For those of you that have picked up Ascendo Photos from ShopCrackBerry.com, you'll want to check out the new version. 3.27 brings more features that are rumored to put the built-in media manager on your Berry to shame. You can now save and store image on an SD card and even play audio during a slideshow. The features of Ascendo Photos are too many to list. You can check out a...
Seems as though the folks over at Bell have been busy recently. Bell is getting rid of their old 8703e stock by giving them away (sort of). For every BlackBerry 8130 or 8830 they sell, they are giving away four 8703e's. Not bad for the business that wants to keep in touch or equip a small sales force in a hurry. Thankfully Bell is also offering help on the data plan side of things....
Update: The Pink BlackBerry Pearl 8130 is now on Verizon's Website. As I had reported previously, a Pink BlackBerry Pearl was rumored to be making a debut in the near future. Rumor no more, the Pink 8130 will be hitting Verizon stores starting tomorrow. The proof is in this press release from RIM. As the press release puts it: "Perfect for the fashion-forward professional on-the...
T-Mobile announced today that it is the first operator in the UK to launch TeleNav GPS Navigator. TeleNav GPS Navigator is an award winning GPS satnav system for mobile phones. The service will be immediately available on a variety of BlackBerry smartphones on T-Mobile and includes GPS-enabled, turn-by-turn voice and on-screen driving directions, addresses and directions to business and...
ColorWare has setup their website to accept custom BlackBerry paint jobs! You can either send in your BlackBerry, or order a new BlackBerry (for $50-$100 over retail) sent to you direct with a fancy new paint job. Not bad! ColorWare is even offering a standard 1 year warranty with the unlocked phones they sell, and an option to upgrade to a 2 year warranty for another $149. The...
Extra Juice, No Extra Size Required Having noticed a steady decline in the performance of my BlackBerry 8800 battery, I decided to give one of the Seidio Extended batteries a try. I had heard good things about them, so I thought it would be worth a shot. I especially liked the fact that Seidio's 1600mAh battery would extend the battery life of my 8800 but not its phyiscal size as it...
Are you a student with 100 assignments, exams and projects on the go at the same time? Enter StudentBerry... StudentBerry is an application designed to help students manage their ever growing list of tasks and to-do's. Key Features in StudentBerry: A complete daily, weekly, or monthly breakdown of assignments due organized by class and due date. Easy to follow color coding...
The popular software Empower HTML Email Viewer Pro is a hot seller in our store... And we have a quick update to report on it. We've received word that the developers of Empower have notified beta testers about some bug fixes and new WiFi capabilities. Granted, I'm not sure WiFi is really needed in an app like this... All the same it is good to see developers embracing WiFi as it is...
College and university students and professors from Louisiana State to Clemson will no doubt be familiar with the Blackboard software platform. Blackboard announced Monday that it will acquire NTI Group (a large mobile messaging provider). So what this means for us here at CrackBerry? Well, it might lead to more BlackBerry centred educational applications in the future. Educational...
The writing is on the wall, and many believe it is only a matter of time before BlackBerry hits the Chinese market. Reutuers is reporting some new and exciting information on the topic. TCL Corp began sending its partner China Mobile BlackBery devices in the fourth quarter of 2007... And now, chinese newspapers are reporting that the devices could go on sale as early as this month...
Today, QuickPlay Media has released VideoStreams, the first free video streaming service for the BlackBerry! The service includes a solid variety of content from music videos, to extreme sports, comedy and daily horoscopes. When you start using the app, right away you will notice the effect of the 'streaming' technology. No more waiting for content to download. Simply click to play...
Now FREE for your BlackBerry is NewsGator Go!, a wonderful mobile RSS reader. With NewsGator Go! you can track and manage all of your RSS news feeds easy as can be on your Berry. One of the handy things about NewGator Go! is it synchronizes with your desktop and most web-based readers. Key Features: Easy one-hand operation Formatted to look great on your BlackBerry Offline...
SPE's resident smartphone genius Dieter is down at CES covering the show for us (and PhoneDifferent, TreoCentral AND WMExperts!). He just sent me some snaps of the Pearl 8130... in Pink and Red. Not my style, but I can imagine there are some members out there that will be clammering for this one? Yes? We've got some great hi-res pics for you to check out after the jump... And best...
Congratulations to cdang, Chaz, allensu, rkdiddy, brianbloom, sonney, richie, NUBERRY, NikonNurse, gixmo, steelman, and BillLumberg! They have just won the 12th and final day of the '12 Days of CrackBerry' Contest! As the winners for day 12, they will each be taking home a SeidioUSB Desktop Cradle A very special thank you to Seidio for sponsoring Day 12!
Congratulations to bbsadaj, TxTilly, kawaski47, adrisen, jsanders, danielnk, thebaap, nadia518, wired, dajvid and apzaz! They have just won the 11th day of the '12 Days of CrackBerry' Contest! As the winners for day 11, they will each be taking home a Speck Products SeeThru Case and Holster. A very special thank you to Speck Products for sponsoring Day 11! On day 12 we're giving...
Congratulations to Solachica, kkrueger, ChiefPropellerhead, speedpro84, mprice, cinnamin, tabcourt, Sayuuk, bubbadirect, and ligdog! They have just won the 10th day of the '12 Days of CrackBerry' Contest! As the winners for day 10, they will each be taking home an OtterBox Defender Case. A very special thank you to OtterBox for sponsoring Day 10! On day 11 we're giving away the...
Congratulations to Mr. H, ting, dtd, bluesource, jwesl, witzcap, lcjackson, and dirtypirate! They have just won the 8th day of the '12 Days of CrackBerry' Contest! As the winners for day 8, they will each be taking home Dane Elec's 2GB MicroSD card. A very special thank you to Dane Elec for sponsoring Day 8!
Congratulations to musicsmydrug, nakpr01, jeffkoz, bulbboy, rosho, Ginx, and nextelnutt. They have just won the 7th day of the '12 Days of CrackBerry' Contest! As the winners for day 7, they will each be taking home an iGrip Universal Fit Car Sturdy Swivel Mount. A very special thank you to iGrip for sponsoring Day 7!
The latest version of this popular software is now available. It claims to allow users to securely view, email, fax, download and manage documents located in their office directly from their BlackBerry.. In real-time. If you need access to your documents from anywhere you're going to want to check this one out. Features of WICKSoft Mobile Documents 3.4: Two factor encryption...
Our friends over at BGR have revealed initial details of the 9000 series. Exciting stuff! Here's what we know so far: Screen dimensions are going to be 480x320 / 320x480 depending on how you hold it! Looks to me that the device will be like the iPhone in that you can hold it portrait or landscape. Cool stuff. However, does this large display mean a touchscreen keyboard is built-in?...