The voice of the BlackBerry community.
Having a great domain name really helps in the various facets of blogging. For example, our themes page consists of lots of cool themes, and our site is called BlackBerryCool. The title just works on so many levels. Here are just some of the themes we have. Click the images to buy/view:
Hacking the Matrix on a Curve. Photo courtesy of Nan Palmero.
Have you painstakingly created Autotext entries, only to have them wiped after converting to a BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES)? Nan Palmero has been Tweeting a how to he’s come across which I’d like to help share with the community. Here is how you restore your Autotext entries:
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Also, follow Nan on Twitter: twitter.com/nanpalmero
Although the SurePress technology has gotten some bad feedback in the blogosphere, you have to admit that it is a unique solution to touchscreen typing. This past Tuesday at the Global Mobile Awards in Barcelona, RIM’s SurePress won Best Mobile Technology Breakthrough. Some in the blogosphere are saying that RIM won because it is such a big sponsor and the cash bought it the award. I say: “tell me what should have won then.”
Apple app store? Old news.
LBS apps? Too broad to give to one company.
Android? The apps haven’t blown me away or anything.
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The following is a letter to BlackBerryCool:
Dear BBCool,
My company did not send me to Mobile World Congress this year because it was not in our budget. This seems to be the case with many of our clients and I was hoping your site could shed some light on the subject.
What usually happens in these times is tradeshow budgets are the first to go except that a lot of the big companies have already purchased their show spaces some years in advance. This is a comment from one of our clients over there:
The show doesn’t seem to have as much content as I’d expected. Although, one of the booths had a classic booth girl.
The show seems to have fewer attendees. I’d say there are 20% to 30% fewer attendees. It seems the economy has had a real impact on the conference.
If above says 20 – 30%, I’d say more likely 40 – 50% smaller. People under exaggerate in that scenario (hope). Thanks BlackBerryCool!
Editor’s Note: So let’s tackle this subject as a community. Here are some things I’d like to discuss:
Has your company cut back on conference attendance? If so, why?
Are conferences integral to your business?
What can a conference do to make itself a more of a viable expense?
This app will deactivate your screen when talking on the phone. Good app for preventing any accidental hangups or button pressing. Download here.
Viigo is an RSS reader so you can read all your favorite sites on the go. It also lets you send Twitter updates right from RSS feeds that you want to let your Twitter friends know about. Download here.
This doesn’t need any explanation. Great maps to take you anywhere. Get it here
Slacker internet radio client for the Storm gives you over 100 stations for free. Download it here
Poynt is essentially a local search service with three main components: search for business, movie search, and a ‘map this search’ function. Download it here.
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Rogers gets a lot of internet flack which culminated around the time of the iPhone launch when customers were unhappy about data rates. This was a funny situation because after an “all you can eat” data plan was introduced, it turned out most users didn’t use 10% of the available data. In any case, Rogers is offering its “On Demand” service which brings us all wonderful things such as streaming XM Radio, Concert videos, TV shows and best of all, NHL Hockey video highlights and much more.
Pricing for the service is set at $15 for Unlimited Music or $15 Unlimited Clips, bundle up and get Unlimited Music incl. Radio and Unlimited Video Clips for $25. The service also offers a pay per use but they include some heavy fees such as a “Transport Fee.” This is the sort of fee that is common in the mobile industry. Carriers love to charge the “because we can” fee to their customers and they’re about to snap. It’s only a matter of time until a class-action lawsuit removes these garbage scams.
Go here for more details and signup straight from your device.
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