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Earlier this month Verizon pushed out its Backup Assistant to the Tour, and now it looks to be hitting Storm2 users as well. Over the last few days, users noticed the icon popping up in their devices. A quick click and it was installed and ready to go. The Backup Assitant is a no-frills app that backs up your contact data to Verizon's cloud. Its handy to have since you don't really have to think about it or do much at all to get it to work. I think the big advantage is for those users coming from a dumbphone toa BlackBerry, as it allows to easy contact transfer. If you're a Storm2 user you should see the icon on your homsecreen, but if not, you can try resending your service books or rebooting your device.

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Backup Assistant Now Available from Verizon Wireless

Backup Assistant Now Available from Verizon Wireless

*Update: Looks like this may only be for the Tour as of now. More details as we find out. * When it rains it pours. Verizon dropped both Push to Talk and an official Tour 9630 OS earlier today, and now it looks like they are pushing their Backup Assistant to devices as well. We heard a while back that the service was going to be heading to BlackBerry devices on Verizon, and although...

Verizon Wireless Backup Assistant Coming to BlackBerry March 9th?

Verizon Wireless Backup Assistant Coming to BlackBerry March 9th?

Verizon's Backup Assistant has long been the ideal app for backing up contacts from their devices. As far back as my old LG VX-8300, I can remember using the app to backup contacts for easy transfer between devices. Well the guys at BerryScoop have landed some intel and it looks like the service will finally be available for BlackBerry devices as well. While most "power users" will most...