Posted on February 19, 2009, at 4:39 AM .
BBMNation
BBMNation is a social network that, like most BlackBerry social networks, uses PINs to connect users. Designed by a night club promoter named Steven Ojo and his partner Alex Trumpower, the site launched about a year ago. The site is incredibly bare bones, and has a graphical style reminiscent of web 1.0. On the bright side, its users seem to be attractive college students, possibly associated with Steven Ojo’s night club background.
You can register for BBMNation here.
Magmic Social
Magmic Social aims to connect its BlackBerry and mobile gamers with one another in order to create a better overall mobile gaming experience. The site does this by connecting users, creating high scores, developing personalized avatars and promoting a more interactive community.
Magmic Social is in my opinion, the most unique of all the BlackBerry social networks. The reason is that is focuses on the one aspect of BlackBerry that gets the least news coverage: games. I’m hard pressed to find a blog that focuses on BlackBerry games specifically, which is interesting considering it’s such an up-and-coming market.
Go see Magmic Social for yourself here.
More social networks after the jump
Posted on February 18, 2009, at 11:30 AM .
Alexander Amosu, known for his luxury phone pimping skills has put out a really tricked-out BlackBerry Bold. Here are the specs for his 4,000EUR Pink Diamond BlackBerry Bold:
Front Diamonds: 86 Diamonds
Back Diamonds: 242 Diamonds
Cut: Brilliant cut
Colour: F-G
Clarity: VS1
Bezel Carat: Approx 3.95
Not bad huh? This is the perfect recession gift for super model wives of ultra rich Russian oligarchs. For the rest of us, it’s just nice eye candy.
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Posted on February 18, 2009, at 8:51 AM .
Recently, major mobile phone manufacturers such as Nokia, Motorola and Samsung agreed to produce a standardized charger for the industry. The companies will be switching to mini USB, the same standard charger as the BlackBerry. I know exactly how that meeting went:
“Guys, we need a standard char…McDonnel! Pay attention, we’re having a meeting here.”
“Sorry sir, my BlackBerry died and I’m looking for the charger.”
“Here you go McDonnel. I borrowed this from Frank in HR.”
“Wait a minute…”
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Posted on February 18, 2009, at 7:23 AM .
It’s incredibly annoying when friends block their numbers. I understand that you might think your call is of the utmost importance, but I have an idea of what you’re calling about and whatever I’m doing right now is more important. It’s not that I don’t value your friendship, I’ll call you back, it’s just that you’re a little self-centered and don’t realize my time isn’t yours to waste. So don’t block your number and just let me ignore you until it’s convenient to call back. Capiche?
Trapcall works to solve the above problem. When you reject or miss a call, your phone forwards those calls to TrapCall’s servers which then re-routes the call back to you. When the call comes back to you, the caller ID is unblocked. The second time you reject, the call goes to voicemail. This is not only a great way to stop your friends or insane ex’s from tricking you, but it also helps stop telemarketers do the same thing.
Go here and try it out for free.
As usual, I’m dying to here about your experiences using this product. Please comment and let me know. Especially if you have any similar experiences of trying to avoid phone calls.
UPDATE: Verizon is not yet supported. (Thanks Thomas)
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Posted on February 18, 2009, at 6:35 AM .
Truphone is a widely popular VoIP provider that plans to offer a single SIM card allowing local call rates while roaming in a host of countries. The SIM, called Truphone Local Anywhere, will hopefully reduce roaming rates and overall costs of traveling with your smartphone.
There aren’t exact details regarding pricing, but it’s likely that a flat rate fee will be charged for calls outside of your resident nation. The company also promises to chop mobile roaming charges – a major complaint for users of conventional mobile networks – by up to 80 percent.
“Until now, the only way to avoid the massive cost of mobile roaming is to carry multiple phones and multiple SIM cards, one for each country you frequent,” said Truphone CEO Geraldine Wilson. “This means juggling multiple devices and phone numbers to avoid paying the high roaming rates traditionally associated with travel.
This new chip will hopefully help businesses cut down on their mobile bills and help the bottom line during these tough economic times. Good timing Truphone!
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Posted on February 18, 2009, at 5:08 AM .
Cortado has recently released SMS2Desk, a free app that will take your SMS messages and get them to you in email form. The service goes both ways too, allowing you to send from email to SMS. This is especially handy for all your friends who insist the RAZR is a perfectly good phone and don’t know what the fuss is over this new thing called the “BlueBerry.”
Go here to check out the free version.
You can also pick up a premium version for 4.98 EUR.
If you’ve tried the app, please comment and let me know what you think. Does it help you stay connected?
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