Research in Motion today announced that its new BlackBerry Push Service is now available to developers. The BlackBerry® Push Service is an essential component of the real-time, always-on experience of BlackBerry smartphones. It offers an incredibly efficient and reliable way of sending information to your users. It also allows your application to process ...
If you're a developer looking to put your skills to good use and maybe win some money while doing it, you're in luck. The Ryerson Entrepreneurship Green Team in association with Research In Motion and the BlackBerry Partners Fund are holding the first annual BlackBerry Green Application Challenge. They are looking for new applications that will be listed in App World. The basis of the co...
Ive spoken to a few companies that are cutting back their conference attendance given a general recession and tightening of resources. I thought Id remind everyone that Zenprise are running a contest right now for a free pass to WES 2010. Well remind readers a couple more times leading up to the conference in case you missed it, because we think every company in the BlackBerry space should attend ...
I really love BerryBuzz by Bellshare GmbH. Its a program that adds color alerts to various messages, allowing you to choose the color and how often. I have some pics to share but Im glad with the updates because even though it doesnt say support for 5.0, it seems to be working even better on ...
It has been a long wait for Xobni users. Xobni let us know that they have just released Xobni Mobile for BlackBerry on their website. Xobni Mobile plans on improving contact management on your BlackBerry by automatically creating rich profiles from the people you contact. It ranks contacts based on importance giving you a ...
We first had a chance to check out RIMs MyBlackBerry website back in July of 2009, and since its launch its seen several changes. Recently RIM has re-designed the MyBlackBerry site to bring a whole new look and feel. The new MyBlackBerry site features device specific areas, support for more countries, and the ability to ...
Paul Ockenden of PC Pro put together a test comparing smartphone keyboards. The test was pretty basic, and while we can argue about the accuracy of the results, I think BlackBerry users can agree on the conclusions. The test involved typing the first couple of verses to Lou Reeds Pale Blue Eyes, a telephone number, a web URL and a username/password. In each case, the operation was timed and accura...
Nimbuzz for BlackBerry has been updated to a new version 1.1.1. This release fixes some of the bugs with BlackBerry OS 5.0 and other small fixes for the older versions of the OS. If you are familiar with Nimbuzz, it is an amazing IM client with support for Skype, Facebook, MySpace, MSN, Yahoo!, Google Talk, Gadu-Gadu, Hyves, StudiVZ and many more! You can download it from the link below.
Time Warner Cable is pitching to carriers such as AT&T and Verizon, a service that uses its underground cables to carry mobile calls and data traffic. The aim is to alleviate the network strain that smartphones (particularly the iPhone) are placing on the network. Remember, for every 1 iPhone, you can run 4 BlackBerrys on a typical network so its clear who is to blame. The service is known as...
Earlier last week the folks at Hedone Design introduced their latest creation called Explicit. This hot new premium theme features an awesome circular navigation, with a metallic blue color. Its available for pretty much all BlackBerry devices from Pearl 8100 to Storm 9500 to Bold 9700. Its compatible with OS 4.5 or higher (including OS ...
