Archive for April, 2005

BusinessWeek just published a review of the Blackberry 7290 by Steve Rosenbush that you can read here. Overall the article was decent but we have to question Steve’s knowledge of Blackberry devices. We are in no way trying to put Steve down because the point he iterates that the Blackberry device is only good for [...]

MarketXS, leading provider of real-time market data technology and trading solutions, today announced the introduction of MarketXSPro for BlackBerry(r), an easy-to-use mobile application to access prices and latest news from the world’s financial markets in real-time via the Blackberry. MarketXSPro for BlackBerry offers personal portfolios, news, charts and alerts, allowing traders and investment managers on [...]

ALLTEL is giving away $1 million to one lucky customer for a, “Dream home.” The TXT2WIN $1 Million Home Sweepstakes features Ty Pennington from the ABC show Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. ALLTEL customers can enter the sweepstakes by sending the text message “home” to the number “123456.” The chance of winning increases for every text, [...]

It’s singles night at the Nochee nightclub in downtown Minneapolis, but the patrons aren’t getting anywhere near each other - at least at first. Instead, they’re peering and thumb-pecking at handheld text-messaging devices known as BlackBerrys, in the latest high-tech twist on the singles scene. BlackBerrys are all the rage in the business world, where [...]

Berry 411 a free 411-esque program for your Blackberry developed by Phillip Bogle has now been improved with better driving directions and maps. Both are now better formatted and use Google Local rather than Mapquest. In addition, the details page in yellow pages now lets you learn more about the business using web links provided [...]

Vodafone Spain Introduces BlackBerry 7290, BlackBerry 7730 and BlackBerry Enterprise Server v4.0 Vodafone Spain and Research In Motion have added BlackBerry Enterprise Server(TM) v4.0 as well as two new devices to the BlackBerry® portfolio available in Spain: the BlackBerry 7290(TM) and BlackBerry 7730(TM).

M1 and Research In Motion have introduced the “BlackBerry® from Vodafone” solution for both corporate and individual customers in Singapore. As a Partner Network of Vodafone, M1 will have the exclusive rights to sell the “BlackBerry from Vodafone” solution to corporate, small business and individual customers in Singapore. M1’s offering will include the BlackBerry 7100v(TM) [...]

The new Sealed Email for BlackBerry product line will be released in the third quarter as a means of sealing email files and Microsoft Office documents which then can be accessed securely on an authorized user’s BlackBerry. It will be licensed at $20,000. SealedMedia was formed in 1996, and launched its first commercial products in [...]

In our first ever article for the series “Getting The Most From Your Blackberry”, Steven Bagdan a technology consultant from Southern California describes how he uses his Blackberry:
I am a computer consultant in Southern CA, and live on my Blackberry 7290 from T-Mobile. I have replaced (3) devices (over the years) with my Blackberry.
I [...]