Foursquare version 1.8.4 is now available for download. This version update focuses on a lot of small improvements, including fixes to permissions and focus/scrolling on the Places screen.
Foursquare is a great service but I’m starting to get frustrated with the time it’s taking for businesses to adopt the Foursquare Deals option. The value of Foursquare really comes to life when you can check-in to venues, get a deal, or become the mayor and get VIP treatment. These sorts of deals are readily available in Foursquare’s home of New York, but in smaller cities, especially in Canada, the word isn’t spreading as fast. So if you have a business, register it with Foursquare and get some promotion going!
The BlackBerry tablet is still sitting in the rumor mill right now and there are very few details about what to expect. The Street is already calling it the BlackPad and deeming it a failure while the product is still in its early engineering phase. This sort of judgment is definitely much too early to make, but it doesn’t look great for RIM to follow Apple yet again in a ‘keeping up with the Johnsons’ sort of way. App World seemed like an after-thought after Apple’s success with an embedded app store, and the success of the iPad seems to have engineers and VPs at RIM scrambling around to pull a tablet of their own together. If the BlackPad is actually the product name, it’s yet another indication that RIM is just following Apple’s lead.
According to Rodman Renshaw analyst Ashok Kumar, RIM was going to make an Android-powered tablet, but backed out and has since decided to power their BlackPad with OS 6. Kumar also says the BlackPad will use Marvell’s Armada processor, rather than go with Intel. Continue reading ‘More Details on the Upcoming BlackBerry Tablet aka BlackPad’
RIM sent along their App World recommendations for the wedding season which includes apps such as Total Fitness, Cocktails To Go, KAYAK and Frugalytics. Leave it to RIM to leave out the most important wedding app available – PleasureBerry Turbo! We’ve got their app recommendations after the jump. Continue reading ‘App World Recommendations for Wedding Season’
Spotberry let us know that they have released version 2.3.20 of their GPS toolset app for BlackBerry. Spotberry features a few useful tools that leverage the BlackBerry’s GPS, and allows you to do some pretty fun navigation things that might be popular with the geocaching crowd. SpotBerry features a compass, speedometer and track log recorder, as well as features such as an automatic shut-off if battery levels are low.
In speaking with some developers about the GPS on BlackBerry, I’ve heard the altitude readings can be very inaccurate, so it will be interesting to see how this app handles the readings.
Fixmo Tools is a single app that is comprised of many smaller utility apps. Described as a utility belt for your smartphone, Fixmo Tools has a wide range of utilities to help your smartphone be even smarter.
Previously, the app featured the ability to:
Undelete emails, PIN messages, calendar events, tasks and memos.
Warn you of potentially embarassing email mistakes such as Reply All when you didn’t mean to.
Go into silent mode during scheduled events.
Check memory and battery status.
Forward emails with the ability to edit.
In version 1.1, you now have the ability to:
Easily arrange a meeting by automatically selecting available times on your calendar and inserting them into an email.
Measure the download and upload speeds of your network.
Set a different LED color for phone calls so you can easily distinguish them from other message alerts.
Enable radio support when your battery level is very low.
BoxTone are hosting a recap webinar for those who missed WES 2010. The webinar seems geared towards those in enterprise who are interested in mobile management, and touches on the following topics:
The new BlackBerry Expert Support Center (BESC)
What’s new in BlackBerry Enterprise Server and BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express
Latest on BlackBerry 0S 6
Automated mobile management best practices in use at companies like HP Enterprise Services, Northern Trust and PNC
As an added bonus, all attendees who remain until the end of the Webinar will be eligible to receive a $50 Amazon gift card.
