The good folks at Cellfservices unlocked a T-Mobile BlackBerry Curve 8520 for us. If you’re looking for a cheap way to unlock your device, you can get some decent deals on their site. Here are some of the prices:
While it isn’t yet available, Trilibis Mobile have sent over some details and a screenshot of a new social phonebook application that they’re launching in Q4 of 2009 called Orbit.
Orbit is described as a free social phonebook that cleverly organizes all of your communication channels: voice, text, e-mail and social networking.
The app has a unique system of prioritizing and organizing contacts in your social networks so you can decide how often and how much information you receive. The app syncs with your phonebook, and then you can add additional contacts from Facebook and Twitter.
The application is probably best described in the feature set:
Improved Core Controls – Use your Orbit phonebook just like your existing phonebook; make calls, send text messages and e-mails. Orbit includes an enhanced A-to-Z scrolling feature to greatly improve the navigation of contacts on touch screen devices.
Orbits – Create an “Inner Orbit” for your closest friends. Add additional Orbits such as college friends, colleagues or family members, making it easy and convenient to keep track of everyone’s updates.
Social Volume – With Orbit’s unique “Social Volume” control, you can control the level of communication from your groups of contacts whether by time of day, day of week, type of feed, birthdays, etc.
Connected Phonebook – Rest assured! Orbit’s contact information is always updating so you will always be “in the know.” Orbit organizes and consolidates your contacts and auto-generates a favorites list based on the people you communicate with the most.
The new BlackBerry Storm 2 9550 by Verizon is shaping up to be the BlackBerry touchscreen device we’ve all been waiting for. I remember back when Mike Lazaridis was taking criticism for the original Storm and his response was “sorry it was the number 3 selling smartphone in North America. I wish it could have been number 1.” Well this is the second time out the gate and they definitely have it right this time.
Will sales of the Storm 2 beat the original Storm? If the hardware is the deciding factor I would say yes. But what about all those who have bought the original Storm? How many will upgrade? How many new touchscreen BlackBerry users will this device convert? These are all questions that will have to wait to be answered until after the device launches, which we expect to happen in early November. Some are suggesting late October and this could also be true. We’re seeing a lot of leaks happening which means we are approaching launch date. Until then, lets take a look at the pre-release version of the Verizon BlackBerry Storm 2 aka 9550.
The good people at S4BB are giving BlackBerry Cool readers 50% off their MemoryBooster application, with an offer that extends until October 22nd.
MemoryBooster recovers wasted memory and optimizing your BlackBerry for better performance. By simply hitting the “Boost Memory” button, users can recover up to 9 MB (9,437,184 bytes) or even more depending on your device.
This application has the following features:
Boosts your device speed by recovering wasted memory.
No New Hardware: Software only solution. No additional hardware needed! Does not influence any other applications.
Visuals: Fancy bar charts and textual high performance memory overview.
Automatic Background Boosting: Make sure the BlackBerry is never wasting memory!
Statistics: Extensive statistical data for effectiveness tracking.
Instant Download: OTA and desktop installation available.
Rogers has officially launched the BlackBerry Curve 8520 for $99.99 on a three-year voice and data plan. The device, as pictured above, comes in black and the violet device pictured will be available in the coming weeks.
This is a fairly cheap BlackBerry and by far the cheapest full QWERTY device, but the price doesn’t beat Wal-Mart. It should be only a matter of time until this is the first free, full QWERTY BlackBerry.
