Washington will slap you with a $101 fine for texting while driving. Not quite jail, but it’s a start. While it’s probably more of a temptation for Pearl users who can one-hand it, any QWERTY-pad thumbers out there actually try to write e-mails while they drive? The motion passed by 90-8, and is being proceeded by a motion to make hands-free functions mandatory to make any calls while in a car. Good thing we’ve got some of those kicking around. Gotta wonder who those other 8 speakers were.
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Don’t text and drive. Duh.
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A UK initiative called WorkWise, is gearing up for Work Wise Week, in an effort to promote healthier home-work balance and lifestyle choices. Specifically, next Friday is their National Work from Home Day.
Living in the national capital of Canada, I’ve heard plenty from grumbling government employees who are forced to keep their BBs active up until 11 PM. Using our little devices to “work smarter” (as Work Wise suggests) instead of working harder is surely a direction that diehard BlackBerry users should consider.
This might be a UK-based event, but maybe we can hop the bandwagon on this side of the pond. BlackBerrys can facilitate telecommuting – why not take advantage of that?
There’s several ways to get YouTube videos on your Blackberry. The basic idea is just to find a program that will download the videos from YouTube in flash format and then convert it into a format that can be viewed on your Blackberry like mpeg-4. It’s a bit of a process so today I’m going to show you how to use a website called tinytube.net to download and watch YouTube videos directly from your browser.
The idea behind tinytube.net is to provide access to mobile users to videos hosted on youtube, daily motion, and various other video sites. It is mainly catered towards typical cell phone with Blackberry users a bit of an afterthought, because the streaming feature doesn’t work and videos are formatted about a quarter the size of your Blackberry screen. Which isn’t that bad because it keeps file sizes down.
Instructions are below to view, download and save video files on supported Blackberry models.
(Note: I couldn’t grab screenshots of the video because the program provided by RIM doesn’t support screencapture of videos.)
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So yesterday we let you know about ICQ and AIM becoming available for the BlackBerry (and Windows Live Messenger has been added into the fray since). We’ve received a bunch of emails from various tipsters, but a couple were more helpful than others. BBCool contributor and Forums moderator Jibi (with the assistance of another user, jungleland), have put together a great guide for all of the clients, and you can check that out here (all information’s been confirmed by the Boy Genius).
Take a sneak peak at the FAQ about the clients after the jump, it’ll hopefully clear some things up for you.
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Every so often, we need to bow down and be told proper ways to things. We’ve got to swallow our pride and take instructions from someone else. This is one of those times for some of you, I’m sure. A great article from Information Week has a Q&A with David Wise, co-founder and managing partner for mindWireless, a mobility consultancy that helps businesses figure out how to better use wireless technologies. He answers some questions on how to better the mobile workforce in your office.
What is the best way for a company to review its current cell phone usage and policies?
Start with the internal wireless policy — if it exists. Many companies don’t have one. If you don’t have a wireless policy, this has to be the starting point.
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Sounds like a bad disease. And really, it could be. Just not for you, but that little pal of yours on your hip. We’ve been covering the issues surrounding the advancement of Daylight Savings Time, and we just want to make sure you folks are covered come late Saturday night (or early Sunday, however you want to look at it). If you’ve yet to do so, grab the DST patch for your BlackBerry.
Not sure if it’s been installed on your device yet? It couldn’t be easier to check. Simply hit the “Options” menu from your home screen and if the patch has been applied, “2007 DST Patch” will appear right on top of the list. Enjoy the extra hour, pals.
See, I wouldn’t hate on Cingular so much as to completely remove the logo from my device. These folks have, though, and I’m more than happy to send pass along the tips. Forums user akgrown has put together a step-by-step to removing that aesthetically unpleasing Cingular logo using a simple list of tools.
Items used:
-”new-ish” penny
-Q-tips
-nail polish remover
-water
-cotton t-shirt
-Colgate Total Whitening Gel toothpaste (the secret ingredient)
For the complete how-to, click here.
Come on – it was a once in a lifetime opportunity. Quickly moving on, we’re always trying to find new ways to customize our devices to make us even nerdier cooler than the rest of society. One of our favourite Forums members San Francisco has put together a great tutorial of how to change the colour of your Pearl’s trackball, all with the help of some prying fingers and the Sharpie of your choice. Check out the in-depth step-by-step instructions for all the details, now I just need to nab Doug’s away from him and put together a video for you folks.
As unboxing shots start to surface, I start to notice things to check out regarding RIM’s latest roll-out on Cingular. One of the minor details that I’ve yet to really explore was Cingular’s BlackBerry 8800 tutorial.
It goes a lot more in-depth than the BlackBerry.com tutorial that became available last week, and has a pleasant narration to boot. The tutorial covers everything from what’s in the box, to getting started with the 8800, and tips and tricks to make the BlackBerry experience as smooth as the finish on the new device. And that’s pretty smooth. Here’s the link.
Our good pal over at the forums, Stinsonddog, is well known for his BlackBerry-related tips & tricks. A while back we took a gander at some cases from Proporta and thrust our thumbs down so hard they went white(r) from blood loss. Thankfully, Stinsonddog’s got some great tips when it comes to picking out a case for your BlackBerry. Check them out after the jump.
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