can also see a full demo on their site.
Free Pub Checkers for BlackBerry 2008-02-19 20:22:00 The BlackBerry
Lounge added the Pub Checkers game to the list of their free games. Login to the lounge: www.blackberry.com/OL and go to Downloads --> Games to install via your Desktop Manager. Here's the description from their web site: "Step into a cozy English pub and have a relaxing game of Checkers over a pint with your best mate. A classic game of checkers, which involves diagonal moves of uniform pieces and mandatory captures by jumping over the enemy's pieces. You’ll always find some local competition down at the pub ranging from the village idiot to the town champ."
Go Blue Devils! 2008-02-19 20:22:00 The Duke campus is a beautiful place to visit and if you haven't seen a basketball game in the Cameron Indoor Stadium - you don't know what a home court advantage is. Now there is another reason to visit Duke. According to this Engadget post, the Duke campus is about to become the world's largest 802.11n wireless network hosting more than 2,500 Aironet 1250 Series APs. Cisco also published a case study on this record deployment.
Airport Support Department 2008-02-19 20:03:00 Lets face it - Air travel is getting more annoying every week thanks to the endless delays, cancellations and security lines. There are not many things that will bring a smile on your face on your way to the airport besides getting an email notifying you of a complimentary upgrade on your upcoming flight . One of the things that I do like about airports (can you call it a hobby?) is watching for all those error messages on the monitors that are supposed to show you the flight departure and arrival status. Here are a few of the funnier ones: Is that a virus in your plane? Quick! Someone get the IP of this machine so we can change the departure times: Someone has been browsing too many web sites... To restart IE or not to restart? That is the question. Looks like one o Read more:Support
, Department
Free Disco Bowling for BlackBerry 2008-02-12 09:04:00 The BlackBerry
Lounge added a new free game under the Downloads --> Games. This one is called Disco Bowling
and you can guess what it is about "Get ready to Boogie and Bowl. Strike 'em down, spare 'em up, and get funky! Strike, Double, or Turkey – You'll become all too familiar with the bowling lingo as a super Disco Bowler. Get down with putting some crazy spin on that ball and blast those pins into sweet sweet points." From your desktop browser go to www.blackberry.com/OL and register if you have not yet.
Free IM Client for BlackBerry! 2008-02-12 08:01:00 WebMessenger announced they have opened up free downloads of their market proven WebMessenger mobile IM client for BlackBerry
. The free IM service provides a single client interface to AIM, GoogleTalk, MSN Messenger, Skype and Yahoo Messenger. To download the client to your BlackBerry, you need to register on their Web site. You will receive an Email with a OTA link to download the software and a user name and password to login to the client. From there, the setup wizard will take you through setting up all your different messenger settings. Very simple!
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WeatherBug Direct for BlackBerry 2008-02-12 07:52:00 WeatherBug released WeatherBug Direct
for BlackBerry
for free. It provides live local weather and forecast from any of their 8,000 tracking stations around the USA. I've been using BlackBerry's Push Weather for a while, but this is much better as it updates more frequently. Features Live, local weather conditions Local forecasts Live temperature on your home screen Severe weather alerts Quick link to WeatherBug’s mobile Web site for more details From your BlackBerry browser go to:
Finally! EA Mobile for BlackBerry 2008-02-12 07:42:00 I posted from CES that EA Mobile
will release 3 free games for your BlackBerry
right after CES. Apparently, right after turned to a little over a month after CES, but better later than never. Yesterday I finally got an Email inviting me to download the free games: Dear Damian, Thanks for your interest in EA Mobile products for BlackBerry® smartphones at the recent CES 2008! GET YOUR FREE GAME EA Mobile would like to thank you for visiting the BlackBerry booth with a free game download! FROM YOUR BLACKBERRY DEVICE, CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD A FREE GAME.* Sign-up to learn about more EA Mobile games for BlackBerry smartphones at eamobile.com/blackberry. *One game per email address, good only for BlackBerry registered booth attendees. Free game varies by device and off Read more:Finally
Yet Another Outage 2008-02-11 22:43:00 This is starting to get ridiculous. The BlackBerry service used to have 100% availability and it is getting worse every week. These outages like the one experienced today are getting more common. Here's what RIM announced: BlackBerry subscribers may be unable to send or receive messages. Subscribers may also be unable to register their device, roam in another location, or use other services such as Internet browsing. BlackBerry Internet Service subscribers may be unable to use the BlackBerry Internet Service web site or perform activities such as creating new accounts, accessing their internet mailbox, integrating third-party email accounts, or viewing email attachments. Devices may not receive new service books. BlackBerry Connect and BlackBerry-enabled devices that require a
WorldMate Live Update 2008-02-06 17:17:00 WorldMate Live just released an update for their BlackBerry client and the Outlook add-in. What's new in this version? 1. Edit your itinerary from the BlackBerry - Instead of editing the itinerary online and then synchronizing, now you can do everything directly from your BlackBerry client. 2. Get travel confirmation directly to your BlackBerry - Instead of using the Outlook add-in, have your travel agent sent the confirmation mail to you and in addition send a copy (cc) to cc@worldmatelive.com. More info on how to setup this feature here. 3. Improved Outlook Add-in - Support for Outlook 2007 and improved performance. To upgrade your BlackBerry, point your BlackBerry browser to www.wmlive.com. To upgrade your Outlook add-in, login from your computer to www.worldmatelive.com.
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Continental New Flight Status Page 2008-02-04 19:50:00 Continental
released a new mobile Web page that you can access from your BlackBerry (or any other smartphone) browser. This new page will show you not only the flight status but also the upgrade list, standby list, where the flight is coming from, seat maps and in-flight amenities. You can access this page here: Now you can actually see how many people are in front of you for that upgrade
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, Status
Rollable Display in your Cell 2008-02-04 19:39:00 Polymer Vision will release Readius sometime in mid 2008 through Telecom Italia. This little device features a foldable grayscale 5 inch QVGA display and includes 3G HSDPA and a 400MHz ARM CPU and is based on Windows CE. The device takes advantage of the organic flexible displayed introduced by Philips back in 2002. Philips spinned-off the company in 2006 to focus on consumer electronic devices that use this technology.
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Bezeq Launches a "Kosher Phone" 2008-02-04 19:18:00 Bezeq, Israel's dominant (or only) phone company, launched a service that would block calls to porn and other "improper" destination numbers. The porn industry is a leader in technology innovation and they have been exploiting not only the Internet, but also land-line phones and now 3rd generation cellular phones with video support. You can see the complete details in the Reuters article.
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What to Expect from BB OS 4.5? 2008-02-02 10:05:00 The long awaited BlackBerry OS 4.3.1 was re-branded by RIM's marketing to BlackBerry OS 4.5. Whatever they decide to call it, this version will bring a lot of new functionality to the existing BlackBerry devices. Different models will get different new features and PC Magazine gives you the breakdown of what to expect according to your model. A couple of the most anticipated built-in features, which you can get today as 3rd party application you purchase, are spell check and HTML e-mails.
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Is It a Pen? Is It a Camera? 2008-02-02 09:35:00 Here is an interesting future gadget I got from Bob. You have to look very closely before you realize what this really is! What does this look like? Some guy with 5 pens? Look closely. Are these pens with a tiny camera? How about now that they are in "operational mode"? Still no clue? Meet the laptop of the future! As part of the miniature revolution and the possibilities with Bluetooth connectivity, scientist can design a computer that you'll carry in your pocket. These "pens" produce the functionality of a keyboard on any flat surface, and project the monitor on any wall along with CPU and storage on the other "pens".
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