Episode #32 of the Simple Mobile Review Podcast , AT&T’s Pimp Hand is Strong , is now up and ready for download.

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Simple Mobile Review Podcast #32: AT&T’s Pimp Hand Is Strong

I was listening to This Week in Google Episode 54 and they talked about new concerns over application security. To give a little background, Android had a recent issue where a wallpaper app was sending user data to some server in China .  After the app was pulled from the Android Market, Google did an investigation and it turned out the app was in fact safe (but not necessarily coded as cleanly as it should have been)

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This Week in Google Reinvented BlackBerry App Security

So now Indonesia is now considering a ban of BlackBerry devices. The list is getting longer each day, but RIM does not see to alarmed.  RIM co-CEO Mike Lazaridis in an interview with the Wall Street Journal made a rather bold statement “This is about the Internet,” Mr.

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Mike Lazaridis: If they can’t deal with the Internet, they should shut it off

The best BlackBerry decision I have ever made was to upgrade from the BlackBerry Storm to the BlackBerry Bold 9650.

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I Really Like the BlackBerry Bold 9650

I just purchased the BlackBerry Bold 9650 and I am a Verizon customer, so while I am excited about OS 6 and the Slider Torch, I will not be switching to AT&T.

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BlackBerry Torch $199 with 2 Year AT&T Contract

I have to admit that it is not very often that I actually spend money buying BlackBerry applications.  It’s not that there aren’t a lot of really good BlackBerry applications out there, however, one of the perks of writing a BlackBerry blog is that developers often send you evaluations of their software so that you can review it. That being said, I recently spent $10 on BerryReader , the most awesome Google Reader client for the BlackBerry that I’ve ever seen, and, it was worth every penny.

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BerryReader For BlackBery: An Awesome, Awesome Google Reader Client For The BlackBerry

We’ve got some great news for BlackBerry users with Yahoo! email accounts.  It appears that BIS 3.1 has been rolled out (here in the States).  2-Way Contact Synchronization  is now available. To enable Yahoo! Mail Contact Sync go to Setup… Email Settings…  Click on your Yahoo! Mail account and select Synchronization Options…  Check the box for Contacts and click Save. BIS 3.1 syncs contacts every four hours and also works with Alt-N MDaemon v11 over SyncML.  If you test it out, let us know what you think via the comments… [Via Berry Review ] It Looks Like RIM Has Upgraded To BIS 3.1… Yahoo Contact Sync Now Available is a post from: RIMarkable Related posts: Yahoo! Mobile For BlackBerry Gets The Axe RIM and Yahoo! Bring Yahoo! Go for Mobile 2.0 to BlackBerry Users, Expanding Global Relationship 2-Way Google Contact Synch Coming With BIS 2.8 Yahoo! Go for Mobile coming to BlackBerry

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It Looks Like RIM Has Upgraded To BIS 3.1… Yahoo Contact Sync Now Available

I was listening to the Tech News Today podcast and at the 25 minute mark of episode 14 they said something about RIM that almost made me fall over. Before I get into the story let me set the back drop. Back in June 2009 RIM acquired a company called Dash Navigation .  Dash had one great feature… The ability to update traffic patterns based on information aggregated  from all Dash Navigation devices.  As you were driving the Dash navigation unit would report back your traffic speed and GPS location allowing other Dash users to get real-time traffic information based on info from all other Dash users.

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RIM To Collect And Share GPS Data From BlackBerry Devices With Developers

When it comes to BlackBerry applications the list is long when it comes ones that help you get things done faster, more effectively, or just generally make you more productive.  With that being said we’ve listed out 10 productivity applications for the BlackBerry that are absolutely FREE! Check out the list after the jump… 10 Free BlackBerry Applications To Help You Boost Productivity crunchSMS — crunchSMS is a chat style SMS application with a buble interface that automatically splits SMS messages longer than 160 characters into multiple messages. Download crunchSMS OTA or pick it up on BlackBerry App World YouMail — YouMail is visual voicemail application for your BlackBerry that works by replacing your wireless carrier’s existing voicemail service with YouMail’s improved, free service.  Once set up You mail allows you to: Scroll through and play your voice messages in any order. Forward them, save them forever, even organize them in folders

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10 Free BlackBerry Applications To Help You Boost Productivity

When Google Buzz hit the scene a few months ago, all the buzz was about how Buzz hijacked users GMail accounts by automatically turning stuff on.  Since then, we really haven’t heard all the much about it. That being said Google Buzz support is now available on BlackBerry devices, however, it doesn’t come by way of a dedicated BlackBerry app.  BlackBerry users can now access Google Buzz via the BlackBerry Browser and even access location based services if turned on.

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Google Buzz Now Available Via BlackBerry Browser…