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Win a free copy of Kasper Hauser’s “Obama’s BlackBerry”

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We recently wrote about the book by San Francisco comedy troupe Kasper Hauser “Obama’s BlackBerry.” The book has some pretty hilarious fake musings between Obama and his various presidential colleagues, including Vice President Joe Biden, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

Hachette Book Group are giving away 5 free copies of the book to BlackBerry Cool readers. To win, comment an app you’d think Obama would like and why. We’ll choose our 5 favorite.

Only residents of the US and Canada are eligible to win; no PO boxes, please.

Read our post about Obama’s BlackBerry for quotes.

UPDATE: Thanks for participating guys. Here are the winners:

Leslie

Visible Vote is an app I think President Obama would love! He could give congress a heads up on how to vote on a bill w/o having to hold a meeting or send out staffers to the hill. He can vote yes/no/don’t care and send congress members emails via the app. It’s everything I think President Obama would love as a BlackBerry user. He is very aware of technology and this could pose to be an excellent step forward in the way he lets congress know how he feels on current bills.

elizabeth

I just looked at all the apps. I have and came to a conclusion that Obama will like the evernotes app. He could take notes, take pictures, and do a video thing for his kids. I could totally see Obama taking notes, taking pictures and sending them to his wife and kids! It’s because the app. I good to use anytime, anywhere and for whatever reasons! The president can’t miss a thing that’s why!

Richard

How about a copy of Google Latitude so he can tell where everyone is at any given time? So he knows if Biden has left the building or not? :) Wait, I suppose he the most powerful spy network in the world to do that for him, never mind…

Travis

Seriously?! Obama doesn’t want the app I’m going to mention, he has it. The Spoof App. Obama can make prank calls to the likes of Hilary Clinton, Joe Biden, etc. He might even dial across the world and start WWIII with the app. He probably buys minutes in the app so he doesn’t have the 2 min ads.

Kreg

Obama has to have Quickpull installed. When you’re the president of the united states and your app memory runs low, you can’t just sit there and pull the battery out. You need to be a little sly with it and click a button and put the phone back in the holster until it boots back up.

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All BlackBerry Curve devices including 8900 now FREE

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This weekend only, every BlackBerry Curve is free + Free FedEx Shipping at the BlackBerry Cool smartphone store. This deal includes the BlackBerry Curve 8900 for AT&T and T-Mobile.

This is an amazing deal and if you’re looking to buy a device, now is the time to take advantage.

Just look at what you’d be saving as an AT&T customer:

AT&T: BlackBerry Curve 8900 $149.99 - NOW FREE
AT&T: BlackBerry Curve 8320 $149.99 - NOW FREE
AT&T BlackBerry Curve 8310 $99.99 - NOW FREE

Remember, the sale is for 48 hours only!

All Carriers. All Colors. Ends June 14 at midnight. Save up to $350 now!

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Troubleshooting and Resolving BlackBerry Activation Issues

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By Ahmed Datoo, VP marketing, Zenprise

Zenprise is partnering with BlackBerry Cool to address how to resolve some of the most common BlackBerry activation problems. Through a series of 10 articles, readers will learn how to identify key log file errors, tests and configurations critical to identifying the root cause of enterprise activation issues.

The articles will explore common failures in the 4 unique stages of the activation process: stage 1 activation, stage 2 verifying encryption, stage 3 receiving services, and stage 4 slow synchronization process. Special thanks to Brian Bernard at RIM for providing the content for this troubleshooting series.

In this first article, Zenprise addresses what to do when a BlackBerry device is missing an Enterprise Activation icon on the home screen. For BlackBerry administrators, users experiencing this problem will typically not get past the first stage of the activation process (i.e., activation stage).
Continue reading this solution guide for resolving BlackBerry activation issues

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Free hand-drawn theme for the BlackBerry Curve 8900 and Storm

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This free theme looks great! This theme is a new, creative approach to making themes because the icons were made on paper versus a desktop application.

Were you a doodler? Then your notebook in school probably looked a lot like this theme. Enjoy the nostalgia!

Check out the Themes4BB thread for download links.

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Guitar Hero World Tour BlackBerry theme from Bplay

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Guitar Hero was a big hit for mobile and BlackBerry in particular. It’s a franchise that everybody recognized and loved and it ported well to a small keyboard.

Bplay has just launched the Guitar Hero World Tour theme and it looks pretty cool. Your icons are much like the notes you have to hit in-game. The theme also features classic Guitar Hero backgrounds. I hope they get a theme out for the new Beattles Rock Band.

Purchase the Guitar Hero World Tour theme for $5.99.

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App World to launch in Italy July 20th

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Read from Simon that App World is rumored to launch in Italy July 20th. I have heard that it takes RIM legal at least 2 months to enter each new country so it could be as long as 4-5 years before we see all the major European countries fitted with App World.

Make sure you get a notification about when App World is available in your language:

[Simon Via]

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Inside RIM legal where Karima Bawa dominates

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Karima Bawa is the vice-president, legal, and general counsel of RIM. Having joined RIM in 2000, she currently oversees a team of almost 50 lawyers and numerous other support staff. In addition to being involved in almost all litigation matters, she also ensures that RIM software and products have appropriate intellectual property protections and are effectively commercialized through marketplace agreements.

“RIM added over 125 new distribution partners during the past year, which is approximately one new partner every other business day,” she said. “Each of those relationships must be supported with commercial terms and conditions that satisfy RIM’s corporate goals, and my team plays an integral role in achieving win-win agreements with those partners.”

Ms. Bawa’s job is only getting more complex as RIM settles in new markets, acquires new companies and adds new partners. To accommodate, Karima has had to evolve the company’s legal structure.

“One of RIM’s key underlying objectives for many years, and last year was no different, has been to continue to prepare the organization for larger and larger scale,” she said, “so that RIM is able to capitalize on growing market opportunities.

“Such growth is naturally accompanied by compounded complexities that require significant diligence and require my team to be thoughtful business managers as well as legal advisers.”
Continue reading about RIM legal and its operations

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Analysts predict RIM to benefit from Palm Pre launch

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On June 18th, 2009 after the close of the market, RIM will be announcing their Q1 2010 fiscal results. The conference call and live webcast will begin at 5 pm ET, which can be accessed by dialing 800-733-7571 or by logging on at RIM.com.

Analysts at UBS predicted RIM’s first-quarter results for fiscal 2010 will benefit from the intensifying carrier competition that is driving subsidies and promotion for data-intensive devices.

“Although perhaps a little counter-intuitive, we believe the launch of the Palm Pre and Apple iPhone will benefit RIM due to increased carrier competition,” they said in a report yesterday.

The analysts not only expect Verizon to continue to promote BlackBerry, but that potential renegotiations between AT&T and Apple could also help RIM.

The stock has risen roughly 20% since early May, reflecting increasing bullishness around the quarter and guidance, but UBS noted that expectations are high for the second quarter as well.

“Although we maintain our view of potential upside from enterprise replacements medium-term, at current valuations we believe much of the near-term upside may be incorporated into expectations,” the analysts warned.

[National Post]

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BlackBerry gets blogged 5,000 times per day

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Social media has been a huge help for smartphone manufacturers. The blogosphere can be a better PR tool than the largest firms in New York, assuming you have something good to spread. The Hatorade can also spread quickly.

To determine what the Internet thinks of your brand, you have to sift through blog posts, YouTube comments, Facebook wall scribbles, message boards and Twitter “tweets.”

That’s where we look to new software called Sysomos, a social media monitoring tool born out of research at the University of Toronto. There is already some interesting data from the software.

“A brand like BlackBerry has, on average, more than 5,000 posts on a single day … no human can flip through (that),” said Nilesh Bansal, co-founder of Sysomos, a social media monitoring tool born out of research at the University of Toronto.

At 5,000 posts per day, RIM is getting an incredible amount of coverage on their devices. Personally, I’d like to know what percentage of that coverage is ReTweets and post scrapes.

Article courtesy of Robert Rocha and the Montreal Gazette.

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